IMProving Access and Care in Transplantation Lab

UW-Madison Educational Opportunities

Recommended Courses

There are a variety of transplant-related courses available at UW-Madison to students (undergraduate, graduate, and medical), and some are taught by our lab directors. Jump start your career and consider enrolling in any of the following:

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Medical History And Bioethics 558 - Ethical Issues in Health Care

Description

Ethical issues apparently created by new biomedical technologies, such as genetic screening, prenatal diagnosis, prolongation of life, treatment of severe birth defects, in vitro fertilization, behavior modification, psychosurgery, and transplantation.

Requisites

Junior standing

Details

  • Credits: 3.00 credits
  • Level: Intermediate
  • Breadth: Humanities
  • L&S credit type: Counts as LAS credit (L&S)
  • Cross listed: MED HIST 558, PHILOS 558
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement

Subject notes

Richard C. Keller, Interim Chair, 1135 MSC, (608)262-1460

See web site for department information and course descriptions at medhistbioethics.wisc.edu

Medical History And Bioethics 742 - Ethics and U.S. Health Care Policy

Description

Understand and analyze the U.S. health care system through the lens of ethical criticisms made by and on behalf of the diverse populations it serves. Gain understanding of philosophical debates over universal health insurance coverage, fair health care financing, effective cost-containment, and rationing. Hone the craft of constructing ethical arguments, and foreseeing and responding to potential objections.

Requisites

MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

Details

  • Credits: 2.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement

Subject notes

Richard C. Keller, Interim Chair, 1135 MSC, (608)262-1460

See web site for department information and course descriptions at medhistbioethics.wisc.edu

Medicine 909 - Infectious Disease Transplant Service Elective

Description

Infectious disease management skills with a focus on transplant patients. Interaction occurs on the inpatient infectious disease transplant consult service at UW Hospital. In addition to extensive knowledge of infectious diseases in transplant patients, there is also an emphasis on major toxicities and drug interactions between antimicrobial agents, understanding the “net state of immunosuppression,” and honing skills as a consultant in the hospital.

Requisites

Graduate/professional standing

Details

  • Credits: 2.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Subject notes

Richard Page, MD, Chair, CSC

Medicine 912 - Transplantation, Immunology and Nephrology Elective

Description

Evaluate and treat patients on inpatient and outpatient transplant nephrology services. Common conditions include evaluation of transplant patients with AKI and immunology related problems. Learn the basic principles of immunosuppressant management and rejection management. Review biopsies daily with a pathologist and attend surgical transplant Grand Rounds.

Requisites

Graduate/professional standing

Details

  • Credits: 2.00-4.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Subject notes

Richard Page, MD, Chair, CSC

Medicine 976 - Clinical Nephrology Elective

Description

Evaluation of patients on inpatient and outpatient adult nephrology services. Common conditions include recognizing and diagnosing the cause of acute kidney injury (AKI), assessing factors that can alter the course of chronic kidney disease (CKD), and knowing the steps to hemodialysis initiation. Diagnosis and management of nephrology patients along with opportunities to see patients pre or post renal transplant.

Requisites

Graduate/professional standing

Details

  • Credits: 2.00-4.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Subject notes

Richard Page, MD, Chair, CSC

Psychiatry 922 - Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison Clinical Elective

Description

Learn psychiatric assessment of patients admitted to University Hospital medical and surgical floors (including burn unit, trauma service and transplant services). Learn emergency psychiatric assessment through consultation to the University Hospital emergency department.

Requisites

Graduate/professional standing

Details

  • Credits: 1.00-12.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Psychiatry 922 - Psychiatry Consultation and Liaison Advanced Clinical Experience

Description

Psychiatric assessment of patients admitted to University Hospital medical and surgical floors (including burn unit, trauma service and transplant services). Emergency psychiatric assessment through consultation to the University Hospital emergency department.

Requisites

MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

Details

  • Credits: 4.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Surgery 960 - Transplantation Elective

Description

Direct supervision by Transplant fellows and attending physicians. Participate in regularly scheduled supervisor-student meetings, which involve some or all of the following: rounding on service patients, participating in scheduled operative procedures, presenting cases and teaching topics, and discussing patient cases. Complete independent activities including some or all of the following: reading about patient conditions and preparing for direct patient care as needed. Attend conferences associated with the assigned general surgery service. Complete other patient care related learning activities as assigned by instructors; these are dependent on the individual student, the patients under the student’s care, and the location.

