Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, Educational Travel
Conferences
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 ISTM. For physicians, nurses, other health professionals and members of the 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. Information: Michelle Shelby at sastm@worldonline.co.za, Fax: +27(12) 347-4215. Web address: www.sastm.org.za
Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. March 10, 2003-February 2004. Year long, distance-learning course for qualified medical practitioners, nurses and other health care professionals with special interest in travel health. Diploma qualification awarded through Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. Students may be invited to continue onto MSc in Travel Medicine through the University of Glasgow. Overseas students particularly welcome to apply. Contact: Miss Amanda Burridge, Course Administrator, Travel Health Department, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Clifton House, Clifton Place, GLASGOW, G3 7LN. Tel: 0141 300 1132. Fax: 0141 300 1170. Email: Tmdiploma@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk Web address: www.travelcourses.scieh.scot.nhs.uk
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. Contact: Sandy Pomerinke, 1325 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2000, Seattle, WA 98101. Tel: 206-543-1050. Fax: 206-221-4525. Email: cme@u.washington.edu
Travel Medicine Short Course. London. April 7-11, 2003. London School of Hygiene and Travel Medicine. Organizer: Ron Behrens, M.D. For physicians and nurses who provide pre-travel health services. Will provide general practitioners and practice nurses the opportunity to develop and update their knowledge and skills in travel medicine. Course will run Monday to Friday. Single day attendance available. Course fee: £570. Day sessions: £155 per day session. Course PGEA approved and CME accreditation requested. Contact: The Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, 50 Bedford Square, London WC1B 3DP. Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 4648. E-mail: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk. Internet: www.lshtm.ac.uk.
CISTM8: 8th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine. New York. May 7-11, 2003. Leading experts from all parts of the world will present the very latest in travel medicine. Many interactive sessions. Attendance qualifies for up to 21 hours of credit for Continuing Medical Education. 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.
Foundation in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. May 2003-October 2003. Multidisciplinary six-month course. Comprises four distance learning units of core material with written assignments. Overseas students welcome. Contact: Miss Amanda Burridge, Course Administrator, Travel Health Department, Scottish Centre for Infection and Environmental Health, Clifton House, Clifton Place, GLASGOW, G3 7LN. Tel: 0141 300 1132. Fax: 0141 300 1170. Email: Tmdiploma@scieh.csa.scot.nhs.uk Web address: www.travelcourses.scieh.scot.nhs.uk
4th World Congress of Wilderness Medicine. Whistler, British Columbia. August 9-13, 2003. Held every four years by the Wilderness Medical Society (WMS). For those working in wilderness medicine and providing care in challenging areas around the world. Fairmont Chateau Whistler. Contact: WMS, 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
Havana Travel &Tropical Medicine Course 2003. Havana, Cuba. November 17-22, 2003. Organizer: Instituto de Medicina Tropical "Pedro Kouri" (IPK), Havana, in collaboration with Medical Services for the Tropics (MST), Maastricht, Netherlands. For physicians - especially those working in general practice, occupational, aviation, tropical and public health medicine - pharmacists, microbiologists, nurses, and other health scientists. Lectures by leading specialists (Cuban and others) and visits to hospitals, research laboratories, and community health centers. Lab training available on request in bacteriology& parasitology, and extra module, public health. Official language: English. Medical education credits applied for from Dutch accrediting authorities. Course Coordinator: Peter de Beer, MD; PO Box 1660;6201 BR Maastricht, Netherlands. Email: mstropics@mail.com and mailto:pedebeer@hvision.nl Webadress of MST: www.tropenkliniek.nl IPK information: Director, Training programs, Dr. Nereyda Cantelar see Webadress IPK : www.ipk.sld.cu
Courses/Educational Travel.
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 and the 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. 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
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 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
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
