DTG Refresher Travel Medicine 2024

Refresher course Travel Medicine 2023 for the certificate "Travel Medicine" according to the guidelines of the German Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health e.V.

Saturday, November 23, 2024, 9:00 am to 5:00 pm (for registration)

Please note that the event will only take place online via Zoom.


Further information about the course:
Every year, almost 5 million Germans travel to tropical and subtropical countries. In addition to the USA, vacation regions such as Thailand, Bali and the Caribbean, but also parts of Africa such as Kenya, Namibia and the Republic of South Africa have long since become destinations for mass tourism.

Around 1.5 million Germans fall ill every year while on vacation. This requires us to have extensive and up-to-date specialist knowledge on the correct prophylaxis, but also on the detection and treatment of imported diseases.

This concerns us all as doctors providing care, as specialized institutions such as tropical institutes cannot cope with the number of patients on their own.

Based on the recommendations of the German Society for Tropical Medicine and International Health (DTG), the course offered here aims to provide up-to-date, practice-oriented basic knowledge that will enable you to deal with everyday travel medicine requirements better than before.

Course participants receive a workbook in which they can look up and consolidate all the topics covered. Finally, a multiple-choice questionnaire allows you to test your acquired knowledge and obtain the DTG's "Travel Medicine Certificate".

The topic is not only interesting, it opens up a view of global health problems beyond the usual everyday practice, it can also be a new mainstay in the private practice in times of budgeting.

For colleagues in private practice, the topic will be supplemented by the workshop "Travel medicine marketing in the practice" with open discussions on practical implementation and valuable tips.

09.00-10.30 a.m.

• Welcome and program overview
  
• Current global epidemiological situation
  
• Current data
  
• Changes in disease spectra
  
• Changes in the prevalence of important diseases
  

10.30-10.45 a.m. Coffee break

10.45-11.30 Malaria update

• Regional changes
  
• New antimalarials and their indications
  
• New DTG recommendations
  
• Outlook
  

12.15-12.45 p.m.

• Vaccination update
  
• Standard vaccinations
  
• Travel vaccinations
  
• Outlook
  

12.45-13.30 Lunch break

13.30-15.00 Workshop-style case colloquium

• 40 pre- and post-travel cases
  

15.00-15.15 Coffee break

15.15-17.00

• Health problems after return
  
• Frequency of symptoms
  
• Differential diagnosis of symptoms
  
• Fever
  
• Diarrhea
  
• Skin florescences
  
• Farewell to the participants
  

The program corresponds to the guidelines of the (DTG)

Speakers:

Dr. med. Camilla Rothe, other employees of the Tropical Institute Munich and colleagues in private practice with a focus on travel medicine.

The course fee is 250 euros incl. VAT; registration after receipt of registration.

Cancellation is possible in writing up to 3 weeks before the start of the course for a fee of 100 euros.