Tropical and Geographic Medicine Intensive Short Course 2017

Tropical and Geographic Medicine Intensive Short Course is organized by The University of British Columbia and would be held during May 1 - 5, 2017 at UBC Vancouver Campus - Life Sciences Centre, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

The target audience for this medical event are physicians, public health practitioners, nurses and other healthcare workers who intend to practice in the tropics, resource-limited settings or who require an update on infectious, parasitic and other major tropical diseases. This CME conference has been approved with 39.25 hours.

Purpose
The main purpose of the course is to offer a training opportunity for health professionals to learn an approach to preventing, diagnosing, evaluating, treating and managing people with tropical diseases. This course is the first of its kind in Western Canada. Over 150 physicians, nurses, pharmacists and other health professionals have successfully completed this course.

Course objectives
Through didactic lectures, interactive problem-solving discussions and practical laboratory teaching, attendees will learn:
• a clinical approach to the evaluation and management of tropical diseases;
• practical laboratory skills, with a focus on the identification of parasites important for the diagnosis of tropical disease;
• public health principles and applications including outbreak management.