Course on Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology:
 
 
 

1996 Course on Tropical Medicine and Medical Parasitology 
Photographer: Klaus Jürries

 The objective of the Course is to prepare physicians for professional tasks in tropical and subtropical countries and to enable them to preventively care for visitors of warm climates, to diagnose and to treat imported tropical diseases and perform the relevant consultations. 
Teaching concentrates on the pathogenesis, diagnosis, clinical entities, treatment, epidemiology, and prophylaxis of the parasitic, bacterial, viral and non-transmissible diseases of tropical countries. Addressed are the biology, epidemiology, and control of the causative agents, vectors and reservoirs. Additional topics include the characteristics of the various clinical disciplines in the tropical environment, problems of private and public health care in poor countries as well as structures and performance of developmental cooperation and disaster missions in medicine. 
The central topic of the Course is human disease characteristic for tropical climates. The curriculum is divided into twelve sections of one week each. Clinical differential diagnosis is the major guideline for the curriculum because most of the participants are practicing physicians. Taxonomy is the second criterion in order to facilitate systematic learning. Entomology is considered in its relation to the etiology and transmission of disease and therefore follows clinical classifications. Malaria because of its outstanding relevance is regarded as a separate topic. 
The following curriculum is accepted by the German Federal Board of Physicians to be part of the official training programme for physicians to specialize in tropical medicine. 
Week  1: Introductions and essentials,
         incl. principles in epidemiology, health sciences etc.
Week  2: Systemic infections 1:
         Malaria incl. entomology, laboratory methods, exercises etc.
Week  3: Systemic infections 2:
         Viral and bacterial infections incl. entomology, laboratory methods, exercises etc.
Week  4: Systemic infections 3:
         Other protozoal diseases, systemic mycoses incl. entomology, laboratory
         methods, exercises etc.
Week  5: Intestinal diseases
         by protozoa, bacteria and viruses
         incl. laboratory methods, exercises etc.
Week  6: Helminthic infections
         incl. entomology, laboratory methods, exercises etc.
Week  7: Skin diseases, ophthalmology,
         malignancies in the tropics, etc.
Week  8: Specific problems in certain disciplines
         incl. venereal diseases incl. HIV infection,
         tuberculosis, neurology and psychiatry, etc.
Week 19: Specific problems in certain disciplines
         incl. paediatrics, malnutrition, mother-child-care,
         reproductive health, vaccination programmes, etc.
Week 10: Public health,
         planning, financing, and implementation of
         health projects, etc.
Week 11: Epidemiology and control,
         hereditary diseases, etc.
Week 12: Differential diagnosis and rehearsels.
 

The Course starts out with one week of introductions reaching from the techniques of microscopy and fundamental immunology to basic epidemiology. In weeks 2 through 4, systemic febrile infections are dealt with, which are ordered according to relevance, clinical similarities and taxonomic aspects. They are followed by intestinal infections in week 5 and skin diseases in week 7, in between in week 6 helminth infections, which often share the hallmark of eosinophilia and primarily affect the intestine or the skin. In weeks 8 and 9, tropical peculiarities of the established medical disciplines are presented such as those in neurology, surgery, and gynaecology, and in weeks 10 and 11 specific problems in epidemiology, public health and developmental cooperation are being discussed. Week 12 contains summaries of clinical entities and exercises, and week 13 practical and theoretical examinations and celebrations.
Teaching is offered daily from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. A total of 300 lessons are given, accompanied by 45 hours of practical, mostly microscopic exercises. Approximately 50 patients with tropical diseases are presented and discussed. In addition, the German reference library for literature on tropical medicine is available for private studies.
The Course of the year 1996 was held from April 1st to June 27th. Fifty-two physicians, veterinarians, and biologists participated, and 47 participants received diplomas.
 

Rolf Horstmann


  
Institute Faculty


Privatdozent Dr. med Gerd D. Burchard
Professor Dr. Dietrich W. Büttner
Dr. Joachim Clos
Professor Dr. Manfred Dietrich
Dr. Frank Ebert
Professor Dr. Bernhard Fleischer
Professor Dr. Rolf Garms
Dr. Annette Gelhaus
Dr. Achim Hörauf
Dr. Thomas Hoppe
Professor Dr. Rolf Horstmann
Privatdozent Dr. Matthias Leippe
Privatdozent Dr. Klaus Lingelbach
Dr. Ying-Ru Lo
Professor Dr. Paul Racz
Professor Dr. Herbert Schmitz
Privatdozent Dr. Justus Schottelius
Dr. Gunnar Strote
Dr. Hinrich Sudeck
Privatdozent Dr. Egbert Tannich
 
