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TRAVEL MEDICINE 4 – 8 April 2011 SHORT COURSE
A course covering the fundamentals oftravel medicine for health professionals.
The Mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is tocontribute to the improvement of health world-wide through the pursuit ofexcellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training innational and international public health and tropical medicine, and throughinforming policy and practice in these areas.
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICALMEDICINE
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine(LSHTM) has an internationally excellent reputation inpublic health and tropical medicine, is a leadingpostgraduate medical institution in Europe and isBritain's national school of public health. It is a majornational and international focus of collaboration inteaching and research, where clinical, population,laboratory and social sciences are integrated to addressthe broad issues of health. Associated with the School asa teaching hospital is the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
THE HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASESThe Hospital for Tropical Diseases is part of University CollegeLondon Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and has the only NHSconsultant in travel medicine in the UK. The Hospital runs a fulltime NHS travel clinic which undertakes research and postgraduatetraining. The School and the Hospital have close links with sharedstaffing and are committed to expanding training in travel medicine.
NATIONAL TRAVEL HEALTH NETWORKAND CENTREThe National Travel Health Network and Centre has beenestablished to help set standards in travel medicine with the goal of‘Protecting the health of British travellers’. It has been created inpartnership with England’s two schools of tropical medicine inLiverpool and London, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and withthe Health Protection Agency and England’s Department of Health.It is based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
ApplicationsApplicants should complete the application form and return it assoon as possible to:
Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical MedicineKeppel Street, London WC1E 7HTUNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7299 4648Fax: +44 (0)20 7299 4656E-mail: [email protected]: www.lshtm.ac.uk
Other CoursesFull details of other short courses available at the School may beobtained from the Registry at the above address or at:www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/
MAIN DEGREE OR QUALIFICATIONS, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES HELD
PLEASE INDICATE WHICH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES BELOW APPLY TO YOU
INTENDED SOURCE OF FUNDING
APPLICATION FORMSexual & Reproductive Health Research20 June – 15 July 2005
Approximate Dates Educational Institution
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If being sponsored please send a letter of confirmation from your sponsoras soon as possible.Declaration and signature of candidate seeking admission:I declare that the information given on this application form is correct. I have read andunderstood the arrangements for payment of tuition fees to which arrangements I willadhere. I understand that the School may cancel courses two weeks before the start date ifnumbers prove insufficient and in those circumstances course fees will be refunded.
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Course Fees:If the course fee is to be paid on the candidate’s behalf, please send a letter from thesponsors to confirm this as soon as possible. Otherwise the applicant will be heldresponsible for payment. Fees are payable by 28 February 2011 and attendance on thecourse may not begin until fees are fully paid. Cancellation of attendance on the course maylead to loss of all or part of the fee.
East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and HygieneSHORT COURSE19 September - 16 December 2011
The Mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is tocontribute to the improvement of health world-wide through the pursuit ofexcellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training innational and international public health and tropical medicine, and throughinforming policy and practice in these areas.
Applications
The East African DTM&H is open to doctors who hold a medical qualification from a recognised medical school in any country and who are registered for medical practice in that country. In exceptional circumstances, and after discussion by the examination board, specialist nurses and assistant medical officers with equivalent experience may be admitted. Places will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and numbers are limited to 50 participants. Applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible as we expect the course to be oversubscribed.
One third of places will be awarded to East African physicians. Scholarships will be awarded competitively by direct application to our partner institutions: in Tanzania this is Professor Ben Hamel, Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Moshi; and in Uganda this is Professor Moses Joloba, Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences, Makerere University.
NB: only apply through LSHTM if you are able to pay international fees. Applications for African scholarships should go through KCMC or Makerere University.
Applicants must have a good standard of written and spoken English and of English comprehension. LSHTM may ask applicants to provide evidence of a satisfactory standard of English; a list of approved tests is available on request.
To apply for a place on the 2011 East African DTM&H you need to submit an application form by email or post along with a copy of your curriculum vitae and brief description of your career plans and how attending the course will be relevant (500 words max). Application forms can be downloaded from the School’s website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/howto/short.html
The address for returning application forms is: [email protected]
Registry
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7299 4648
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7299 4656Website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short
Fees and expensesThe course fee is £4950 payable to LSHTM within approximately four weeks of receiving confirmation of provisional registration. The fee covers the cost of teaching, selected learning resources, examination, certification and transport during the course. It does not include the cost of personal insurance, travel health advice, flights to East Africa, visas, accommodation or living expenses. These additional costs are estimated to be a minimum of £3000.
If you cancel your place before the course starts we will refund your fee if we can fill your place with someone else but may keep part or all of the fees if we are unable to find a replacement.
Further informationWe are happy to discuss the course with potential applicants. For enquiries about the content of the East African DTM&H please email [email protected] and copy to [email protected].
The East African DTM&H external website, www.tropmedafrica.org, contains feedback from students who attended the 2010 pilot course, details of the 2011 programme and biographies of the teaching faculty.
