LSTM Call for Applications: Laboratory Diagnosis of Faecal & Blood Parasites Short Course

The Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine (LSTM) invites you to apply for this intensive Laboratory Diagnosis of Faecal & Blood Parasites course.

Date: June 4 – 7, 2024

Place: Liverpool, UK

This intensive course has a high practical content and is designed for medical officers, haematologists, pathologists and biomedical scientists. The course concentrates on the identification in the laboratory of those parasites of medical importance (both indigenous and imported) likely to be seen in Western Europe. Each course comprises a series of mini lectures by specialist staff, followed by extensive practical work.

Course content

  • Examination of faeces for the diagnosis of protozoa and helminths*
  • Malaria – recognition of parasites and other diagnostic approaches*
  • Recognition and diagnosis of haemoflagellates and filarias*
  • Diagnostic problems and other self assessment exercises
  • Course evaluation

Read more here.

Application now open.

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