Postgraduate Course: Transplant Critical Care (CRCA11020)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This course will give students an opportunity to explore and gain a detailed understanding of developments in organ donation and transplantation relevant to critical care patients.
The course will cover general considerations relevant to organ donation and will use the specific context of liver transplantation to highlight the range of multi-professional expertise required to deliver a complex, life-saving intervention. |
| Course description |
The course will be divided into 5 weeks, with each week comprising a theme. This course will cover:
1. Principles and practices of organ donation and transplantation, with a specific focus on liver transplantation.
2. Care of the potential organ donor (Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) and Donation after Brainstem Death (DBD)), including ethical and legal aspects of transplant medicine.
3. The role of novel technologies in expanding and optimising the donor organ pool.
4. Understanding the surgical procedure of liver transplantation, including the relevant anatomy, physiology and perioperative concerns
5. Post-operative management of the transplant patient, including common complications
The students will be able to achieve an understanding of this subject area by:
1. A series of lectures and live tutorials led and delivered by experts from across the multi-disciplinary teams involved in organ donation and transplantation.
2. Experts will show how novel technologies and practices are leading advances in organ donation
3. By focusing on liver transplantation, we will lead students through detailed discussion of all aspects of the journey from organ donation, through perioperative considerations, and into the postoperative critical care stay and beyond.
4. Interactive teaching that will allow students to work with tutors and colleagues to identify and explore learning needs through case-based tutorials and discussion boards.
5. Reference to a wide range of teaching materials.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2025/26, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
MVM Online Learning Block 3 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 6,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 5,
Online Activities 15,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 2,
Summative Assessment Hours 30,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
40 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
There are two in-course assessments for this course.
Component one - worth 60%
Component two - worth 40%
Details about the assignment specifications will be provided in the virtual learning environment during the first week of the course. |
| Feedback |
Assessment and Feedback in this course is covered by the University of Edinburgh Assessment and Feedback Principles and Priorities.
Feedback is defined as information to students which allows them to review what they know, understand and can do in their studies. Feedback is also important to identify areas for improvement, for example course feedback surveys will be an integral component of the programme to allow refinement.
Opportunities for feedback will also arise during timetabled activities, for example during live question and answer sessions, and on discussion boards, emails. Feedback can be provided on coursework assignments but also activities which are not formally assessed, for example class discussion on the discussion board, group exercises, and developing project plans and proposals. A formative task is provided in each course which provides feed forward prior to the student submitting their first piece of summative assessed course work.
All assignments will be marked, and feedback is provided within a period of fifteen working days (where possible) following the submission date (excluding holidays periods whereby the University is closed, e.g. over the Christmas period).
When marked work is returned to you, it is your responsibility to read and think about the feedback given and not just look at the mark. The feedback gives you an indication of what you did well, what you misunderstood and what you did not address correctly. If you have any questions, please contact the named Course Organiser. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate a critical understanding of the principal theories and concepts underpinning organ transplantation
- Apply knowledge of the core clinical aspects of transplant critical care in order to optimise outcomes for organ donors and transplant recipients
- Apply critical analysis of the literature when considering the impact of perioperative and/or critical care management on patient outcomes in the context of organ transplantation
- Demonstrate an ability to communicate effectively to an audience with different levels of knowledge/expertise
- Demonstrate leadership and/or initiative and make an identifiable contribution to change and development and/or new thinking in relation to organ demonstration and/or transplantation
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Reading List
A resource list will be provided to ensure access to relevant materials for participation in this course. More details about resource lists can be found at https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/research-teaching-staff/resource-lists/information-for-students
The resource material list will be provided in the virtual learning environment to enhance each week's material.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Mindset
Enquiry and lifelong learning:
Students will use skills in information retrieval and critical analysis to evaluate developments in organ donation and transplantation. Students will understand how these developments can inform clinical practice and improve outcomes for patients.
Aspiration and personal development
Students will gain a comprehensive understanding of the role of the multi-disciplinary team in the process of organ donation, including developments that extend the scope of organ donation in clinical practice.
Students will have the opportunity to gain specific understanding of the care of liver transplant patients relevant to critical care and will be able to reflect on their own ability to improve patient care.
Outlook and engagement
Students will be equipped with the knowledge and skills needed to develop and improve organ donation and transplantation services in their own context/environment.
Research and enquiry
Students will demonstrate their ability to critically evaluate research findings and incorporate new findings into existing practices to improve patient outcomes.
Personal and intellectual autonomy
Students will have the opportunity to consider how developments in organ donation and transplantation could be made in their own context/environment.
Personal effectiveness
The students who fully engage with the course over the 5 weeks will gain the most from the taught content and focus their time for self-directed learning. By maximising these opportunities, they will develop their own knowledge and understanding as well as contributing productively to other students¿ learning.
Communication
Effective participation and engagement with course materials will involve active communication with tutors and other students. This will allow students to direct their learning so that their own self-identified learning needs are addressed on this course. |
| Special Arrangements |
This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of Learn as the delivery platform. |
| Additional Class Delivery Information |
All live tutorials will be scheduled through Collaborate in the virtual learning environment, and the dates will be provided within the course information available there. |
| Keywords | Organ donation,transplantation,liver transplant,critical care |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Mort Kelleher
Tel:
Email: Mort.Kelleher@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Mrs Kimberley Jamieson
Tel:
Email: kimberley.jamieson@ed.ac.uk |
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