Aims

Ability to inform travellers on specific hazards and risks in tropical countries, and on preventive and prophylactic measures.

Main themes

Hazards related to
- contacts with water and soils
- contacts with insects and arachnids
- ingestion of food and drank
- contacts with animals
- human beings (transmissible diseases, violence, …)
- the physical environment

Content and teaching methods

Self-teaching distance learning on internet : slides, notes, links, quiz, case studies can be found on http://www.icampus.ucl.ac.be/MD2130
The 7 x 2h lectures allow the teacher to illustrate, comment and clarify matters. Some films are projected as a complement to the self-teaching on internet.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites : This course is open to all students with a minimum of biological knowledges and medical vocabulary. Focused on prevention and prophylaxis, it is complementary to the clinical course on " tropical diseases " but does not require specific medical knowledge.

Evaluation : MCQ

Support : self-teaching course on internet ; notes can be printed from it

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