Postgraduate Course: Transplant Surgery (GMED12002)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Clinical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	5	ECTS Credits	2.5
Summary	Organ transplantation, tissue matching and immunosuppressive therapy
Course description	Not entered

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 50 ( Online Activities 25, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 20 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 75 %, Coursework 25 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Discussion Boards (25%), Exam (75%) University Common Marking Scheme (PG) will be applied
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Learning Outcomes
Discuss the assessment and selection of potential recipients, selection, and management of organ donors (including living donors); Evaluate solid organ transplantation surgical procedures; Review histocompatibility and immunogenetics; Apply a constant and integrated approach to critical analysis, evaluation and synthesis of new and complex ideas, information and issues; Exercise a high level of autonomy and initiative in professional activities at a level of independent surgical practice