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Postgraduate Course: Transplantation and Tissue Banking (GMED11006)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Clinical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits20 ECTS Credits10
SummaryTo provide an understanding of the science, relevant diagnostic assays and clinical application of tissue and solid organ transplantation, and related aspects of donor selection.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course the student should understand the principles and application of

-The physiology and pathophysiology of liver, kidney, pancreatic, bone and stem cell/marrow transplantation
-The methods used to collect tissues and organs suitable for these uses
-The methods used to process and assure quality of such donations
-The clinical uses of tissues and organ transplantation
-The relevant legislation underpinning the above
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Additional Class Delivery Information The course will be delivered as a series of lectures combined with tutorials, spot tests and assessment exercise as a one-week residential course in Edinburgh. Students will be assigned background-learning work prior to this week.
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserMs Anne Thomson
Tel: 0141 357 7700
Email: anne.thomson2@nhs.net
Course secretaryMs Anne Thomson
Tel: 0141 357 7700
Email: anne.thomson2@nhs.net
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