Clinical Tropical Medicine Course

2025 Course Dates

Modules 1, 2, and 4 (online) - June 9, 2025 - will have two years to complete

Module 3 (live online) - July 7-11, 2025

In Person Parasitology Lab Workshop (in person, optional) – July 21 & 22, 2025 at the WVU Health Sciences Center in Morgantown, WV (No additional fee)

Course Description

The course focuses on the imparting of essential skills and competencies in clinical tropical medicine, laboratory skills in a low-technology setting, epidemiology and disease control, and traveler's health. The didactic portion of the ASTMH course is conducted by both full-time and clinical faculty at WVU, and by visiting faculty from several American and foreign schools of medicine and public health. The course runs for 2 weeks during the summer months each year. Lecturers and demonstrators have had significant overseas experiences in clinical tropical medicine and/or tropical public health, and/or are nationally or internationally recognized in their field of expertise. The Global Health Program can help arrange for overseas field experience.

Sponsors

  • The WVU School of Medicine Office of Continuing Medical Education
  • The Global Health Program and the Department of Microbiology
  • Robert C. Byrd Health Sciences Center of West Virginia University