Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, and Educational Travel
(Note: This calendar is a service for the travel medicine community. The listings come from reputable individuals within the community but are not checked or necessarily endorsed by ISTM.)
Conferences
4th World Congress of Wilderness Medicine. Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. 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.
Annual Scientific Meeting of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine. Melbourne. September 12-14, 2003. "Travel and Tropical Medicine in a Tie of Change." paulal@leishman-associates .com.au
Intensive Update Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. San Diego, California. October 7-8, 2003. Immediately preceding the IDSA Annual Meeting. Sponsored by ASTMH in cooperation with the ACCTMTH. Contact ASTMH at (847) 480-9592. E-mail: astmh@astmh.org. Web site: www.astmh.org. Foundation in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. Nov 2003-April 2004. 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
14th Conference on the Health of International Travelers, Montreal, Canada, November 13th and 14th, 2003. Lectures, expert panels, and workshops. Many interactive sessions. For physicians and nurses to develop and update their knowledge and skills in travel medicine. Sponsor: The Medisys Travel Health Clinics and TravelMedisys.com. Hotel Omni. Contact: Dr. Dominique Tessier or Mrs. Nicole Côté, Medisys Travel Health Clinic 500 Sherbrooke West, Suite 1100, Montréal, Quebec, Canada H3A 3C6. Tel :514-499-2773. Fax: 514-845-4842. Email: nicole.cote@medisys.ca.
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 and 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 pedebeer@hvision.nl. Web address of MST: www.tropenkliniek.nl. IPK information: Director, Training programs, Dr. Nereyda Cantelar. See Web address IPK: www.ipk.sld.cu.
Current Issues in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. December 2-3, 2003. Sponsored by the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in cooperation with the ACCTMTH. Contact: ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500 Northbrook, Illinois 60062 Tel: (847) 480-9592; Fax: (847)-480-9282 E-mail: astmh@astmh.org. Web site: www.astmh.org.
African-European Conference on Travel Medicine (AECTM). Cape Town, South Africa. February 8 - 11, 2004. Organized jointly by International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) and South African Society of Travel Medicine (SASTM). Meeting especially targeted at European and African professionals. Leading experts from all parts of the world will present the very latest in travel and migration medicine. Many interactive sessions. Special workshops on travelers in Africa, visitors of game parks, medical services for long-term expatriates etc. Contact: Ken Brown, African Conferences and Incentives (ACI) e-mail: aectm@acitravel.co.za Phone: (++27) (11) 475 2902. Fax: (++27) (11) 475 0366 Web address: www.sastm.org.za
Winter Wilderness Medicine Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming, USA. February 13-17, 2004. The latest in winter-related wilderness and travel medicine. 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.
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.
Hypothermia and Cold Related Injuries. Alyeska, Alaska. March 6-11, 2004. Sponsored by the Wilderness Medical Society. Contact: WMS, 3595 East Fountain Blvd., Suite A-1, Colorado Springs, CO 80910. USA. Tel: 719-572-9255. Fax: 719-572-1514. Web address: www.wms.org.
Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. March 8, 2004-February 2005. 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
4th European Conference on Travel Medicine (ECTM4). Rome. March 29-31, 2004. Travel Medicine and Safety. Sponsored in part by WHO and CDC, Atlanta. An interdisciplinary approach to travel medicine, preceded and followed by meetings held in close collaboration with leading societies in dermatology, occupational health, sports medicine, pediatrics, psychology and psychiatry, environmental health, cardiology, and other subjects. These meetings will be held in Venice and in other Italian cities of cultural interest. Abstracts accepted from those wishing to take part. Send abstracts to: wpasini@rimini.com by November 30, 2003. Other information: Expomedia Srl, Via XXVIII Luglio 218, 47893 Borgo Maggiore, Republic of San Marino. Tel. (+378)907577, fax (+378)944795, e-mail: info@expomedia.sm.
Wilderness and Travel Medicine. Santa Fe, New Mexico. April 25-28, 2004. Sponsored by the Wilderness Medical Society. 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.
9th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM). Lisbon. May 1-5, 2005. Biennial meeting of the International Society of Travel Medicine. Detailed information about the meeting will be available in the next issue.
8th International Symposium on Maritime Health. Rijeka, Croatia. May 8-13, 2005. (Biennial) Organized by International Maritime Health Association and local organizers, with support from WHO, IMO, ILO and ITF. For health professionals, educators, and legislators. Faculty of international experts. Conference held aboard cruise ship originating in Venice, sailing along Adriatic coast, and visiting the Cities of Rijeka and Dubrovnik. Official language: English. Contact:8thISMH Secretariat, RI-AK, Verdieva 6, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia; Tel:+385 51 312-312; Fax: +385 51 312-333; e-mail: secr-ismh8@ri-ak-tours.hr; Web adress: www.ismh8.com
Courses/Educational Travel
The Gorgas Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine. Lima, and the Andes and Amazon regions, Peru. Course scheduled for February 2-April 2, 2004 (waiting list only) and January 31-April 1, 2005. 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: 9th Uganda Expedition scheduled for February 15-27, 2004, and 11th Kenya Expedition scheduled for March 7-19, 2004. In collaboration with Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD, MSc, DTM&H, of Cologne, Germany and the Universities of Nairobi and Makerere. Two-week expeditions designed for up to 8 health care professionals (doctors, public health experts, scientists, pharmacists, nurses). Participants visit hospitals and health projects in urban and rural areas. Includes individual bedside teaching, laboratory work, and lectures in epidemiology, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention and control of important tropical infectious diseases. Also update on travel medicine and visit to the „Flying Doctors." 50 contact hours. Official language: English. Medical education credits applied from German accrediting authorities. Contact: Dr. Kay Schaefer, Tel/Fax: +49-221-3404905, E-Mail: contact@tropmedex.com. Web address: www.tropmedex.com.
