Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Kidney Transplantation
Course Code
RNF_015
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Internal medicine
ECTS
17.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Aivars Pētersons
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Nephrologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Aivars Pētersons
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To acquire the knowledge, skills and competences specific to the nephrologist specialty in kidney transplantation, including selection and monitoring of recipients and living related donors, nephrological management of the peritransplantation process and long-term treatment of the transplant patient.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Acquired knowledge necessary for the kidney transplantation process - selection, peritransplantation, long-term monitoring.
Skills
1.Ability to evaluate all tx patient problems. Ability to perform tx biopsy.
Competences
1.Ability to solve all medical and phyhological tx questions.
Assessment
Individual work
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% from total grade
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1.
Individual work |
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Completion of Tx documentation in outpatient and inpatient settings.
Presentation at scientific conferences.
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Examination
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% from total grade
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1.
Examination |
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-
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Wide discussion on prepared tx patient problems.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Tx immunesuppression
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Seminar
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Modality
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Choice of immunosuppressive drugs
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Principles of recipient selection and investigation
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Examination of donors (living and deceased), including HLA testing
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Indications and contraindications for living related and cadaver kidney transplantation
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Biological Mechanism of Treme
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Early and late complications of transplantation
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Principles of organ procurement and storage
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Psychosocial aspects of transplantation
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Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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On site
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Placement location
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Topics
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Banf classification
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
17.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
10
Length (weeks):
12
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
UpToDate in Medicine, Wolters Kluwer
2.
Comprehensive Clinical Nephrology, 6th Edition, 2018. Richard J. Johnson & John Feehally & Jurgen Floege & Marcello Tonelli
Additional Reading
1.
Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Oxford Pres žurnāls