Transplant Surgery

Course Information
TitleΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΜΟΣΧΕΥΣΕΩΝ / Transplant Surgery
CodeΙΑ0347
FacultyHealth Sciences
SchoolMedicine
Cycle / Level1st / Undergraduate
Teaching PeriodWinter
CoordinatorGeorgios Tsoulfas
CommonNo
StatusActive
Course ID200000345
Class Information
Academic Year2020 – 2021
Class PeriodSpring
Faculty Instructors
Weekly Hours2
Class ID
600172100
SectionInstructors
1. ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΚΛΙΝΙΚΗ ΜΕΤΑΜΟΣΧΕΥΣΕΩΝ
Course Type 2011-2015
Specific Foundation / Core
Mode of Delivery
  • Face to face
  • Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Erasmus
The course is also offered to exchange programme students.
Language of Instruction
  • Greek (Instruction, Examination)
  • English (Instruction, Examination)
  • French (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
Required Courses
  • ΙΑ0365 Introduction to Health Policy and Primary Health Care
  • ΙΑ0366 Introduction to Pathological Physiology
General Prerequisites
The selected Transplant Surgery course is taught in the 10 semesters of study, so the students who attend the course have completed the core courses that are considered necessary.
Learning Outcomes
They will learn the basic principles of transplantation. Transplant immunology, methods of transplantation, selection of donors and recipients for transplantation, organ transplant methods and monitoring of transplants. As transplants increase and the problems they present are varied, all physicians will be asked to treat such patients, so the basic principles of transplants, which are generally considered advanced health care, will be necessary.
General Competences
  • Apply knowledge in practice
  • Adapt to new situations
  • Make decisions
  • Work autonomously
  • Work in teams
  • Work in an international context
  • Generate new research ideas
Course Content (Syllabus)
1.Introduction to organ and tissue transplantation 2. Brain Death -Organ grafts Procurement and Preservation 3. Basic principles of transplant immunology 4. Kidney Transplant: Selection-Preparation-Follow up 5. Kidney transplantation: Surgical technique 6. Pancreatic transplantation-Pancreatic islet transplantation 7. Pediatric transplants 8. Heart-lung transplant 9. Liver transplantation: Selection-Preparation-Monitoring of a liver transplant recipient 10. Liver transplantation: Surgical techniques 11. Regenerative Medicine. The future of transplants.
Educational Material Types
  • Notes
  • Slide presentations
  • Video lectures
  • Book
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
  • Use of ICT in Course Teaching
  • Use of ICT in Student Assessment
Course Organization
ActivitiesWorkloadECTSIndividualTeamworkErasmus
Lectures301.2
Clinical Practice230.9
Total532.0
Student Assessment
Description
Oral assessment of all taught material.
Student Assessment methods
  • Oral Exams (Summative)
Bibliography
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
ΦΟΥΖΑΣ Ι. (2018) ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΗ ΣΤΗΝ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ ΤΩΝ ΜΕΤΑΜΟΣΚΕΥΣΕΩΝ. ΠΑΡΙΣΙΑΝΟΥ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΙΣΑΓΩΓΙΚΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΙΑ ΕΠΙΣΤΗΜΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΒΙΒΛΙΩΝ
Additional bibliography for study
ΓΕΝΙΚΗ ΧΕΙΡΟΥΡΓΙΚΗ - Τομέας Χειρουργικής Ιατρικής Σχολής Α.Π.Θ.(Β΄ έκδοση). University Studio Press 2017.
Last Update
22-10-2020