Integrated Abdominal Transplantation (KISC)

4 units

The course is designed to provide a holistic overview of abdominal transplantation, primarily focused on providing students with an in-depth introduction to the multiple facets, both foundational science and clinical, within this field. The primary goal is to enhance the senior medical student curriculum through providing a multidisciplinary and integrated experience spanning the major service lines of transplant hepatology, transplant nephrology, and transplant surgery. Small group discussions throughout the course will center on the background foundational science inherent to transplant, with ample opportunities then to observe and to apply that knowledge in patient management and evidence-based care. The two main components of this course will involve the following: a classroom component consisting of didactics, small group sessions, and journal club; and an experiential component involving clinical exposure to transplant nephrology, transplant hepatology, and transplant surgery as well as real-time interaction with ancillary services such as HLA lab, pathology, radiology, and Mid-America Transplant.