Requisites

Graduate/professional standing

Details

  • Credits: 2.00-4.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement
    • Repeatable for Credit

Subject notes

K. Craig Kent, MD, Chair, H4/710, 265-8854

Surgery 973 - Optimizing Value, Quality and Safety in Healthcare

Description

An in-depth understanding of the key concepts of value, quality and safety is critical to the education of future physicians. The majority of adverse events experienced by hospitalized patients occur in surgery. Surgery offers the ideal setting to explore these three components critical to improving the US healthcare system. Examine factors that influence the care we provide and critically consider the value of this care. Observe efforts to improve value in surgery focusing on quality, safety and appropriate utilization of critical resources and consider areas for improvement. Follow patients in all processes of care from clinic, to the operating room, through their postoperative course, to discharge, and consider how important measures to secure safety and quality are encountered and impact care in the clinical arena. Consider price and allocation of scarce resources. Gather information for their analysis of the patient experience.

Requisites

MED SC-M 810, 811, 812, and 813

Details

  • Credits: 2.00 credits
  • Course attributes:
    • 50% Graduate Coursework Requirement

Subject notes

K. Craig Kent, MD, Chair, H4/710, 265-8854

Paths of Distinction

Paths of distinction are offered by the School of Medicine and Public Health at UW-Madison to provide eager students additional opportunities to gain clinical and research experience beyond the regular course load. We recommend the following paths for those interested in pursuing transplant medicine:

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Path of Distinction in Bioethics (PoD-B)

The Path of Distinction in Bioethics (PoD-B) awards distinction at graduation for students in the MD program who complete requirements demonstrating significant achievement in bioethics. The PoD-B program provides students with opportunities for focused electives and selectives, clinical ethics observation, bioethics scholarship, and participation in a vibrant bioethics learning community. It serves as a foundation for service and research in ethics in one’s medical career.

Requirements

MD students who participate in the Path of Distinction in Bioethics must be in good standing in the MD program and will:

  • Complete MED HIST (Medical History & Bioethics) 729, “Introduction to Bioethics”
  • Complete MED HIST 730, “Topics in Bioethics”
  • Complete at least one approved Phase 3 selective
  • Participate in the Bioethics Learning Community (BLC)
    • Phase 1: Attend at least 3 BLC discussions
    • Phase 2: (co-)Lead a BLC discussion and attend at least one other BLC discussions.
    • Phase 3: Attend at least 3 BLC discussions
    • Phase 3: Attend the annual SMPH Bioethics Symposium and the Dean’s Luncheon preceding it
    • Phase 3: Attend at least one Hospital Ethics Committee (HEC) meeting.
  • Complete a supervised scholarly Bioethics Research Paper
  • Present the Bioethics Research Paper orally at the SMPH Bioethics Research Symposium

Learn more about the path of distinction in bioethics here.

Path of Distinction in Interprofessional Practice and Education - Transplant track

The UW Interprofessional Practice and Education Path of Distinction (UW IPE PoD) program awards distinction at graduation for health/social science program students (including the MD program students) who complete a two-year longitudinal IPE program, as detailed below, to gain and advance knowledge and skills in interprofessional competencies, and to become interprofessional practitioners as future healthcare team members and leaders.

IPE is widely recognized as a roadmap toward improving the patient care experience, improving the health of communities and populations, reducing the cost of healthcare delivery and improving the work experience of healthcare professionals – known as the ‘Quadruple Aim’.

Requirements

The UW IPE PoD Program provides students with IPE learning, IPE research, IPE leadership and IPE reflection opportunities that supplement their program-specific education opportunities.

IPE Learning

Students need to complete the IPE Fundamental Badge (the four UW CIPE Competency Modules), an IPE course (or an IPE Didactic/Specialty Badge), an IPE simulation opportunity, and an IPE clinical/community placement.

IPE Leadership

Students are required to complete an IPE Leadership Badge through fulfilling two or more IPE leadership opportunities.

IPE Project

Students to complete an IPE Scholarship Badge by developing, implementing, evaluating, and disseminating an IPE-related project to advance the Quadruple Aim (better health, better care, better value, and better providers’ work experience).

Final IPE Reflection and Knowledge Sharing

At the end of the program, students are required to either submit a reflection or present/share (individually or as teams) their learning from their IPE PoD journey with students in their (and other) programs.

Cross-professional students at UW–Madison at any year in their program (as long as they are able to satisfy the requirements) are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to complete an online application. The application includes a 500-word personal statement about IPE interest/experience and the impact of the UW IPE Path of Distinction on professional growth, as well as a resume/CV.

Learn more about the path of distinction in interprofessional practice and education here.