  
Guest Faculty
 

Dr. M. Bodio
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstraße 57, CH-4002 Basel

Professor Dr. med. H. J. Diesfeld
Institut für Tropenhygiene und Öffentliches
Gesundheitswesen, Universität Heidelberg
Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg

Professor H. Ebert
Hafen- und Flughafenärztlicher Dienst
Großmannstraße 10, 20539 Hamburg

Dr. Chr. Eggers
Universitätsklinik Eppendorf, Neurologische Klinik
Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg

Frau E. Hackenbruch
Ärzte ohne Grenzen
Adenauerallee 50, 53113 Bonn

Dr. M. G. Hartmann
Bardal 15, 21227 Bendestorf

Frau Dr. G. Helling-Giese
Frauenklinik Finkenau
Finkenau 35, 22081 Hamburg

Dr. med. C. Herlt-Wolff
Mühlenkamp 1, 21397 Barendorf

Dr. med. K. Hoffmann
Psychiatrisches Landeskrankenhaus
78477 Reichenau

Dr. R. Hofmeier
Institut für Afrikakunde
Neuer Jungfernstieg 21, 20354 Hamburg

Dr. med. R. Hubmann
Urologische Abteilung Allgem. Krankenhaus St. Georg
Lohmühlenstraße 5, 20099 Hamburg
Dr. med. H. Jäger
DED, Ärztlicher Dienst
Postfach 220035, Kladower Damm 299
14061 Berlin, 14089 Berlin

Dr. med. T. Junghanns
Schweizerisches Tropeninstitut
Socinstraße 57, CH-4002 Basel

Professor Dr. med. V. Klauß
Augenklinik der Universität München
Mathildenstraße 8, 80336 München

Dr. jur. B. Koch
Berufsgenossenschaft der Chemischen Industrie
Stolberger Straße 86, 50933 Köln

Dr. R. Korte
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ)
Dag-Hammarskjöld-Weg 1, 65760 Eschborn

Professor Dr. med. M. Krawinkel
Universitäts-Kinderklinik
Schwanenweg 20, 24105 Kiel

Dr. med. H. Kretschmer
Tropenklinik, Paul-Lechler-Krankenhaus
Paul-Lechler-Straße 24, 72076 Tübingen

Dr. med. G. von Laer
Auswärtiges Amt/Gesundheitsdienst
Tempelstraße 17, 53113 Bonn

Dr. med. Ph. Langenscheidt
Chirurgische Universitätsklinik
Oscar-Orth-Straße, 66424 Homburg/Saar

Professor Dr. med. R. Laufs
Institut für Medizinische Mikrobiologie
der Universität Hamburg
Martinistraße 52, 20251 Hamburg

Dr. J. van Lunzen
Universitätsklinik Eppendorf
Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg

Professor Dr. W. Meigel, Abteilung Dermatologie,
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg
Lohmühlenstraße 5, 20099 Hamburg

Professor Dr. J. Müller
Brandelweg 24, 79312 Emmendingen

Dr. A. Plettenberg
Abteilung Dermatologie
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg
Lohmühlenstraße 5, 20099 Hamburg

Dr. J. Richter
Föhrer Straße 6
13353 Berlin

Frau Dr. Rüsch-Gerdes
Forschungszentrum Borstel
Parkallee 1-40, 23845 Borstel

Professor R. Schwarz
Institut für Geographie
Bundesstraße 55, 20146 Hamburg

Privatdozent Dr. F. von Sonnenburg
Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität
Abt. für Infektions- und Tropenmedizin
Leopoldstraße 5, 80802 München

Frau Dr. med. K. Tenner-Racz
Hämatologische Abt.
Allgemeines Krankenhaus St. Georg
Lohmühlenstraße 5, 20099 Hamburg

Dr. med. K.-J. Volkmer
Klecker Weg 5, 21244 Buchholz

Dr. med. R. Wabitsch
World Health Organization
Global Programme on AIDS
CH-1211 Geneva 27

Professor Dr. O. Wassermann
Universität Kiel
Medizinische Fakultät
Brunswiker Straße 10, 24105 Kiel

Professor Dr. med. S. Wassilew
Dermatologische Klinik der
Städtischen Krankenanstalten
Lutherplatz 40, 47805 Krefeld