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Intensive Update Course
in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health


This course will be held in Fall 2012.

Details about course location and schedule will be available in March.

ASTMH has developed this course as an update in the essential components of tropical medicine and travelers' health. This two-day meeting is designed for physicians and for all other health care providers working in tropical medicine or travelers' health. Speakers are internationally recognized authorities in the field.

ASTMH offers a Certificate Examination that assesses and recognizes individual excellence in training and knowledge. Passing the examination leads to a CTropMed®  _  Certificate of Knowledge in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers' Health. The next exam open for application will take place on November 10, 2012, in conjunction with the ASTMH 61st Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia USA.

To receive information about the Intensive Update Course, send your name, mailing address and e-mail to info@astmh.org with a request to be placed on the mailing list.

Tentative Course Schedule
Day One
8 am - 5:30 pm

Day Two
8 am - 5 pm

Order the 2011 Course Syllabus with Speaker Slides
Download the  2011 Update Course Syllabus Order Form.

2011 Continuing Medical Education Credit
Submit your CME evaluation form.
15.75 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM

2011 Intensive Update Course Brochure
Download the course brochure with registration form.

2011 Registration Fees 

2011 Early Rate 2011 Late Rate  
ASTMH Member $400 $475
Non-Member $500 $575
Student/Fellow/Resident $280 $330
One-Day, Member $290 $370
One-Day, Non-Member $390 $470


Sample Course Topics
Approach to the Returning Traveler with Eosinophilia
Approach to the Traveler with Special Needs
Chagas Disease
Cholera:  Updates from the Global Pandemic
Diarrheal Illnesses for Travel
Echinococcosis
Filarial Infections
HIV/AIDS in Africa
Immigrant Health
Intestinal Helminths
Intestinal Protozoa
Leishmania
Malaria Prevention
Malaria Treatment
Mosquito-Borne Viral Diseases
Neurocysticercosis
Rabies
Schistosomiasis
Tropical Dermatology
Tuberculosis
Update on Immunizations