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Course dates: 05 - 09 May 2021
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Agenda
This is the Provisional Programme for TMC 2019, it is subject to change.
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Ebola vs. COVID-19: The challenges of new & emerging infectious diseases threats
Adriano DuseAdriano Duse
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Yellow fever
Lee Baker and Albie de Frey
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Travel vaccines in practice Part 1
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Evidence based travel medicine
Max Winkler
Speakers
Max Winkler
Speaker at SASTM President ElectMax Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
Ebola vs. COVID-19: The challenges of new & emerging infectious diseases threats
Adriano Duse
Speakers
Adriano Duse
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveProfessor Adriano Duse
Professor Duse is Professor and HOD of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at WITS University and the National Health Laboratory Services.
Malaria Epidemiology, Prevention & Prophylaxis
Lee Baker
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Travel vaccines in practice Part 2
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
DVT: Stopping the clots
Salim Parker
Speakers
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveSalim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Welcome and introduction
Lee Baker SASTM President
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
The Epidemiology of Travel Medicine
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
Snake bite
Johan Marais
Speakers
Johan Marais
SpeakerJohan Marais is the C.E.O of The African Snakebite Institute and is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. His interest is venomous snakes and snakebite. He lectures widely on snakes of Africa as well as snake handling and first aid in snake bite.
He has two publications: A Complete Guide to snakes of Southern Africa and Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa.
Rabies
Lucille Blumberg
Speakers
Lucille Blumberg
SpeakerProfessor Lucille Blumberg is a Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, and currently head of the Public Health Surveillance and Response Division. She is also medical consultant to the Emerging Pathogens Centre on rabies and viral haemorrhagic fevers. She has specialist qualifications in clinical microbiology, travel medicine, and infectious diseases. Her special interests are in tropical diseases, travel medicine, malaria, the viral haemorrhagic fevers, and rabies. She is a member of a number of South African expert groups on Ebola, rabies, malaria and serves on various WHO Advisory Groups.
Hajj travel
Salim Parker
Speakers
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM ExecutiveSalim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Dive Medicine
Jack Meintjes
Speakers
Jack Meintjes
SpeakerDr Jack Meintjes
Dr Meintjes is presently employed at the Tygerberg Academic Hospital and the Facility of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University.
He is a Specialist Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Head of the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control as well as the programme co-ordinator of all postgraduate programmes in Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Practical experience: He was employed in the military for 11 years and was responsible for the medical support for the SA Navy divers and submariners. After this he got involved in the international commercial diving sector, doing approximately 800 diving medical examinations per year. Dr Meintjes was the medical officer on site during the 270m deep dive in 2005, where Dave Shaw lost his life (and spent more than 9 hours in the chamber saving the lives of his companions).
Travel insurance and Medical Evacuation
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
The paediatric traveller
Theuns Avenant
Speakers
Theuns Avenant
SpeakerProfessor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
Dermatology
Robert Weiss
Speakers
Robert Weiss
SpeakerDr Robert Weiss
Robert Weiss graduated at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1980. He studied dermatology at the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his Fellow of the College of Dermatology exams in 1986.
He is currently the immediate past- President of the Dermatology Society of South Africa
Dr Weiss has been the editor of S A Dermatology Review for the last 14 years He has published widely in both local and international peer-reviewed journals and is on the South African National Guidelines Committees for Atopic eczema, Acne, Psoriasis and the Psoriasis biologics review committee.
Dr Weiss serves on a number of medical advisory boards to multinational companies.
His interests include bird watching, cycling and mountain climbing. He has recently published a book on high altitude trekking in the Himalayas.
IHR and travel medicine
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
The ABC of occupational health travel
Mary Ross
Speakers
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTMProfessor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
Managing vaccination resistance in the population
Theuns Avenant
Speakers
Theuns Avenant
SpeakerProfessor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
The traveller with chronic disease
David Hyams
Speakers
David Hyams
SpeakerDr David Hyams
Graduated with MBChB ,University of Pretoria 1986.
