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The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is an internationally renowned research-led postgraduate medical school which provides a national and international focus for collaboration in teaching and research where clinical, population, laboratory and social sciences are integrated to address the broad issues of health. The strength of these disciplines, combined in a single institution and tightly linked by a common mission, creates a unique multidisciplinary environment for teaching, training and research.
Studying at the School gives students access to a wealth of knowledge, to the expertise of the staff and to unparalleled benefits gained from contact with people from very diverse backgrounds and nations. The diversity of the School's students and staff is exceptional; 2,300 Masters and Research students come from 122 countries and staff from 40 countries. Teaching and training are carried out by dedicated staff who are leaders in their fields and have considerable links with key universities and research institutions around the world, together with extensive academic, practical and international experience.
• The School was one of the very first institutions to undergo an institutional audit by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education (QAA). This method examines management of the quality of educational programmes and the standards of the degrees awarded, in the institution as a whole and in selected subject areas. LSHTM was awarded the highest grade, expressed as a level of confidence, in all these aspects.
• The excellence of the School's research has been confirmed as it has been ranked one of the top 3 research institutions in the country in the Times Higher Education's 'table of excellence', which is based on the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE). The RAE is a peer review exercise to grade all research activities at academic institutions.
• The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine won the 2009 Gates Award for Global Health established by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and has received $1 million in prize money. The award is in recognition of a major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.
Course Outline
The School is partnered by the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in providing education in Travel medicine. The short course has been run for 14 years and over 1000 students from around the world have benefited from the course. The expertise with LSHTM enables a unique programme and the proximity to the Hospital for Tropical Diseases travel clinic enables participants to observe a busy specialist service during the course.
The course will run for five consecutive days (Monday to Friday). Teaching will be by staff from the Department of Infectious & Tropical Diseases at the School, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases (HTD), and invited external speakers eminent in the field of travel medicine and infectious diseases.
We strongly recommend completing the online Travel Medicine course as an introduction to the London-based course. A fee discount will be given to students registering on the Travel Medicine short course, who also register on the Travel Medicine online course beforehand.
Arrangements can be made for participants wishing to attend single day sessions only. This course is designed for physicians and nurses who provide a pre-travel health service. It aims to provide general practitioners, practice nurses and other health professionals with an opportunity to develop and update their knowledge and skills in travel medicine.
The main objectives are to make practitioners aware of:
- The role of practitioners in protecting the health of the traveller;
- Major risks associated with travel;
- Appropriate methods for reducing and managing travel associated illness and hazards;
- Training in risk assessment and communicating risks to travellers;
- Communication skills to enhance their abilities as health educators;
- The role of information technology in travel medicine.
Teaching will be through lectures, discussions, role-play, problem solving workshops and the use of technology to access current health information. Workshops on consultation planning and management will be included in the programme. A visit to the HTD Travel Clinic, based in the hospital, is undertaken.
The course will cover a range of topics pertinent to the everyday practice of travel medicine, including:
- Principles of travel medicine;
- Accessing travel health information;
- Consultation and communication skills;
- Vulnerable travellers;
- Accidents and repatriation;
- Vaccines in practice;
- Fitness to travel;
- Medico-legal issues;
- Preparing the long term traveller;
- Issues in malaria prophylaxis;
- Vector-borne disease;
- Deep vein thrombosis in travel, and
- Food & waterborne disease.
Accreditation
CPD accreditation from the Royal College of Physicians will be sought.
Methods of assessment
There will be no formal examination or assessment, but a Certificate of Attendance will be issued to those completing the course.
Who should apply for the course?
The course is open to registered medical practitioners, registered nurses and other health care professionals with an interest in Travel Medicine.
Timetable
For information only: A timetable of the 2011 course can be found here: timetable
This year's timetable will be published here as soon as it has been finalised.
Please note:
- If you have been offered a place on the course you will not be able to register without bringing formal ID (Passport / UK photo driving license) to registration.
- The School may cancel courses two weeks before the first day of the course if numbers prove insufficient. In those circumstances, course fees will be refunded.
- The School cannot accept responsibility for accommodation, travel and other losses incurred as a result of the course being cancelled.
