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

The Heart and Global Health. Forlì, Italy. 6-8 November 2003. Opening day: "Traveling with Cardiovascular Disease." Topics include: hypertension; pacemaker; defibrillation; diving; altitude; the effects of various travel-related and tropical diseases on the heart and cardiovascular system. International scientific committee. Official languages: Italian and English. Organized in collaboration with WHO and CDC, Atlanta (USA). For information concerning abstracts, posters and attendance: Dr. Walter Pasini, Viale Dardanelli, 64 - 47900 Rimini, Italy, Tel. (+39) 0541-24301. E-mail: wpasini@rimini.com.

Journée de la Société de Médecine des Voyages. Lyon, France. Novembre 7, 2003. Organisateur: Société de Médecine des Voyages. Programme: Grippe chez le voyageur; Pneumopathie à coronavirus, SARS; Fièvres hémorragiques virales; Fonctionnement d’un centre de vaccination. Lyon - Bron, à l’Ecole du service de santé des armées. Contact : Prof. F. Peyron, Service de parasitologie, Université de Lyon; www.parasitologie.univ-lyon1.fr/Congrs/Congr%E8s_1/SMV%20index.htm.

The Westchester Course. Travel Health Care Training. Hawthorne, NY (near New York City). November 7-8, 2003. Unique learning opportunity for RNs, NPs, and PAs. Teaches quality pre-travel health care and prepares participants for the ISTM Certificate of Knowledge exam. Limited to 25 participants to allow maximum interaction and hands-on experience with resources and case study practice. Approved for 15.6 nursing continuing education credits by NYSNA. Course Director: Gail Rosselot, NP, MPH, COHN-S. 140 Todd Lane, Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510. E-mail: garosselot@aol.com. Telephone: 914-923-7073.

Foundation in Travel Medicine by Distance Learning. Glasgow, UK. November, 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, PA.  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 and South African Society of Travel Medicine. 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.istm.org; 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.

Travelers’ Health. Basel, Switzerland, February 23-27, 2004. One-week update on tropical diseases and their treatments. Designed for health care professionals who advise travelers and assess travel-related problems in travelers returning from the tropics. Language: English. Course organized in collaboration with other Swiss and German institutes, under the patronage of the International Society of Travel Medicine, WHO, and the Swiss Society for Tropical Medicine. Contact: Christoph F. Hatz, MD. Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Fax 0041 61 284 81 06. Or call: Course Secretariate, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, Switzerland: 0041 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch. Web address: www.sti.ch/kurses.htm.

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: +1-719-572-9255. Fax: +1-719-572-1514. 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 MPhil in Travel Medicine through the University of St. Andrews. 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.

International Medical Conference. April 2-12, 2004. Punta Arenas, Patagonia, Chile. A fully accredited Continuing Medical Education interactive seminar on Travel Medicine with emphasis on travel to South America. Organized by Dr. Carrie Beallorand and Dr. Kevin Kain of The Centre for Travel and Tropical Medicine and the University of Toronto. Opportunity to enjoy beautiful Los Torres del Paine National Park in Patagonia and cruise to Tierra Del Fuego. Information: Americas Adventures and Study Tours, 1515 Bayview Avenue, Suite 200, Toronto, Ontario, Canada  M4G 3B5.  Telephone: 1-866-564-1226. Fax: 416-322-0541. Website: www.asiaadventures.ca/americas/chile.html.

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: 8th ISMH 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 address: 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. 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.

Medical Practice for Areas with Limited Resources. Dar es Salaam & Ifakara. June 12 - July 4, 2004. Three-week course in the St. Francis Designated District Hospital in Ifakara and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Course uses combination of new teaching theories, advances in knowledge, and realistic medical practice in areas with limited resources to create new educational methods for medical professionals working at the district level in developing countries. Challenging academic and educational atmosphere created by highly motivated expatriate and Tanzanian staff and course participants. Language: English. Contact: Christoph F. Hatz, MD. Swiss Tropical Institute, PO Box, CH - 4002 Basel, Switzerland. Fax 0041 61 284 81 06. Or call: Course Secretariate, Socinstrasse 57, Basel, Switzerland: 0041 61 284 81 06. Email: courses-sti@unibas.ch. Web address: www.sti.ch/kurses.htm