During 2 years of Military service, qualified as an Aviation Medical Examiner.
Spent 1year as Medical officer in Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Ear -nose and throat.
Qualified in Travel Medicine in 2001.
Private general Practitioner/director of Menlynmed in the east of Pretoria for the last 25 years.
Information resources
Max Winkler
Speakers
Max Winkler
Speaker at SASTM President ElectMax Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
Immunisation: The Basic Science
Lee Baker
Speakers
Lee Baker
President at SASTMLee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Putting it all together: clinical case scenarios
John Frean
Speakers
John Frean
SpeakerJohn Frean is Head, Parasitology Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and is affiliated to the Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds South African, United Kingdom and Australian qualifications in medicine, pathology (microbiology and parasitology), tropical and travel medicine. His areas of interest are clinical and diagnostic microbiology and tropical medicine, especially parasitic and zoonotic diseases.
The post travel consultation
Albie de Frey
Speakers
Albie De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM ExecutiveDr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Ethical issues in travel medicine
Garth Brink
Speakers
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project ManagerDr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
SASTM: All you need to know
Garth Brink
Speakers
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project ManagerDr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
Speakers
Theuns
Avenant
Speaker
Professor Theuns Avenant
Theunis Avenant heads the Department of Paediatrics at Kalafong Provincial Tertiary Hospital, a teaching hospital of the University of Pretoria, where he also acts as assistant to the Dean. He is a registered sub-specialist in Paediatric Infectious Diseases and regularly lectures at conferences on diverse topics in this field. In addition to serving on several University and Hospital committees has served on the executive committees of the South African Paediatric Association (SAPA) and the Southern African Society of Paediatric Infectious Diseases. Other interests include travel medicine, undergraduate and postgraduate medical training.
Lee Baker qualified as a pharmacist at Witwatersrand College for Advanced Technical Education in 1975 and has worked as a medicine information pharmacist for the past 33 years and is owner of the Amayeza Info Centre.
She is a member of the South African Malaria Elimination Committee (SAMEC) that is working towards eliminating malaria in South Africa and is involved in compiling the current malaria guidelines on treatment and prevention. She is the South African representative and chairperson for the Pharmacy Professional Group of ISTM and is President of the SASTM. She is the editor of two books; Beyond Childhood Vaccinationand Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in South Africaand co-editor of The Older Traveller – a guide for the health professional.
Lucille
Blumberg
Speaker
Professor Lucille Blumberg is a Deputy Director of the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, of the National Health Laboratory Service, and currently head of the Public Health Surveillance and Response Division. She is also medical consultant to the Emerging Pathogens Centre on rabies and viral haemorrhagic fevers. She has specialist qualifications in clinical microbiology, travel medicine, and infectious diseases. Her special interests are in tropical diseases, travel medicine, malaria, the viral haemorrhagic fevers, and rabies. She is a member of a number of South African expert groups on Ebola, rabies, malaria and serves on various WHO Advisory Groups.
Garth Brink
Speaker at SASTM Project Manager
Dr Garth Brink
Graduated from the University of Pretoria before the turn of the Century, and entered family medicine practice in Durban in 1972. Subsequently he obtained the MPraxMed degree from Medunsa and the Fellowship of the College of Family Physicians, South Africa.
Dr Brink’s involvement in travel medicine began in 2004 as President, and subsequent to that he was appointed as the Project Manager for the Society.
He is the Past Chairman of the Destination Communities Special Interest Group of the ISTM, and a member of the Education Committee.
Albie
De Frey
Co-Ordinator at SASTM Executive
Dr Albie de Frey
Obtained medical degree from the University of Pretoria in 1983 followed by Diplomas in Primary Emergency Care and Anaesthesiology from the South African College of Medicine and a Diploma in Travel Medicine from the University of Glasgow and Certificate in Travel Health from the International Society of Travel Medicine. Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, Scotland and the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine, Australia.
