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Directors: This eight-week summer program is designed to provide training in tropical medicine and related public health issues through a multidisciplinary approach. It is also designed to prepare participants for working with current and emerging health problems in developing countries and health problems of travelers. This program focuses broadly on issues of tropical health and on clinical tropical medicine. Toward the program's conclusion, students will have acquired a strong scientific basis for preventing, diagnosing, treating, and controlling tropical health problems. The curriculum will consist of four 2-week modules. Each module is a stand-alone course worth 4 academic credits each, however the modules are designed to complement each other, and in their totalityaddress the following topics in Tropical Medicine & Public Health: - Specific tropical diseases and detailed case studies stressing diagnosis, treatment, and the implementation of preventative control measures.
- Recent advances in diagnostic methodologies.
- Human behavior associated with the transmission of infection and of local perceptions of the disease.
- Laboratory sessions focusing on diagnostic methods for identification of blood, intestinal, and tissue parasites as well as their vectors. Sessions include practical lab experience in parasitology and diagnosis.
Participants are encouraged to enroll in the entire eight-week institute; however, those with time constraints may enroll in one or more two-week modules. Courses are available for academic credit and non-credit. Participants will receive a certificate of completion for each module successfully passed. Although there is a similar offering of courses during the Winter Instersession at JHSPH, the winter courses do not qualify for receipt of a certificate from the Institute in Tropical Medicine & Public Health. Return to top >> |
