Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, Educational Travel
Conferences
3rd Annual Study Day in Travel Health. London. UK. July 10, 2002. The course is open to all Health Care Professionals with an interest in travel medicine. Useful update for those providing pre-travel health advice in a primary care setting. Contact: Ruth Hargreaves, Course Administrator, Academic Centre for Travel Medicine & Vaccines, Royal Free Campus, Rowland Hill Street, London NW3 2PF Tel: +44 020 7472 6114, Fax: +44 020 7830 2268. Email: r.hargreaves@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
18th Annual Wilderness Medicine Conference. Snowmass, Colorado. USA. August 11 - 16, 2002. Sponsor: Wilderness Medicine Society and the University of California, San Diego Continuing Education. Topics: Altitude Medicine, Rattlesnake bites, Dynamics of Group Travel, Expedition Medical Kit, Jungle Medicine, and dozens more subjects. Wilderness Medical Society, 3595 East Fountain Blvd, Ste. A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910 Phone: (719) 572-9255 Fax: (719) 572-1514 www.wms.org Email: wms@wms.org Register on line at http://cme.ucsd.edu
Third European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. Lisbon, Portugal. September 8-12, 2002. "Tropical Medicine: A Global Challenge." Auspices of the Federation of the European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health. Host: Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. Main topics: tropical medicine, travel medicine, migration, medicine, international health. Experts will explore future innovative collaboration. Official language: English. Information: Professor Dr. F. Antunes, Instituto de Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira, 96 PT-1600 Lisbon Tel: ++351-21-365-2638 Fax: ++351-21-797-6242 Email: ip231874@ip.pt.
Intensive Review Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. Chicago, USA. October 22-23, 2002. Sponsor: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. Information: www.astmh.org ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062 USA. Fax: 847/480-9282 Email astmh@astmh.org.
Diploma Course in Travel Health and Medicine. London UK. Each Monday, 1000-1600, from October 2002-July 2003. Provides postgraduate education and aqualification within the field of travel medicine to those actively involved or with a keen interest in the provision of travel advice. For registered medical practitioners qualified with MBBS and nurses qualified with RGN, and other health care professionals with relevant qualifications. A Diploma in Travel Health and Medicine (Royal Free & University College London Medical School), will be issued to those that successfully complete the course. Contact: Ruth Hargreaves, Course Administrator (Dr Jane N Zuckerman, Course Director) Academic Centre For Travel Medicine and Vaccines Royal Free and University College, Rowland Hill Street London NW3 2PF United Kingdom Tel: (44) 020 7472 6114 Fax: (44) 020 7830 2268 Email: r.hargreaves@rfc.ucl.ac.uk
IV Biennial Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference. Shanghai, China: October 22-25, 2002. Travel Health in the Asia Pacific Region: New Frontiers and Challenges. Sponsor: Asia Pacific Travel Health Society and ISTM. Official language: English. Simultaneous translation of the plenary meetings into Chinese. Contact: Ms. Zhou Yifan, Secretariat of 4APTHC, Room 1705, No. 2669 Xie Tu Road, Shanghai 200030 China. Tel: 86-21 64398193. Fax: 86-21 64398194. Email: apthc2002@sh163.net.
Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Denver USA. Nov 10- 14, 2002. Pre-meeting course Nov 9-10: Updates in Wilderness and Extreme Medicine. ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062 USA, Fax: 847/480-9282 Email astmh@astmh.org.