Senior Honorary Lecturer in the School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of the Witwatersrand and instrumental in the development of WITS’s Travel Medicine Course developed in conjunction with James Cook University, Townsville, Australia. Lectures to 2nd and 5th year medical students at several universities and the DTM&H Class at WITS.
Member of the WHO Expert Roster on Travel Health and Founding member of Worldwide Travel Medical Consultants and Director of the Travel Doctor Corporate in South Africa.
Adriano Duse
Speaker at SASTM Executive
Professor Adriano Duse
Professor Duse is Professor and HOD of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at WITS University and the National Health Laboratory Services.
John Frean is Head, Parasitology Reference Laboratory, Centre for Emerging, Zoonotic and Parasitic Diseases, National Institute for Communicable Diseases and is affiliated to the Research Institute for Malaria, School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand. He holds South African, United Kingdom and Australian qualifications in medicine, pathology (microbiology and parasitology), tropical and travel medicine. His areas of interest are clinical and diagnostic microbiology and tropical medicine, especially parasitic and zoonotic diseases.
David Hyams
Speaker
Dr David Hyams
Graduated with MBChB ,University of Pretoria 1986.
During 2 years of Military service, qualified as an Aviation Medical Examiner.
Spent 1year as Medical officer in Departments of Paediatrics, Obstetrics and Gynaecology and Ear -nose and throat.
Qualified in Travel Medicine in 2001.
Private general Practitioner/director of Menlynmed in the east of Pretoria for the last 25 years.
Johan Marais is the C.E.O of The African Snakebite Institute and is affiliated with the University of the Witwatersrand. His interest is venomous snakes and snakebite. He lectures widely on snakes of Africa as well as snake handling and first aid in snake bite.
He has two publications: A Complete Guide to snakes of Southern Africa and Snakes & Snakebite in Southern Africa.
Jack
Meintjes
Speaker
Dr Jack Meintjes
Dr Meintjes is presently employed at the Tygerberg Academic Hospital and the Facility of Medicine and Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University.
He is a Specialist Consultant in Occupational Medicine, Head of the Unit for Infection Prevention and Control as well as the programme co-ordinator of all postgraduate programmes in Underwater Medicine and Hyperbaric Medicine.
Practical experience: He was employed in the military for 11 years and was responsible for the medical support for the SA Navy divers and submariners. After this he got involved in the international commercial diving sector, doing approximately 800 diving medical examinations per year. Dr Meintjes was the medical officer on site during the 270m deep dive in 2005, where Dave Shaw lost his life (and spent more than 9 hours in the chamber saving the lives of his companions).
Salim Parker
Speaker at SASTM Executive
Salim Parker is a general practitioner based in Cape Town and immediate Past-President of the South African Society of Travel Medicine. He is the co-director of the Cape Town GeoSentinel site and currently serves on the Liaison Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) as well as on the editorial board of the Journal of Travel Medicine. In collaboration with the Global Centre for Mass Gathering Medicine, he is involved in Hajj pilgrimage related research. Original research has been presented at the last five ISTM conferences. He has authored book chapters, including co-authoring the 2018 Hajj chapter in the CDC Health Information for International Travel.
Mary Ross
Co-Ordinator at SASTM
Professor Mary Ross
Mary was a founder member of SASTM and the SASTM course while she was on the full-time staff of the University of the Witwatersrand in 2000. She is now an independent consultant in occupational, public health and travel medicine. During her career, she has worked in diverse positions managing health services at local, provincial and national levels, teaching, and overseeing research in her fields of interest. Mary holds an academic appointment as honorary professor in public health medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand. Mary is currently a Member of the Board of ICOH. She is also a member of the WHO advisory group for the International Health Regulations.
