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
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.
Tropical Medicine: A Clinical and Tropical Review. Montreal, Canada. May 26-28, 2004. Expert faculty. Didactic, interactive, problem oriented. Clinical vignettes. For physicians and nurses responsible for health of travelers, immigrants, expatriate workers, volunteers and missionaries. Simultaneous English/French translation (earphones). Hands-on diagnostic parasitology laboratory available. Information: Kelly Glover, CME McGill University, tel: (514) 8253; fax: (514) 934-1779; email: kelly.glover@muhc.mcgill.ca. Website: www.medicine.mcgill.ca/tropmed/txt/May%20schedule.htm
TREC: Travel-health Related Education & Care. Edinburgh. May 26-27, Glasgow. June 7?8, Edinburgh, 2004. Two-day travel medicine courses for nurses new to the field or wishing to update their knowledge. Maximum: 20 places. Supported by the Scottish Centre for Infection & Environmental Health. Subjects include: immunization, risk assessment, food and water borne disease, malaria, animal and insect borne disease, travel health on the WWW. Organised by Sheila Hall MSc (Trav. Med) and other lecturers with expertise in the field. Information:4/6 New City Row, Blanefield, Glasgow, G63 9JB. Tel: 01360 770829 Email: sckhall@TRECtravelhealth.co.uk Web address: www.TRECtravelhealth.co.uk
II International Congress on Dengue and Yellow Fever. Havana, Cuba. May 31 - June 3, 2004. Sponsored by the Institute of Tropical Medicine "Pedro KourÃ" (IPK) and many Cuban and international health associations including WHO and PAHA. Discussions include: vector biology and ecology; socio-economic factors, physiopathology; vaccinology; genetics; laboratory diagnosis and many other topics. Contact: congreso.dengue@infomed.sld.cu
Disaster Management Training Course. New York City. June 21-25, 2004. The logistics, public health considerations, humanitarian issues and medical content pertinent to disaster medicine. CME credit for physicians. Course director: John D. Cahill MD. Information: Brendan Cahill, International Institute of Humanitarian Affairs, 113 West 60th Street, LL224E, NY, NY 10023; telephone 212 636 6294, Email: bcahill@cihc.org, or see www.cihc.org/index2.html, look under Education/DMTC.
Asia Pacific Forum on Tropical Health Innovation. Cairns, Australia. July 8-10, 2004. Organized jointly by Queensland Government, University of Queensland, The Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, James Cook University and others. Meeting targeted at professionals, scientists and managers working in tropical medicine and international health, especially related to Asia-Pacific. Experts from all parts of the world will present latest in tropical medicine and international health. Interactive sessions/workshops. Wonderful Great Barrier Reef coast setting. Contact: Pauline Fraley at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research: paulineF@qimr.edu.au. Visit: http://acithn.qimr.edu.au/asia-pacific
Tropical and Travel Medicine Course. Jujuy, Argentina, August 15-26, 2004. Update on Tropical/Travel Medicine by leading Argentinian physicicans. Emphasis on diseases of South America. Location of course: the 155 kilometer Quebrada de Humahuaca valley with splendid scenery and old villages, declared a Cultural Legacy of the Humanity by the World Heritage Committee of the UNESCO in 2003. Official Language: English. Oragnizer and Contact: Dr. Mario Masana Wilson, MD MPH. Av. Belgrano 550, B1870ARQ, Avellaneda. Argentina. Online: www.buetravelsalud.com.ar. E-mail info@buetravelsalud.com.ar.
5th Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference. Kuala Lampur. October 4-7, 2004. Theme: Emerging Disease: Impact on Health. Comprehensive scientific program from country-specific issues to global threats. Meeting aimed at professionals with interest in travel health. Information: Med Tech Media (M) Sdn Bhd, Plaza 138, Suite W6.08, Jalan Ampang, 50450 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Tel: +603 2162 9098 Fax +603 2162 9078. Email: 5apthc@meditech.com. My Website: www.5apthc.com
Arctic/Wilderness Medicine Conference with Polar Bear Exploration Tour. Winnipeg/Churchill Manitoba, Canada. October 7-9, 2004. Course in circumpolar medicine, with emphasis on dermatology, entomology, veterinarian, dentistry, sports, and travel. Medical Continuing Education Credits available. Opportunity to explore Churchill (on Hudson's Bay) and Manitoba and view wild Polar Bears. Conference information: Dr. Gary Podolsky, (204) 453 9107 or gary_podolsky@yahoo.com Trip information: Corinne Martin The Great Canadian Travel Company Ltd., 158 Fort Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3C 1C9 Phone: 204-949-0199/800-661-3830 Fax: 204-949-0188 E-Mail: Corinne@gctc-mst.com
53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Miami Beach, USA. November 7-11, 2004. 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.
9th Conference of the International Society of Travel Medicine (CISTM) . Lisbon. May 1-5, 2005. Biennial meeting of the International Society of Travel Medicine. More detailed information about the meeting will be available soon. Contact: Frank von Sonnenburg, Section on International Health, Georgenstrasse 5, D-80799 Munich, Germany. Tel. +49 89 2180 3830. Fax: + 49 89 33 60 38. Email: istm_europe@csl.com Website: www.istm.org
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
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.
The Gorgas Expert Course. Lima, Peru. January 17-28, 2005 (and every odd-numbered year). Sponsor: Gorgas Memorial Institute. Site: Tropical Medicine Institute (IMT), Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia. Admission restricted to previous formal training or extensive overseas experience. Given in English. Two weeks of bedside clinical experience in a busy 36-bed tropical disease unit. Includes: 5 hours/day inpatient/outpatient rounds, daily CPC; case presentations by participants/colleagues from around the world. Weekend excursion to the Andes: Verruga Bridge, inter-Andean valleys endemic for bartonella and leishmania; ascent to 4,800m (15,500 feet). Peru has wide spectrum of tropical diseases (see website) and IMT is the major referral center. 80 CME hours. Course Directors: Dr. Eduardo Gotuzzo (IMT) Dr. David O. Freedman, (Gorgas/UAB). Website: www.gorgas.org. Click GORGAS EXPERT COURSE for details and application forms. E-mail: info@gorgas.org.
Tropical Medicine Expeditions to East Africa: 12th Kenya Expedition scheduled for February 13?25, 2005, and 10th Uganda Expedition scheduled for March 13?25, 2005. In collaboration with Kay Schaefer, MD, PhD, MSc, DTM&H, of Cologne, Germany and the Universities of Nairobi, Kenya, and Makerere, Uganda. Two-week expeditions designed for a limited number of 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: +49-221-340 49 05, E-Mail: contact@tropmedex.com. Web address: www.tropmedex.com
