1. TRAVEL MEDICINE
4 – 8 April 2011 SHORT COURSE
A course covering the fundamentals of
travel medicine for health professionals.
The Mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is to
contribute to the improvement of health world-wide through the pursuit of
excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in
national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through
informing policy and practice in these areas.
LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE & TROPICAL
MEDICINE
The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
(LSHTM) has an internationally excellent reputation in
public health and tropical medicine, is a leading
postgraduate medical institution in Europe and is
Britain's national school of public health. It is a major
national and international focus of collaboration in
teaching and research, where clinical, population,
laboratory and social sciences are integrated to address
the broad issues of health. Associated with the School as
a teaching hospital is the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
THE HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL DISEASES
The Hospital for Tropical Diseases is part of University College
London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and has the only NHS
consultant in travel medicine in the UK. The Hospital runs a full
time NHS travel clinic which undertakes research and postgraduate
training. The School and the Hospital have close links with shared
staffing and are committed to expanding training in travel medicine.
NATIONAL TRAVEL HEALTH NETWORK
AND CENTRE
The National Travel Health Network and Centre has been
established to help set standards in travel medicine with the goal of
‘Protecting the health of British travellers’. It has been created in
partnership with England’s two schools of tropical medicine in
Liverpool and London, the Hospital for Tropical Diseases, and with
the Health Protection Agency and England’s Department of Health.
It is based at the Hospital for Tropical Diseases.
Applications
Applicants should complete the application form and return it as
soon as possible to:
Registry, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT
UNITED KINGDOM
Telephone: +44 (0)20 7299 4648
Fax: +44 (0)20 7299 4656
E-mail: shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk
Website: www.lshtm.ac.uk
Other Courses
Full details of other short courses available at the School may be
obtained from the Registry at the above address or at:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short/
MAIN DEGREE OR QUALIFICATIONS, DIPLOMAS AND CERTIFICATES HELD
PLEASE INDICATE WHICH OF THE THREE CATEGORIES BELOW APPLY TO YOU
INTENDED SOURCE OF FUNDING
APPLICATION FORM
Sexual & Reproductive Health Research
20 June – 15 July 2005
Approximate Dates Educational Institution
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Are you currently working in travel medicine?
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If you wish to attend less than 5 days please indicate those you will
be attending.
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What are your main expectations of this course?
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If being sponsored please send a letter of confirmation from your sponsor
as soon as possible.
Declaration and signature of candidate seeking admission:
I declare that the information given on this application form is correct. I have read and
understood the arrangements for payment of tuition fees to which arrangements I will
adhere. I understand that the School may cancel courses two weeks before the start date if
numbers prove insufficient and in those circumstances course fees will be refunded.
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Course Fees:
If the course fee is to be paid on the candidate’s behalf, please send a letter from the
sponsors to confirm this as soon as possible. Otherwise the applicant will be held
responsible for payment. Fees are payable by 28 February 2011 and attendance on the
course may not begin until fees are fully paid. Cancellation of attendance on the course may
lead to loss of all or part of the fee.
East African Diploma
in Tropical Medicine
and Hygiene
SHORT COURSE
19 September - 16 December 2011
The Mission of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is to
contribute to the improvement of health world-wide through the pursuit of
excellence in research, postgraduate teaching and advanced training in
national and international public health and tropical medicine, and through
informing policy and practice in these areas.
Applications
The East African DTM&H is open to doctors who hold a medical
qualification from a recognised medical school in any country
and who are registered for medical practice in that country. In
exceptional circumstances, and after discussion by the examination
board, specialist nurses and assistant medical officers with
equivalent experience may be admitted. Places will be allocated
on a first-come, first-served basis and numbers are limited to 50
participants. Applicants are advised to apply as soon as possible as
we expect the course to be oversubscribed.
One third of places will be awarded to East African physicians.
Scholarships will be awarded competitively by direct application to
our partner institutions: in Tanzania this is Professor Ben Hamel,
Dean of Postgraduate Studies, Kilimanjaro Christian Medical
College, Moshi; and in Uganda this is Professor Moses Joloba,
Department of Microbiology, Faculty of Biomedical Sciences,
Makerere University.
NB: only apply through LSHTM if you are able to pay international
fees. Applications for African scholarships should go through
KCMC or Makerere University.
Applicants must have a good standard of written and spoken
English and of English comprehension. LSHTM may ask applicants
to provide evidence of a satisfactory standard of English; a list of
approved tests is available on request.
To apply for a place on the 2011 East African DTM&H you need
to submit an application form by email or post along with a copy
of your curriculum vitae and brief description of your career plans
and how attending the course will be relevant (500 words max).
Application forms can be downloaded from the School’s website:
www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/howto/short.html
The address for returning application forms is:
shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk
Registry
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Keppel Street
London WC1E 7HT
United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7299 4648
Fax: +44 (0) 20 7299 4656
Website: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus/short
Fees and expenses
The course fee is £4950 payable to LSHTM within approximately four
weeks of receiving confirmation of provisional registration. The fee
covers the cost of teaching, selected learning resources, examination,
certification and transport during the course. It does not include the
cost of personal insurance, travel health advice, flights to East Africa,
visas, accommodation or living expenses. These additional costs are
estimated to be a minimum of £3000.
If you cancel your place before the course starts we will refund your fee
if we can fill your place with someone else but may keep part or all of
the fees if we are unable to find a replacement.
Further information
We are happy to discuss the course with potential applicants. For
enquiries about the content of the East African DTM&H please email
philip.gothard@gmail.com and copy to shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk.
The East African DTM&H external website, www.tropmedafrica.org,
contains feedback from students who attended the 2010 pilot course,
details of the 2011 programme and biographies of the teaching faculty.
