2023 Pre-Meeting Courses
Registration for both courses will open in mid August.
Clinical Pre-Meeting Course:
Fever in the Tropics (Clinical Group - ACCTMTH)
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
9 a.m. – 5 p.m. Central Time
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
(In-person only. This course will NOT be livestreamed or made available on-demand)
Course Co-chairs: Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc, DTM&H and Miguel Cabada, MD, MSc
The purpose of organizing this meeting is to educate healthcare professionals about the clinical aspects of fever in the tropics and the etiologies prevalent in Central and South-East Asia, SubSaharan Africa and Central and South America. Participants will learn about the epidemiology of fevers in tropical areas, their diagnosis, management, prevention and control as well as the public health impact and the measures taken by public health authorities to prevent and control these diseases and their transmission.
In person registration fees are below. Register online today!
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On or before September 21 |
On or after September 22 |
| Member |
$260 US |
$320 US |
| Nonmember |
$490 |
$550 |
| Student member |
$125 |
$185 |
| Student Nonmember |
$150 |
$210 |
CME Credits
Approximately 6.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM will be offered for this course. CME is only offered when the course is attended as a live-internet based activity. CME is not offered for on-demand purchases.
ASTMH Committee on Global Health (ACGH) Pre-Meeting Course:
Effectively Communicating in Global Health: The Science of Public Engagement and Lessons from the Field
Wednesday, October 18, 2023
9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Central Time
Hyatt Regency Chicago
Chicago, Illinois, USA
(In-person only. This course will NOT be livestreamed or made available on-demand)
Course Co-chairs: James Colborn, PhD, MD, MSPH and Hannah Bialic
The purpose of this course is to provide global health professionals tools they need to improve their engagement with community partners and their communication with media, governments, healthcare professionals, and the general public. In this course participants will first learn methodologies of developing successful public engagement activities and initiatives and will hear from experts in the field of community and public engagement. They will then learn didactic and pragmatic tools for communicating in science and the science behind these tools and gain more specific tools tailored to global health work from professionals working in public health. By the end of the course participants will have learned the skills needed to more effectively communicate their work to various different audiences.
At the end of the activity, participants will be able to:
- Understand the basic principles of public engagement, science communication and community outreach;
- Consider the different audiences in global health communication and tools for reaching them;
- Describe the best approaches for community outreach;
- Compare/contrast the differences between community outreach and communicating scientific content; and
- Develop a toolkit that can be used for communicating their work in the future.
In person registration fees are below. Register online today!
| |
On or before September 21 |
On or after September 22 |
| Member |
$260 US |
$320 US |
| Nonmember |
$490 |
$550 |
| Student Member |
$125 |
$185 |
| Student Nonmember |
$150 |
$210 |
CME Credits
Approximately 5.5 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM will be offered for this course. CME is only offered when the course is attended as a live-internet based activity. CME is not offered for on-demand purchases.
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