- Dates
- 17 February - 4 April 2025
- Tuition
- 350 EUR
- Schedule
- Part time
- Mode
- Online - asynchronous with some live online sessions
- Language
- English
Aimed at clinicians seeking advanced studies in the syndromic approach to returning travelers and migrants, this course is included as Module 3 of the Travel Medicine and Health in Mobile Populations course.
Participants who complete this course should learn how to perform an appropriate clinical evaluation of travelers and migrants, making a correct differential diagnosis. They should be able to identify the management and treatment for specific diseases commonly seen in patients, considering the latest scientific updates.
Methodology
The course methodology is based on clinical cases presented through interactive lessons, short videos on key concepts, interaction with faculty through the online forum, and live online sessons with clinicians and researchers complemented by downloadable text resources.
Coursework and activities can be completed in a way that adapts to the participants’ schedules. The live sessions will be recorded and made available to those who cannot attend.
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).
Faculty Coordinator
Dr Daniel Camprubí Ferrer is an Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases specialist working in the International Health Department of Hospital Clínic of Barcelona since 2017.
As a medical research fellow from ISGlobal, his primary research interest focuses on tropical imported diseases among travelers.
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.
Management of Travel-Related Diseases
- What should be considered in the initial evaluation of returning travelers and migrants?
- Febrile illness in returning travelers and migrants
- Management of malaria in non-endemic settings
- Imported arboviral infections and risk of autochthonous transmission
- Travel-related bacterial infections: enteric fever, rickettsial diseases, leptospirosis and other doxycycline-responding illnesses
- Management of traveler's diarrhea
- Imported skin lesions
- Management of imported eosinophilia
- Imported neurological syndromes
- Imported pulmonary mycoses
- Management of imported liver parasites
- Surprising diagnosis in tropical medicine
Entry Requirements
Candidates for Management of Travel-Related Diseases must:
- Have a medical degree (MBBS, MBChB, MBBCh, BMBS, MD or equivalent). Candidates who are health professionals with different profiles will be considered based on their level of knowledge and experience.
- Be currently working (or have previous work experience) in a clinical setting;
- Have an advanced level of English sufficient to postgraduate level coursework.
Application
To apply for the course, candidates should submit the course pre-enrolment form, indicating the correct course and attaching a C.V. and a brief (one page or less) letter of motivation.