SAILS 2002: Shipboard Assessment, Intervention and Life Support for Cruise Ship Medicine. November 10-17, 2002. Aboard the ship GTS Millennium. Sails from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sponsor: Voyager Medical Seminar and New Hampshire Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. For physicians and nurses interested in promoting and enhancing the delivery of quality medical services on board cruise ships. Computer technology including syllabi on PALM OS handheld computer and CD-ROM. Contact: Robert E. Wheeler, MD, FACEP, Voyager Medical Seminars, 9 Corduroy Rd. Amherst, NH 03031-2724. Voice/Fax (603) 672-5775. email: vms@compuserve.com
Vascular Symposium in Hawaii - The Fourth Pacific Vascular Symposium on Venous Disease: The Aggressive Approach. Hawaii, USA. November 12-16, 2002. International guest faculty of 40 experts. Program will be a "Venous Symphony," with five controversial themes: (1) Acute Venous Thromboembolism, (2) Air-Travel Related Venous Thromboembolism, (3) Chronic Venous Disease, (4) Diagnosis of CVD, and (5) Varicose Veins. For surgeons, radiologists, and others interested in venous disease. Contact: Straub Foundation, 1100 Ward Avenue, Suite 1045, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-1617; Tel: 808-524-6755, Fax: 808-531-0123, Email: straubf@straub-foundation.org Website: www.straub-foundation.org
Havana Travel and Tropical Medicine Course. Havana Cuba. November 18-23, 2002. Sponsored by the Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri" and Maastricht Travel & Tropical Medicine Foundation, Netherlands. For physicians, nurses, and health scientists. Official language: English. Twenty hours of instruction over 5 mornings, including bedside teaching. Course Secretariat: Peter de Beer, MD; P.O. Box 1660;6201 BR Maastricht Netherlands. Email: mstropics@mail.com Web addresses: www.tropenkliniek.nl and www.ipk.sld.cu
10th Update Travel and International Medicine. Seattle, USA. April 4-6, 2003. Lectures, expert panels, and workshops. For physicians and nurses. Sponsor: University of Washington Continuing Medical Education. Information: Sandy Pomerinke, 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101. Tel: 206-543-1050 Fax: 206-221-4525 Email: cme@u.washington.edu
CISTM8 8th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. New York. My 7-11, 2003. Contact: CISTM8 Conference Secretariat: Talley Management Group, Inc., 19 Mantua Rd. Mt. Royal, NJ 08061 USA. Tel: (856) 423-7222 Ext 218. Fax: (856) 423-3420.
Courses/Educational Travel
Med Sail 2003: Medicine for Mariners and Safety at Sea. Cruise the British Virgin Islands aboard luxury Moorings 45-foot crewed yachts. January 18-25, 2003. Topics include: marine and dive medicine, seamanship and safety at sea. CME credits. Offered by Wilderness Medical Society, West Marine, and Blue Water Sailing magazine. Lectures and workshops taught by expert doctors and industry professionals. Stops at exotic harbors. Time for water sports, exploring islands, or unwinding and relaxing. Contact: The Moorings, (800) 535-7289. Email: Michael Jacobs, MD saildoc@vineyard.net
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine Lima and the Andes and Amazon regions, Peru. January 27- March 28, 2003. Also in 2004. Sponsor: University of Alabama and IAMAT Foundation. Includes lectures, case conferences, diagnostic laboratory procedures, and bedside teaching in a 36-bed tropical medicine unit. Official language: English. International Faculty. 380 contact hours. Information: David O. Freedman, M.D. Gorgas Memorial Institute, U. of Alabama, Birmingham, 530 Third Avenue South, BBRB 203, Birmingham, AL 35294. Fax: 205-934-5600 or Division of Continuing Medical Education at 800-UAB-MIST (U.S.) or 205-934-2687 (from overseas) Email: info@gorgas.org Web address: www.gorgas.org.
Tropical Medicine Expeditions to East Africa: 7th Expedition to Uganda, February 2-14, 2003, and 10th Expedition to Kenya, February 23-March 7, 2003. In collaboration with the University of Nairobi and Dr. Kay Schaefer (MD, PhD, MSc, DTM&H) Cologne, Germany. Official language: English. For physicians, public health experts and scientists. Visits to different hospitals and health projects in urban and rural areas. Individual bedside teaching and laboratory work. Lectures in epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment and control of important tropical infectious diseases. Updates on Travel Medicine. Visit to the "Flying Doctors" headquarters in Nairobi. 50 contact hours. Accredited certificate given. Contact: Dr. Kay Schaefer, Tel/Fax: +49-221-3404905, E-Mail: contact@tropmedex.com Homepage: www.tropmedex.com
Update on Travel and Tropical Medicine. Siem Reap (Angkor Wat), Cambodia. February 18-28, 2003. CME event sponsored by Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine. Course organizer: Kevin C. Kain, MD, FRCPC. Director, Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine, EN G-224, Toronto General Hospital, 200 Elizabeth St. Toronto, ON, Canada M5G 2C4. Kevin.kain@uhn.on.ca Information: Yue Chi, Asia Adventures and Study Tours, 455 Avenue Road, Suite 300, Toronto, ON, Canada M4V 2J2 Tel. 416-322-6508 or 1-866-564-1226. E-mail: info@asiaadventures.ca