Robert Weiss
Speaker
Dr Robert Weiss
Robert Weiss graduated at the University of the Witwatersrand in 1980. He studied dermatology at the University of the Witwatersrand and completed his Fellow of the College of Dermatology exams in 1986.
He is currently the immediate past- President of the Dermatology Society of South Africa
Dr Weiss has been the editor of S A Dermatology Review for the last 14 years He has published widely in both local and international peer-reviewed journals and is on the South African National Guidelines Committees for Atopic eczema, Acne, Psoriasis and the Psoriasis biologics review committee.
Dr Weiss serves on a number of medical advisory boards to multinational companies.
His interests include bird watching, cycling and mountain climbing. He has recently published a book on high altitude trekking in the Himalayas.
Max Winkler graduated from the University of Cape Town and is a general practitioner at the Hout Bay Family Medical Centre in Hout Bay, Cape Town, South Africa, offering travel medicine related advice to travellers in the travel clinic as well as general clinical duties. His fields of interest include infectious diseases, wilderness medicine and occupational health. He is President-elect, the South African Society of Travel Medicine.
IAMAT Travel Medicine Scholarship
IAMAT-Violet Williams Travel Medicine Scholarship and the
IAMAT-Robert & Haru Fisher Travel Medicine Scholarship
Two scholarships for a doctor or nurse from an African country outside of South Africa have been made available by IAMAT – International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers.
The IAMAT-Violet Williams Travel Medicine Scholarship and the IAMAT-Robert & Haru Fisher Travel Medicine Scholarship are administered on behalf of IAMAT by the South African Society of Travel Medicine (SASTM)
Preference will be given to practitioners who have knowledge of travel medicine and have the capacity to expand travel medicine in their country.
Please visit the IAMAT website https://www.iamat.org/apply-to-scholarships for scholarship details and to apply.
Or
See Documents below to download the Application Form
The deadline to apply is October 26, 2020.
Tickets
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Admission Requirements
Admission Requirements
The following requirements are applicable for admission on the Travel Medicine Course:
If these criteria are not met your application will not be successful.
Target group:
The course is aimed at licensed health care practitioners who are already involved in travel medicine or who intend to set up practice in travel health care.
Minimum operational requirements:
Please refer to Starting a Clinic on the Menu for the minimum operational requirements for establishing a Travel Medicine Clinic.
Other requirements:
SASTM has the following requirements for the operation of Travel Medicine Clinics and these requirements are applicable for admission to the course:
Individuals who practice travel medicine should be licensed health-care practitioners (e.g. a registered nurse and a medical practitioner working collaboratively) with a background in family practice, internal medicine, paediatrics, public health or infectious diseases.
A medical practitioner, suitably qualified in travel medicine and who has a yellow fever license, must be in overall charge of a Travel Medicine Clinic.
The medical practitioner will assume medico-legal responsibility for and oversee the entire operation of the Travel Medicine Clinic.
Whereas ideally the medical practitioner in overall charge of the Travel Medicine Clinic should be on site at all times, he/she must be at least locally available to attend to any matters that arise during operation of the Travel Medicine Clinic.
The knowledge base is broad, and it is for this reason that a Travel Medicine Clinic must be supervised by a health-care professional as indicated above. The core knowledge includes a basic knowledge and understanding of the following:
- Geography
- Global distribution, epidemiology, mode of transmission, prevention and, if appropriate, self-treatment of travel-associated infectious diseases.
- Immunology and the immune system.
- Indications, contraindications, pharmacology, drug interactions and adverse events of available travel-related drugs and vaccines.
- Preventions and management of non-infectious disease risks for travellers.
- Aside from the skills required to practice as a health care professional, the following skills are mandatory for the travel medicine practitioner:
- The ability to undertake a basic health assessment.
- Evaluation of any underlying health problems.
The assessment of the health of the traveller is an important aspect of the pre-travel consultation. This would often necessitate examination of the traveller, evaluation of underlying or concurrent chronic conditions, general health and providing information to obtain optimal control of chronic illness.
