Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Organ Procurement from Living Donors
Course Code
RTL_017
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine
ECTS
18.00
Target Audience
Medicine
LQF
Level 8
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Vadims Suhorukovs
Residency Speciality
Speciality
Transplantologist
Supervisor of Medical Speciality
Jānis Jušinskis
Contacts
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About Study Course
Objective
To ensure acquisition and improvement of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in obtaining donor organs from living donors according to the requirements of the transplantology speciality regulation to prepare the doctor for certification in transplantologist’s speciality according to laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.During the time allocated for rotation discipline, the medical resident acquires basic knowledge and competence in preoperative examination of the living donor, preparation for explantation, explantation of living donor organs, postoperative treatment of the donor, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of possible complications.
Skills
1.As a result of completing the rotation discipline, the medical resident will be able to prepare living donors for organ (kidney) explantation, organ (kidney) explantation from living donors, post-operative treatment and observation of the donor.
Competences
1.To select living kidney donors, prepare for the kidney retrieval surgery, perform the kidney retrieval surgery, prepare the retrieved kidney for transplantation, manage the donor’s treatment and post-operative observation, document and register the donation in accordance with the law.
Assessment
Individual work
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During the cycle, the medical resident must acquire detailed theoretical knowledge of living donor surgery, organ procurement techniques, post-operative donor management and observation. Practical skills in obtaining donor organs from living donors and in managing the post-operative period of donors. Must be able to obtain a high-quality donor organ (kidney) from a living donor for future transplantation, manage the donor after kidney explantation.
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Examination
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At the end of the cycle, lecturer evaluates the practical skills on a 10-point scale, recording it in the medical resident’s logbook.
The theoretical knowledge is tested in writing and assessed on a 10-point scale.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Seminar
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Topics
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Organ procurement from living donors: indications and contraindications for organ explantation and use in transplantation, consent and other documentation, specifics of donor preparation.
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Seminar
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Organ procurement from living donors: explantation and preservation techniques.
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Managing a living donor after surgery, complications, outcomes. Long-term outcomes after organ explantation from living donors.
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Living donor kidney exchange programmes: opportunities, indications, limitations, organisation, outcomes.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
18.00
Number of Residency Seminars:
4
Length (weeks):
13
Final Examination:
Residency exam (Theory and practice)
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Textbook of organ transplantation, vol 1, 2. (edit. Allan D. Kirk). Willey Blackwell, Oxford, 2014.
2.
Gabriel M.Danovich. Handook of kidney transplantation. 5th edition. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2010.
3.
Abhinav Kumar, Arthur J. Matas, William D. Payne. Atlas of organ transplantation. Springer, London, 2006.
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Carol E.H.Scott-Conner. Essential operative techniques and anatomy. 4th editioin. Wolters Kluwer | Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, 2014.
5.
Living donor organ transplantation. (edit. Rainer W.G.Gruessner, Enrico Benedetti). MCGrawHill Medical, New York, 2008.
6.
Ķirurģija. (red. J.Gardovskis). Rīgas Stradiņa Universitāte, Rīga, 2013
7.
Nieru transplantācija (red. R.Rozentāls, I.Folkmane). Nacionālais Apgāds, Rīga, 2008.
8.
Rekomendācijas nieru transplantācijā. (autoru kolektīvs, R.Rozentāla vad.). Medicīnas Apgāds, Rīga, 2015.
9.
Рафаил Розенталь. Получение органов, тканей и клеток для трансплантации. Nacionālais Apgāds, Rīga, 2005.
Other Information Sources
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Periodika: Transplant International, Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, Transplantation Proceedings, Transplantation, JAMA, Lancet, NEJM