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Elective Title: 93SG760 — CLINICAL - ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION

Description:

This one-month (optional two month) elective will provide the student with an exposure to abdominal organ transplantation. This is an intensely surgical service, with daily cases to be observed. If a student is interested, there will be plenty of opportunity to participate in skin closures (but don’t have to if the student has no interest). The student will be expected to see at least one of the following cases: • Kidney transplant • Laparoscopic donor nephrectomy • AV fistula creation • Open hernia repair on a transplant patient • And, best of all, multi-organ procurement, which is a great anatomical lesson. The student will also be exposed to the medical issues that transplant patients have: • Organ failure, especially ESRD and type one diabetes, and its sequelae • Immunosuppression and its complications • And the fluid, blood pressure and GI management of complex surgical patients. The student will actively participate in the overall patient care in a day-to-day close working relationship with the faculty and house staff.

Elective Details:

Primary Contact for Add/Drops: Megan Rendina (mrendina@iupui.edu)

Director: John Powelson, M.D.

Campus: Indianapolis

Location: IU Health University Hospital, Transplant Unit, C430 (Indianapolis)

Learning Objectives

  • 1) Acquire a patient history and physical exam while focusing on aspects of surgical pathophysiology (PC1)
  • 2) Formulate patient care plans under the guidance of faculty and residents, considering a patient's pathophysiology (PC3)
  • 3) Describe the preoperative, surgical and post-operative management of complex surgical diseases, acute & chronic renal failure, need for access surgery (MK4)
  • 4) Participate in multi-organ procurement (PC4)

Assessment

  • Clinical Performance Evaluation Form; (Observations)

Enrollment Information

Prerequisites: 3rd or 4th year status; Surgery clerkship must be completed

Availability with Max Students per Month:

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Duty Hours: 70

Time Distribution: 75% Clinical; 10% Lecture; 15% Library

Elective Type Category: CP - Clinical Practice

Notes and Enrollment Information:

Add/Drop Contact Person: Megan Rendina (mrendina@iupui.edu) THIS ELECTIVE DOES NOT PARTICIPATE IN THE INITIAL SENIOR MATCH: All additions and drops for surgery electives must be approved through Megan Rendina, Surgery Clerkship Coordinator at 317-274-7201 or mrendina@iupui.edu. [There is a resident workroom off OTU west, near nursing unit. Please check in there. Or contact Dr. Powelson by text 317-363-6683].

Third Year Elective? Yes

Interprofessional Skills and Service Learning

Interprofessional Collaborative Skills: None

Service Learning Included: None