J.D. MacLean Centre for Tropical Diseases at McGill University

The Centre offers a number of educational opportunities each year in the fields of Tropical Medicine, Laboratory Parasitology and International Health.

1. CME    Tropical Diseases course- May 28-30, 2012

2. CME  One-day Laboratory course- Sunday, May 27, 2012

3.  Public  Travel Health Website

4. CANTROPMED  Image Archive

5. Graduate  Tropical Medicine 4 week elective

Tropical Medicine Elective

4 week Tropical Medicine Elective: This elective for MDs consists of  hands-on participation in the daily Tropical Disease Clinic at the Montreal General Hospital under the supervision of the Clinical Staff. (See CVs) Patients are evaluated and presented daily. Approximately 1000 new patients are seen annually. A parallel Pretravel Clinic operates in the same location and serves 5000 travellers annually. Elective fellows participate in this activity as well. Afternoons are occupied in the Parasitology Laboratory under the supervision of four Laboratory Parasitology Technologists where a graduated program of diagnostic clinical parasitology is followed. An extensive set of laboratory specimens is available.

Requirements: A medical degree is required. There are only two elective slots available at any one time. The elective is recommended for medical residents training in microbiology, infectious disease, internal medicine and family medicine. It is also recommended for clinicians planning work in developing countries.

Individual training Sessions: Space is available within the Clinical Parasitology Laboratory for individualized periods of training.

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Tropical and Parasitic Diseases: A clinical and laboratory update

This update will run from Monday May 28, 2012 to Wednesday May 30, 2012. There will be a separate parasitology laboratory wet lab (microscopy) on May 27th.
If you wish to be receive the course brochure and the course Listserv announcement, both of which will be going out in January/February 2012, send an E-mail request with your address and/or E-mail to max.west@mail.mcgill.ca

      October 22, 2005