A STUDY TO ASSESS EFFECTIVENESS OF STRUCTURED TEACHING PROGRAMME ON KNOWLEDGE REGARDING ORGAN DONATION AND TRANSPLANTATION AMONG STUDENTS OF A SELECTED COLLEGE, WEST BENGAL.

A quantitative interventional study was conducted on assessment of effectiveness of structured teaching programme on knowledge regarding organ donation and transplantation among 152 students of a selected college, Kalyani, Nadia, West Bengal. Non-probability convenience sampling technique was used. Using a validated knowledge questionnaire data was collected respectively on first and eight th day, before and after presenting structured and validated teaching programme. In findings, 96.71% students were of more than 20 years age, majority were male students (61.84), Hindu by religion (96.71%) and 45.39% students were aware of the word ?Organ donation and transplantation? before attending teaching programme. In post-test, maximum 91% (139) students had good knowledge and no one had poor knowledge. The post test knowledge score statistically and significantly differed from pre-test knowledge score at 0.05 level of significance. Hence the administration of structured teaching programme was effective.