Calendar: Travel Medicine Conferences, Courses, Educational Travel
Conferences
Third European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health. September 8-12, 2002. Lisbon, Portugal. “Tropical Medicine: A Global Challenge.” Under the auspices of the Federation of the European Societies for Tropical Medicine and International Health. Hosted by the Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical. This Conference will concentrate on tropical medicine, travel medicine, migration, medicine, and international health, involving different experts to explore future innovative collaboration. Official language: English. Local Committee Chairman: Professor Dr. F. Antunes, Instituto de Higiene e Medicina Tropical, Rua da Junqueira, 96 PT-1600 Lisbon Tel: ++351-21-365-2638 Fax: ++351-21-797-6242 Email: ip231874@ip.pt Web address: www.kit.de/tropical2002
Diploma Course in Travel Health and Medicine. Course taught each Monday, 10:00-16:00, from October 2002-July 2003. London, UK. Provides postgraduate education and a qualification within the field of travel medicine to those actively involved or with a keen interest in the provision of travel advice. Open to both registered medical practitioners qualified with MBBS and nurses qualified with RGN, and other health care professionals holding relevant qualifications. A Diploma in Travel Health and Medicine (Royal Free & University College London Medical School, University of London) will be 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, London Medical School, 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
Intensive Review Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health. October 22-23, 2002. Chicago. USA. Sponsor: American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene and American Committee on Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers’ Health. Information: www.astmh.org ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062 USA. Fax: 847/480-9282 Email: astmh@astmh.org
IV Biennial Asia Pacific Travel Health Conference. October 22-25, 2002. Shanghai, China. Travel Health in the Asia Pacific Region: New Frontiers and Challenges. Sponsor: Asia Pacific Travel Health Society Official language: English – with simultaneous translation of the plenary meetings into Chinese. Contact: Ms. Zhou Yifan, Secretariat of 4APTHC, Room 1705, No. 2669 Xie Tu Road, Shanghai 200030 China. Tel: 86-21 64398193. Fax: 86-21 64398194. Email: apthc2002@sh163.net.
2nd Adult Immunization Symposium: 2002 Clinical Update, November 7, 2002. Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City. Clinical conference on new developments in adult immunizations: Vaccines for Travel; Health Care Worker Immunization Guidelines; Future Vaccines for HIV and HPV; Influenza and Pneumoccocal Vaccines in Underimmunized Populations; Immunization Issues for Special Populations: Smallpox and Anthrax Vaccine Update CME and 8.4 Nursing CEU’s have been applied for. For information: Nicole.lewis@msnyuhealth.org
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Nov 10-14, 2002. Denver, Colorado, USA. Pre-meeting course Nov 9-10: Updates in Wilderness and Extreme Medicine. ASTMH, 60 Revere Drive, Suite 500, Northbrook, IL 60062 USA. Fax: 847/480-9282. Email astmh@astmh.org
SAILS 2002: Shipboard Assessment, Intervention and Life Support for Cruise Ship Medicine. November 10-17, 2002. Aboard the ship GTS Millennium. Sails from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Sponsor: Voyager Medical Seminar and New Hampshire Chapter of the American College of Emergency Physicians. For physicians and nurses interested in promoting and enhancing the delivery of quality medical services on board cruise ships. Computer technology including syllabi on PALM OS handheld computer and CD-ROM. Contact: Robert E. Wheeler, MD, FACEP, Voyager Medical Seminars, 9 Corduroy Rd. Amherst, NH 03031-2724. Voice/Fax (603) 672-5775. E-mail: vms@compuserve.com.
Vascular Symposium in Hawaii – The Fourth Pacific Vascular Symposium on Venous Disease: The Aggressive Approach. November 12-16, 2002, Mauna Lani Bay Hotel & Bungalows, Kohala Coast, Big Island of Hawaii, USA. Forty international guest faculty. The program will be a “Venous Symphony,” with five controversial themes: (1) Acute Venous Thromboembolism, (2) Air-Travel Related Venous Thromboembolism, (3) Chronic Venous Disease, (4) Diagnosis of CVD, and (5) Varicose Veins. Targeted to surgeons, radiologists, and others interested in venous disease. Contact: Straub Foundation, 1100 Ward Avenue, Suite 1045, Honolulu, Hawaii 96814-1617; Tel: 808-524-6755, Fax: 808-531-0123, Email: straubf@straub-foundation.org; Website: www.straub-foundation.org
13th Conference on the Health of International Travellers. November 14-15, 2002. Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Hotel Omni. Conference administrator: Dr. Dominique Tessier. For more information: contact Nicole Cote'. Tel: (514) 499-2777 ext. 248 Fax: (514) 845-4842 Email: nicco@xchg.medisys.ca
3rd Travel Health Care Training Course. November 16-17, 2002. Hawthorne, NY (adjacent to New York City). Presented by Travel Well of Westchester, NY. For Registered Nurses, Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants. Small group (maximum 20). 2-day course. Introduction, update and review of pre-travel health care in a unique and friendly educational format. Includes review of ISTM core knowledge. 15.6 Nursing CEUs. $335. Information: Email nurses@travelhealthnursing.com or call 1-914-923-7073 or 1-914-793-9283.
Havana Travel and Tropical Medicine Course. Havana Cuba. November 18-23, 2002. Sponsored by the Instituto de Medicina Tropical “Pedro Kouri” and Maastricht Travel & Tropical Medicine Foundation of the Netherlands. Intended for physicians, nurses, and health scientists. Official language: English. Twenty hours of instruction over 5 mornings, including bedside teaching. Course Secretariat: Peter de Beer, MD; P.O. Box 1660;6201 BR Maastricht Netherlands. Email: mstropics@mail.com; Web addresses: www.tropenkliniek.nl and www.ipk.sld.cu
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. Information: 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.
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. The expedition is designed for a limited number of physicians, public health experts and scientists. During the 2 week-expedition the participants will visit different 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 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
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
