Subject: Surgery
Course Number: 160.08
Course Title: The Organ Transplant Experience
Units: 1.5
School: Medicine
Department: Surgery
Course Description: This elective offers medical students the opportunity to learn about solid organ transplantation, and how various types of medical providers impact the care of donors and recipients. The elective includes a lecture series (approximately six lectures) about solid organ transplant and organ procurement. Students enrolled in the elective are encouraged to attend at least one organ procurement experience with the thoracic and/or abdominal UCSF organ procurement teams.
Prerequisites: None.
Restrictions: None.
Activities: Direct - Lecture, Direct - Clinical Experience/Patient Contact, Student - Lecture
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