Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, Educational Travel
Conferences
Diploma Course in Travel Health and Medicine. London. UK. Each Monday, 1000-1600, from October 2002-July 2003. Postgraduate education and qualification in travel medicine for registered medical practitioners qualified with MBBS, 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) 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 Web address: www.rfc.ucl.ac.uk
Travel Medicine Update 2002. Toronto. Saturday, November 30, 2002. Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine, Toronto General Hospital, University of Toronto. Subjects include: changing recommendations for immunizations, malaria, and traveler's diarrhea, and much more. Speakers include Kevin Kain MD, lan Magill MD, Jay Keystone MD. CME: 7 hours of ACCME Category I credit. Email: anne.crozier@uhn.on.ca Tel: (416) 340-3671.
9th Swiss International Short Course on Travellers' Health. Basel, Switzerland. February 24-28, 2003. Comprehensive training in pre-travel advice, health problems abroad, and the returning traveler. Under the patronage of the ISTMedicine. For physicians, nurses, other health professionals and members of travel industry with strong interest in travel medicine. Official language: English. Swiss Tropical Institute, Course Secretariat, Socinstrasse 57, P.O. Box CH - 4002, Basel, Switzerland. Tel: +41 61 284 82 80 Fax: +41 61 284 81 06 Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch.
Two-weekend attendance course in Travel Medicine with an interblock self-study component. Johannesburg, South Africa. February 28- March 2, 2003 and May 9-11, 2003. Sponsored by the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa in conjunction with James Cook University, Australia. The two weekend courses will be held at the WITS University in Johannesburg. For more information: Michelle Shelby at sastm@worldonline.co.za, Fax: +27(12) 347-4215.
Travel Medicine in the 21st Century. Playa Conchal, Costa Rica, March 22-26, 2003. Distinguished faculty will discuss the cutting-edge issues in travel medicine.
CME credits. Orvis Travel. Historic Route 7A. Manchester, VT. USA 05254. (800) 547-4322. Email:Orvistravel@orvis.com Web address: www.orvis.com
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. 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. May 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.
4th World Congress of Wilderness Medicine. Whistler, British Columbia. August 9-13, 2003. Every four years, the Wilderness Medical Society holds a World Congress, attracting those working in wilderness medicine and providing care in challenging areas around the world. Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Wilderness Medical Society, 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. USA. Tel: +1-719-572-9255. Fax: +1-719-572-1514. Web address: www.wms.org
11th International Congress of Infectious Diseases. Cancun, Mexico. March 4-7, 2004 Sponsor: International Society for Infectious Diseases (ISID). Official language: English. ISID, 181 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA. Tel: (617) 277-0551. Fax: (617) 731-1541. Email: info@isid.org Web address: www.isid.org.
Courses/Educational Travel
Tropical Medicine Expeditions to East Africa: 7th Expedition to Uganda, February 2-February 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. Two-week expedition designed for a limited number of physicians, public health experts and scientists. Participants visit hospitals and health projects in urban and rural areas. Includes individual bedside teaching, laboratory work, and lectures in epidemiology, clinical findings, diagnosis, treatment and control of important tropical infectious diseases. Also, updates on Travel Medicine and 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
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine Lima, and the Andes and Amazon regions, Peru. Course scheduled for January 27- March 28, 2003, and for 2004. Sponsored by the University of Alabama. 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. Contact: David O. Freedman, M.D. Gorgas Memorial Institute, University of Alabama at Birmingham, 530 Third Avenue South, BBRB 203, Birmingham, AL 35294. Fax: 205-934-5600 Or call: The 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
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
