The annual international short course in clinical tropical medicine at Christian Medical College Vellore provides an intense, high-quality experience of tropical diseases in an endemic location. Now in its’ 14th year, the two-week course has been highly successful in providing national and international physicians with new skills through a combined clinical, laboratory and lecture-based course. Tropical Medicine is the specialty concerned with diseases endemic to tropical environments, and it includes parasitic, bacterial, viral, fungal, insect-related and zoonotic syndromes. Tropical medicine deals with the challenging and rapidly evolving environment of the developing world. Since world travel has increased to the point that tropical disease is a common presentation in many temperate countries, tropical medicine knowledge is relevant for all infectious disease’s specialists around the world. Tropical medicine must be experienced in a tropical location, where students can meet and examine patients and diagnostic and therapeutic challenges can be discussed with the direction of experienced local experts. CMC Vellore provides a unique environment in which technology and resources are available for the complete diagnosis of tropical infections.
16th International Short Course in Clinical Tropical Medicine
18th – 30th November 2024