Announcement of XXXIII Tropical Medicine Specilization Course

[Jeffrey Shaw]

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>Date: Tue, 1 Oct 1996 09:07:09 -0300 (GRNLNDST)
>From: Heitor Franco de Andrade Junior fm - mpt 8833233 - 217 <hfandrad at usp.br>
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>Subject: Announcement of XXXIII Tropical Medicine Specilization Course
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>The Institute of Tropical Medicine of Sao Paulo will promote, from 
>April 22th to June 27th, 1997, the XXXIII version of its specialization 
>course in Tropical Medicine, for Spanish or Portuguese spoken physicians.
>The course will be held in Sao Paulo, with a 10 week duration and 400 hs 
>of classes, in a full time schedule, regular classes, laboratory work, 
>supervised clinical rounds(20hs), raound tables and precepted seminars. 
>Portuguese is the official language of the course, but Spanish people has 
>few problems. Discussed objects will comprise recent advances in Tropical 
>Medicine, specially those that are highly prevalent in South America. 
>Focus will be given to the study of the several involved agenst, theirs 
>diagnosis, pathogenetic mechanisms, therapy and prevention. A special 
>effort has been made to introduce concepts in Epidemiology, Public Health 
>and Statistics. The course will be divided in disciplines as follows:
>Introduction to Tropical diseases 
>Epidemiology and Statistics
>Virology
>Bacteriology
>Micology
>Protozoology
>Helminthology
>Medical and sanitary specialties in the Tropics
>The course is recognized and accredited by University of Sao Paulo, the 
>largest South American University, and also was submitted to 
>accreditation in some Societies of Tropical Medicine, as a pre requesite 
>for the Diploma in Tropical Medicine.
>Coordinators: Heitor Franco de Andrade Jr. and Aluisio Augusto Cotrim 
>Segurado.
>Interested people could sent their C.V. to the above address until 
>December 15th, 1996.
>
>
>FURTHER INFORMATION
> 
>For more information contact: 
>Jandira Takeda
>Inst.Medicina Tropical S.Paulo
>Av.Dr.E.C.Aguiar, 470
>05402-000 - Sao Paulo - SP - BRAZIL
>or the coordinator E-mail
>hfandrad at usp.br
>
>