| Summary: | This study aimed to estimate the ievei of knowledge and willingness among medical
and nursing students regarding organ donation at health campus, Univcrsiti Sains Malaysia
(USM). Of the 169 of students enrolled in this study, medical students (87) and nursing
students (73). The students were selected using comparative cross-sectional study, nonprobability
random sampling technique. Data were obtained using self-administered
questionnaire, a combination of three questionnaires to assess the knowledge and willingness
of medical and nursing students regarding organ donation. Three experts tested the content
validity of instruments, and the reliability obtained by Cronbach’s alpha coefficients were
0.70 and 0.86 respectively. The data were analysed with SPSS version 22, using descriptive
statistic, Spearman correlation test and Mann-Whitney Test for answering the research
questions. The result showed the majority of the students had high knowledge (94.1%) and
willingness (95.9%) regarding organ donation which is the medical students 90 ( 93.8%) had
high level of knowledge on research and willingness 92 (95.8%). The nursing students had
high level of knowledge 69 (94.5%) and the willingness 70 (95.9%) regarding organ
donation. The results was shows the weak significant correlation between knowledge and
willingness level (r=0.227).There are also shows the significant difference in knowledge (p —
0.40) and willingness (p = 0.97) between medical and nursing students. In conclusion, the
findings of this study will help the medical and nursing students to become an organ donor
and readiness as a future health professionals.
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