Subject: Surgery
Course Number: 160.07
Course Title: Surgery Donor Runs
Units: 1
School: Medicine
Department: Surgery
Course Description: The medical student will be invited to participate in donor runs for retrieval of intra thoracic and intra abdominal organs for transplant. The student will scrub in on organ donor operations. Anatomy is an important component of medical student education. Though partially addressed by exposure to cadavers, the dynamic interaction with brain dead heart beating donors is a much more realistic opportunity for learning.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: None.
Activities: Direct - Conference, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact
Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No