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Now Streaming: How To Do a Kidney Transplant (vice.com)

tedlistens writes: In January, hundreds of students enrolled in the University of Leiden Medical School's 'Clinical Kidney Transplantation.' But they weren't there: the class is completely virtual, the world's first massively open online course to offer instruction in the surgical procedure. Taught by 13 doctors through videos and interactive modules...the free course isn't intended to replace real-life education with hospital patients. Nor is it likely to prepare students to conduct a kidney transplant anytime soon. (For a fee, students can receive a certificate of completion.) But it's part of a new digital push among medical schools around the world, including Harvard and Stanford, that are seeking to educate a generation of students raised on smartphones and to expand their audiences to virtually anyone with a computer and an internet connection.

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  1. Missing information. by fahrbot-bot · · Score: 4, Funny

    (a) Which motels are best for this type of surgery?
    (b) How much ice does a typical motel bathtub hold?

    I'm asking for a friend.

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