Clinical Tropical & Geographic Medicine

COURSE FORMAT

This course will not be offered in 2024, but plans to return in 2025.

DESCRIPTION

The J. D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Disease at McGill University has provided training to generations of doctors and nurses providing clinical care to travelers, immigrants, and populations in endemic areas around the world for over 30 years. This course will be given concurrently online and in-person and focuses on the best care and diagnosis of people affected by tropical and parasitic diseases, with attention to linking laboratory diagnostics and research to the clinical treatment of patients.

COURSE DIRECTORS

Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed
Educational Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases,
Divisions of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases,
McGill University Health Centre

Michael Libman, MD, FRCPC
Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases,
Divisions of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases,
McGill University Health Centre

Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H
Associate Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases,
Divisions of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases,
McGill University Health Centre

Watch the video to hear Dr. Libman discuss the course!

PREVIOUS COURSE FACULTY

McGill Centre for Tropical Diseases Faculty

• Kendall Billick, MD, DTM&H
• Christina Greenaway, MD, FRCPC
• Theresa W. Gyorkos, PhD
• Selim Rashed, MD, MSc, CPSQ
• Makeda Semret, MD CM, FRCPC
• Momar Ndao, DVM, MSc, PhD
• Brian J. Ward, MDCM

Guest Course Faculty

• Isaac Bogoch, MD - University Health Network, Toronto
• Andrea Boggild, MD – University Health Network, Toronto
• Christina Coyle, MD – Albert Einstein College of Medicine

Laboratory Course Faculty

• Director: Sapha Barkati, MD, MSc, FRCPC, DTM&H, CTropMed; Educational Director, J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases
• Lyne Cedilotte, Technical Coordinator of Parasitology, MUHC Department of Microbiology
• Karine Thivierge, PhD, Director of Parasitology, Laboratoire de santé publique du Québec
• Momar Ndao, DVM, MSc, PhD, Director, National Reference Centre for Parasitology

Faculty are still being confirmed and there may be changes to the above list.

CONTENT

Laboratory Course: Malaria and Parasitic Zoonoses (Sunday, June 4, 2023)

The laboratory session uses a mix of (i) lecture overviews of blood borne and intestinal parasites and (ii) hands-on teaching of microscopy for medical laboratory technologists, microbiologists, clinicians, nurses, and other industry personnel.

Tropical Medicine Clinical Review (Monday-Wednesday, June 5-7, 2023)

This course uses a series of interactive lectures to address the latest health issues and treatments for travelers and endemic populations affected by tropical and parasitic diseases. Faculty will present the state-of-the-art in clinical care, research, and diagnostics, as well as preventative medicine for travelers. Topics to be covered include clinical approach to parasitic liver, brain and lung lesions as well as updates in malaria, vaccines and antimicrobial resistance in the tropics. As usual we will present a series of fascinating interactive clinical vignettes.

You may register for one, or both, of these course components; however the laboratory section is limited to 40 participants.

OBJECTIVES

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Understand the state-of-the-art in clinical care and diagnosis of imported and endemic tropical and parasitic diseases
• Be familiar with emerging and re-emerging infectious diseases in Clinical Tropical Medicine
• Understand recent issues in immunization practice
• Increase expertise in the laboratory diagnosis of parasitic diseases (laboratory session)

TARGET AUDIENCE

Professionals involved in the care of tropical and parasitic diseases, either in Canada or in endemic settings, including:

• Family Physicians
• Infectious Diseases Specialists / Medical Microbiologists
• Nurses
• Medical laboratory technologists

ENROLMENT

In-person laboratory session (1 day) maximum 40 participants
In-person clinical review session (3 days) maximum 125 participants
Online clinical review session (3 days) maximum 100 participants