Student profile“Some things were not clear before the course but now my method of teaching the undergrads has changed courtesy of you, and the students like it. Also I have changed my attitude towards patients; I listen to them more than before and feel they are my friends and not just ‘patients’. Now here is the big one, every time I meet challenges in my practice, I develop a research idea… I don’t know for sure where this will end up but let’s watch out!”
Dr Samson Okello, Resident in Internal MedicineMbarara University of Science and Technology, UgandaParticipant in the 2010 Pilot East African Short Course in Tropical Medicine
Introduction The East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is a new postgraduate certificate awarded by LSHTM. It is a three month, full time short course taught by School staff and colleagues in Tanzania and Uganda. It is designed for doctors planning to work in Africa.
Course dates19th September to 16th December 2011 (includes examination dates)
Course aims and philosophyLSHTM has been providing advanced training in global health policy and practice for over a century. The School’s alumni work in more than 160 countries and many hold prominent positions in health ministries, universities and international organisations. The current London-based DTM&H is highly respected and heavily oversubscribed.
The new East African DTM&H takes the essence of the London course and translates it in to an African context. It emphasises experiential learning by immersing students in the clinical and public health issues facing African doctors today. Small group sessions are led by experienced physicians and at least a quarter of the course material is directly related to clinical practice.
A proportion of the fees paid by international students will be used to fund low cost scholarships for East African physicians. We will reserve at least a third of the places for local doctors as part of our commitment to building capacity for postgraduate medicine in the region. We think this residential course will be enriched by the academic and social mixing between overseas and African doctors.
On completing the course we hope you will have gained an insight in to the practical realities of healthcare in East Africa. You should be able to evaluate the evidence for various health interventions, both public and individual, and make a safe and competent assessment of sick patients. In essence we intend the course to prepare you for a broad range of health work in Africa.
East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and HygieneFURTHER INFORMATION: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus
Course outline
Around two thirds of the course will focus on tropical infectious diseases, including TB, HIV and malaria. Students will also spend a week in the laboratory learning how to identify parasitic infections. The practical work will be accompanied by clinical case-based discussions. The remaining third of the course will be spent examining contemporary issues in East African healthcare, including the clinical assessment of infants and children, maternal health in resource-limited settings and an introduction to clinical epidemiology.
Examination and accreditationThe East African DTM&H has been approved by LSHTM Senate as a postgraduate certificate qualification. It will be awarded by LSHTM following satisfactory assessment of course work and successful completion of an end of course examination. We have applied to the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to accredit the course for the Certificate of Knowledge Examination. A DTM&H qualification is required by UK physicians intending to complete clinical training in Tropical Medicine.
The examination consists of a multiple-choice question paper, a data interpretation paper, an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and a viva voce. In addition a substantial proportion of the final marks will come from project work assessed during the course. All borderline and distinction candidates will be discussed by the examination board.
Course directorPhilip Gothard, Consultant PhysicianHospital for Tropical Diseases, [email protected]
Teaching faculty
The East African DTM&H is a formal collaboration between LSHTM, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Makerere University, Johns Hopkins University and the University of Washington. The teaching faculty comes predominantly from these five partner institutions. Most academic staff have lived and worked in Africa and many are world leaders in their field. A list of the staff who taught on the 2010 pilot course will soon be available at www.tropmedafrica.org.
Location
The first six weeks of the course will be held at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College in Moshi, Tanzania. Moshi is a beautiful green town on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro with an average temperature of 28ºC. It is relatively safe and peaceful. The course breaks for half term on October 25th giving students time to travel to the coast, climb the mountain or take in a safari. The course next takes an overland bus journey to Nairobi for training in paediatric life assessment delivered by the Kenyan Paediatric Association, followed by travel on to Uganda.
The second half of the course is based at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda’s capital city. Students from the 2010 pilot course have produced a practical guide which will soon be available at www.tropmedafrica.org. The third week in Uganda takes place outside Kampala. During the trip students will have an opportunity to spend a long weekend at one of Uganda’s national parks.
AccommodationThe cost of accommodation is not included in the course fee. We strongly recommend students to take a place in one of the hostels provided by the course at a cost of £15 per night including breakfast (£1350 for the duration of the course). This is much cheaper than the open market and allows students to mix easily with colleagues in the evenings. All the hostels in Moshi and Kampala are clean and secure with single rooms and hot water; most are within walking distance of the hospital and some are self-catering.
The curriculum is divided in to core and optional units. The three options weeks include a rural healthcare project in Tanzania and two student-selected units (SSU) in Uganda, one of which takes students outside Kampala. SSUs provide groups of 8 – 10 students with an opportunity to explore an area of policy or practice in more depth. There are ten SSUs ranging from neglected tropical diseases, such as trypanosomiasis control programmes, to refugee health and cancer & palliative care.
One of the major benefits of holding the DTM&H in Africa is access to patients. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Mulago Hospital in Kampala both have important teaching functions as regional referral hospitals and centres for medical education. Students will spend part of each day on the wards reviewing patients and joining in the local teaching programmes. We will provide specific training in teaching skills and support students to develop their own teaching portfolios.
An outline of the course programme will soon be available atwww.tropmedafrica.org
