Migrant Health - ONLINE

Aimed at clinicians seeking advanced studies in migrant health, this course is included as a module of the Travel Medicine and Health in Mobile Populations course.

Participants who complete this course should be able to conduct an evaluation of migrant patients, taking into consideration factors such as migration route and cultural diversity. They should also be competent in treating and focusing on the primary syndromes affecting migrants, including helminthiasis and T. cruzi infection, with special attention to screening indications for the affected population.

Methodology

The course methodology is based on clinical cases presented through interactive lessons, short videos on key concepts, online clinical rounds, and interaction with faculty through the online forum, complemented by downloadable text resources.

Coursework and activities can be completed in a way that adapts to the participants’ schedules. 

Participants who successfully complete the course requirements will receive a certificate from ISGlobal.

Course Director

Dr Jose Muñoz is a medical doctor specialized in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Having worked as a physician and researcher in Ivory Coast and Mozambique, he is now employed at the Hospital Clinic-Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). His work here focuses on clinical and epidemiological research of tropical imported diseases among travelers and immigrants and neglected tropical diseases, in particular Chagas disease and helminthiases.

Dr Muñoz has taught in the Master of International Health at the University of Barcelona since 2005 and he is currently a lecturer in the Master of Global Health of ISGlobal-University of Barcelona. He also teaches several courses related to imported diseases. He is a board member of Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH).

Course Coordinator

Dr Pedro Laynez Roldán is an internal medicine specialist who collaborates with the international health department of the Hospital Clinic and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). His work focuses on tropical imported diseases among travelers and migrants, particularly related to recently arrived migrants and health at the border.

Scientific Recognition

This course has the scientific recognition of SEIMC (Sociedad Española de Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiología Clínica). The opinions expressed in the course do not necessarily reflect the official position of SEIMC.

This course has the scientific recognition of SEMTSI (Sociedad Española de Medicina Tropical y Salud Internacional). The opinions expressed in the course do not necessarily reflect the official position of SEMTSI.