- Individual risk assessment to determine the traveller's health risks.
- Risk reduction strategies.
- Recognition of any travel-related illness.
- All post-travel consultations should be managed by a medical practitioner
- Timely medical assessment for the management of travel-related illness
CPD Points
The Course is a CPD activity.
Points TBC
Study Material
Your course material will be sent to you via Postnet counter to counter service or can be collected from the SASTM office once you receive confirmation of acceptance on the course and have made payment.
This will consist of the following:
- WHO International Travel & Health
- A Guide to the Practice of Travel Medicine in the South African Context Third Edition
- Beyond Childhood Vaccination (Hard copy and electronic update)
- The Older Traveller
- Travel Medicine Anthology
- Online access to Journal articles
- SASTM 2021 Membership Certificate
You will be given a file containing the speaker's handouts when you register on site on the first day.
PLEASE make every effort to STUDY the material as soon as you receive it. It is a large volume of work to cover and you will NOT be able to absorb and know it all if you only start at the time of the course.
You MUST know the content of the WHO Guideline. Be sure you are familiar with the vaccines and malaria prophylactics covered.
Remember that you will be writing an MCQ exam ON ARRIVAL on the first day of the course, which counts towards your total pass mark. This exam as well as the final (last day) exam is compulsory.
Certificate of Competence and Yellow Fever License
CERTIFICATE
A Certificate of Competence will be issued by the University of Witwatersrand to each student on successful completion of the course.
YELLOW FEVER LICENCE
Successful completion of the Travel Medicine Course is required by the Department of Health for the issuing of a Yellow Fever licence. Details on how to obtain your license will be provided to you on the course.
Accommodation
Southern Sun Rosebank Hotel
Corner Tyrwitt and Sturdee Avenue
Rosebank
Johannesburg
2132
Phone: 011 448 3600
When making your booking please use the following:
SASTM Workshop or Block Code 0405SO
Special rates apply to Course attendees:
Standard Rooms:
R 995.00 BB single
R 1 250.00 DBB single
R 1 195.00 BB Double / twin
R 1 695.00 DBB Double / twin
Transportation between the airport and hotel:
Please make arrangements with the hotel.
Course and Registration Dates
Registration:
Applications for the 2021 course are now open
Only on-line applications are accepted
No faxed applications will be accepted
Procedure following Registration:
Once your On-line application has been received, you will receive confirmation that it has been received by the SASTM office.
Your application is then processed and submitted to the University of the Witwatersrand for approval.
Please note: this process can take several weeks.
Once approval has been received from the University of the Witwatersrand, the SASTM office will invoice you electronically.
Once you have made payment and send confirmation to the SASTM office your Course Material will be couriered to you.
The Course Material is couriered via Postnet, Counter to Counter service. (This is not applicable to applicants outside the borders of South Africa. In this case the Course Material is couriered directly to you).
Places are limited to 100 students.
Course Dates:
Wednesday 05 – Sunday 09 May 2021
Course Cost and Cancellation Policy
COST: 2021 Course Fee – Refer to Tickets
SURCHARGES:
There is a Halaal surcharge of R 1 550.00 incl. VAT
There is a Kosher surcharge of R 1 550.00 incl. VAT
Please note the venue has a Halaal friendly kitchen and vegetarian meals are served at no extra charge.
The Course Fee DOES NOT include the cost of your accommodation and flights.
Included in the course fee:
- SASTM Membership Fee for 2021 - with full membership benefits (Please refer to JOIN US on the website to view membership benefits)
- Includes teas and lunches
- Includes course material
Full payment will be required on notification of acceptance of application.
Course material will only be dispatched after full payment is received.
CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY:
Cancellation four months prior to course – full refund less 10% administration fee
Cancellation four to two months prior to course – 50% refund
Cancellation two months and up to start of course – no refund