ITM Antwerp Call for Applications: Introduction to Tropical Medicine Course
Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) Antwerp is calling for applications for the ‘Introduction to Tropical Medicine’ course.
This short course offers essential clinical and biomedical knowledge on diseases and health problems that occur in (sub)tropical settings and in vulnerable life stages (for example childhood or pregnancy), or other vulnerable settings (for example epidemics or migration). This course is an introduction for health professionals who lack exposure to these conditions or lack prior training. Public health knowledge and skills to deal with these health problems in an international context are part of the course “Challenges in International Health” (CIH).
This course brings together ITM’s expertise from different countries affected by tropical diseases and health problems. The content is based on scientific studies and enriched by in-house experiences and innovations.
Date: September 4 – 29, 2023
Place: The course is offered in a “blended” format, with interactive online self-paced study material, and real time seminars (preferably face-to-face but online attendance is possible, once a week on Friday morning). It can suit you as a working student, on the condition that you are free one morning per week, for real-time seminars.
Eligibility:
- Nurse/midwife, or another health professional? Do you want to gain or refresh your knowledge on diseases and health problems specific to tropical regions and contexts of vulnerability? Then this course is for you.
Course content:
- Selected tropical diseases and diseases that are more prevalent in low-resource and vulnerable settings and societies
- Vaccine preventable diseases
- Epidemic-prone diseases
- Anaemia and blood transfusion
- Selected topics of sexual and reproductive health
- Selected topics of child health
- Laboratory diagnosis
Course fee:
- € 730 EEA / 1900 non-EEA
Read more here.
Application deadline July 1, 2023.
