Imported Diseases is an intensive 2-day course that offers a clinical approach to the principal diseases that affect travelers and immigrants. It is organised by ISGlobal, CRESIB and the International Health Service of the Hospital Clínic of Barcelona.

Enrolment

Pre-enrolment begins 15 July 2012.

Requirements:

Participants should be doctors in clinical practice who have an interest in the management of imported tropical diseases.

A maximum of 25 participants will be accepted.

Deadline for enrolment: 23 November 2012
Deadline for tuition payment: 23 November 2012
 

Sponsored by:

Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional (SEMTSI), Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica (SEIMC) and Sigma-Tau.

Course Schedule

Thursday, 29 November

8:30-8:45
Welcome and Introduction

8:45-09:15
Introduction to Imported Pathology and Medical Geography

9:15-10:00
Patient with Fever from the Tropics I

10:00-10:15
Break

10:15-11:30
Patient with Fever from the Tropics II

11:15-13:00
Discussion of Clinical Cases

13:00-14:00
Lunch

14:00-15:00
Key Points for Managing Traveler's Diarrhea

15:00-16:00
Imported Respiratory Disease: beyond Tuberculosis

16:00-17:00
Approach to Patients with Neurological Symptoms: space-occupying lesions and meningoencephalitis

17:00-18:00
Discussion of Clinical Cases

Friday, 30 November

8:30-9:30
Imported Dermatology workshop
Dr Sabino Puente

9:30-10:30
Practical Approach to Patients with Eosinophilia
Dr Joaquín Salas

10:30-10:45
Break

10:45-11:45
Eosinofilia: important helminthes in imported tropical disease
Dr Joaquín Salas

11:45-13:00
Discussion of Clinical Cases
Dr Joaquín Salas
Dr Sabino Puente

13:00-14:00
Lunch

14:00-15:00
Pathology of Latin America Immigrants: Chagas disease

15:00-17:00
See to Believe: clinical cases through the microscope (laboratory workshop)

17:00-18:00
Evaluation