Student profile
“Some things were not clear before the course but now my method of
teaching the undergrads has changed courtesy of you, and the students
like it. Also I have changed my attitude towards patients; I listen to them
more than before and feel they are my friends and not just ‘patients’.
Now here is the big one, every time I meet challenges in my practice, I
develop a research idea… I don’t know for sure where this will end up
but let’s watch out!”
Dr Samson Okello, Resident in Internal Medicine
Mbarara University of Science and Technology, Uganda
Participant in the 2010 Pilot East African Short Course in Tropical Medicine

2. Introduction
The East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene is a new
postgraduate certificate awarded by LSHTM. It is a three month, full time
short course taught by School staff and colleagues in Tanzania and Uganda.
It is designed for doctors planning to work in Africa.
Course dates
19th September to 16th December 2011 (includes examination dates)
Course aims and philosophy
LSHTM has been providing advanced training in global health policy
and practice for over a century. The School’s alumni work in more than
160 countries and many hold prominent positions in health ministries,
universities and international organisations. The current London-based
DTM&H is highly respected and heavily oversubscribed.
The new East African DTM&H takes the essence of the London course and
translates it in to an African context. It emphasises experiential learning by
immersing students in the clinical and public health issues facing African
doctors today. Small group sessions are led by experienced physicians and at
least a quarter of the course material is directly related to clinical practice.
A proportion of the fees paid by international students will be used to fund
low cost scholarships for East African physicians. We will reserve at least a
third of the places for local doctors as part of our commitment to building
capacity for postgraduate medicine in the region. We think this residential
course will be enriched by the academic and social mixing between overseas
and African doctors.
On completing the course we hope you will have gained an insight in to the
practical realities of healthcare in East Africa. You should be able to evaluate
the evidence for various health interventions, both public and individual,
and make a safe and competent assessment of sick patients. In essence we
intend the course to prepare you for a broad range of health work in Africa.
East African Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
FURTHER INFORMATION: www.lshtm.ac.uk/prospectus
Course outline
Around two thirds of the course will focus on tropical infectious
diseases, including TB, HIV and malaria. Students will also spend a
week in the laboratory learning how to identify parasitic infections.
The practical work will be accompanied by clinical case-based
discussions. The remaining third of the course will be spent examining
contemporary issues in East African healthcare, including the clinical
assessment of infants and children, maternal health in resource-limited
settings and an introduction to clinical epidemiology.
Examination and accreditation
The East African DTM&H has been approved by LSHTM Senate as
a postgraduate certificate qualification. It will be awarded by LSHTM
following satisfactory assessment of course work and successful
completion of an end of course examination. We have applied to the
American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene to accredit the
course for the Certificate of Knowledge Examination. A DTM&H
qualification is required by UK physicians intending to complete clinical
training in Tropical Medicine.
The examination consists of a multiple-choice question paper, a data
interpretation paper, an objective structured clinical examination (OSCE)
and a viva voce. In addition a substantial proportion of the final marks
will come from project work assessed during the course. All borderline
and distinction candidates will be discussed by the examination board.
Course director
Philip Gothard, Consultant Physician
Hospital for Tropical Diseases, London
philip.gothard@gmail.com
Teaching faculty
The East African DTM&H is a formal collaboration between LSHTM,
Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College, Makerere University, Johns
Hopkins University and the University of Washington. The teaching
faculty comes predominantly from these five partner institutions. Most
academic staff have lived and worked in Africa and many are world
leaders in their field. A list of the staff who taught on the 2010 pilot
course will soon be available at www.tropmedafrica.org.
Location
The first six weeks of the course will be held at Kilimanjaro Christian
Medical College in Moshi, Tanzania. Moshi is a beautiful green town on
the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro with an average temperature of 28ºC. It
is relatively safe and peaceful. The course breaks for half term on October
25th giving students time to travel to the coast, climb the mountain
or take in a safari. The course next takes an overland bus journey to
Nairobi for training in paediatric life assessment delivered by the Kenyan
Paediatric Association, followed by travel on to Uganda.
The second half of the course is based at Makerere University in Kampala,
Uganda’s capital city. Students from the 2010 pilot course have produced
a practical guide which will soon be available at www.tropmedafrica.org.
The third week in Uganda takes place outside Kampala. During the trip
students will have an opportunity to spend a long weekend at one of
Uganda’s national parks.
Accommodation
The cost of accommodation is not included in the course fee. We
strongly recommend students to take a place in one of the hostels
provided by the course at a cost of £15 per night including breakfast
(£1350 for the duration of the course). This is much cheaper than the
open market and allows students to mix easily with colleagues in the
evenings. All the hostels in Moshi and Kampala are clean and secure
with single rooms and hot water; most are within walking distance of
the hospital and some are self-catering.
The curriculum is divided in to core and optional units. The three
options weeks include a rural healthcare project in Tanzania and two
student-selected units (SSU) in Uganda, one of which takes students
outside Kampala. SSUs provide groups of 8 – 10 students with an
opportunity to explore an area of policy or practice in more depth.
There are ten SSUs ranging from neglected tropical diseases, such as
trypanosomiasis control programmes, to refugee health and cancer &
palliative care.
One of the major benefits of holding the DTM&H in Africa is access to
patients. Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre and Mulago Hospital
in Kampala both have important teaching functions as regional referral
hospitals and centres for medical education. Students will spend part
of each day on the wards reviewing patients and joining in the local
teaching programmes. We will provide specific training in teaching skills
and support students to develop their own teaching portfolios.
An outline of the course programme will soon be available at
www.tropmedafrica.org