| Name of Program: |
Short
Course in Tropical Disease 2005 |
| Destination(s) of Program: |
Inquitos,
Peru |
| Dates of Program: |
June 22 to June 30, 2005 |
| Program Director: |
Dr. Lane C. Rolling,
Microbiology |
| Phone: |
(801) 626-6417 |
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ACADEMIC
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION |
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Course Description: |
This course is designed for undergraduate,
pre-medical and medical students. Medical professionals
interested in first-hand experience with tropical diseases are
encouraged to participate. This course is a short course, only
one week, and will be intensive. The course is designed to give
students an awareness of worldwide healthcare needs and provide
a practical educational experience.
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39 Hours |
Didactic Lectures: Traditional lecture format given in 1 hour
blocks for 2 hours each morning and 1.5 hour blocks in the
afternoon.
28 Hours - Lecture
7 Hours - Roundtable (multiple presenters give sequential,
presentations on specific topics with ensuing discussion).
4 Hours - Case Conferences (Written case protocol is presented
by faculty members who lead a discussion of differential
diagnosis and diagnostic workup). |
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17 Hours |
Diagnostic Laboratory Course: Par of each day's laboratory
block consists of didactic presentation pertaining to
helminthology, protozology, bacteriology, or mycology. |
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15 Hours |
Out-patient Clinic and Ward Rounds: 2.5 hours each day
performing ward rounds in either an outpatient clinic or at a
subspecialty clinic. Clinical exposure is observational,
interactive and in small groups. Each participant will
experience each tropical subspecialty, observing highly
illustrative patients. Students will have access to advanced
diagnostics to assist in confirmation rather than presumption
only. |
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3 Hours |
Lunchtime Tutorials |
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4 Hours |
Special Activities: Nighttime field entomology. |
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77 Hours |
Total Contact Hours
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| Course Credits: |
Up to 3
credit hours
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PERSONNEL |
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| Faculty/Program
Director: |
Dr. Lane C. Rolling,
Microbiology
(801) 626-6417 |
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OVERALL PROGRAM DETAILS - 2005 |
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| Itinerary/Calendar: |
June 22, 2005 |
Travel from SLC to Lima, Peru (US participants will fly as group from Atlanta,
Georgia to Peru) |
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June 23, 2005 |
Flight from Lima to Iquitos |
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June 24, 2005 |
Clinical rounds, Diagnostic laboratory, lecture/lunch, Epidemiology of
tropical disease, Malaria lecture, case study |
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June
25, 2005 |
Clinic rounds, Diagnostic laboratory, lecture/lunch, Epidemiology of tropical
disease, Gastrointestinal disease parasitic infection, case study |
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June
26, 2005 |
Clinic rounds, Diagnostic laboratory, lecture/lunch, Epidemiology of tropical
disease chaga, Respiratory Disease, case study |
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June
27, 2005 |
Boat
to Santa Marie de Oje, Jungle familiarization, Tropical medicine lecture from
Shaman, Night Jungle entomology |
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June
28, 2005 |
Lecture tropical medicine plants, Field microbiology research, Study tropical
medicine in village, case study |
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June
29, 2005 |
Research field microbiology, Boat back to Iquitos Hotel El Dorado |
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June
30, 2005 |
Departure for Lima and return flight from Lima to USA
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| Travel Details: |
Delta airline
is the major airline carrier.
LAN is the major Peru airline in country.
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| Housing arrangements: |
Students stay at the
Iquitos Hotel El Dorado.
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| Additional Program
Activities: |
Free
time is available in the evenings.
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| Selection criteria: |
Students must
be enrolled as full-time participants in the Costa Rica 2005 Study Abroad Program
in order to qualify as a participant. If under age 18, participant
must have consent from his/her parents.
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| Emergency
Management: |
Emergency contact in Peru is Dr.
Joel Rivera at 51-65 993-4419 cell phones.
Dr. Cedric Rolling at the El Dorado Hotel Iquitos Peru. Phone number 5165
222-555.
Anyone needing a hospital emergency will be taken to Es Salud hospital in
Iquitos Peru.
Insurance through travel group.
Immunizations requested are:
Hepatitis A & B
Measles Booster (if you were born after 1957)
Typhoid
Yellow Fever |
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Group
size |
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Limited to
20 students. |
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Payment
Schedule
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| $2048 |
by
April 20, 2005
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You may pay in person at Continuing Education, in Promontory
Towers, room 218, by phone with credit card, 626-6600 or 1-800-848-7770,
extension 6600. |
For additional information &
enrollment
please contact
Dr.
Lane Rolling - 801-626-6417
- lrolling@weber.edu
or visit
http://clubs.weber.edu/tropicalpatho/
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