Mobility and Infection: Diagnosis and Management, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course


16 - 17 October 2014, Dubrovnik, Croatia

Organisers
  • ESCMID Study Group for Infections in Travellers and Migrants (ESGITM)
  • ESCMID Study Group for Infections in the Elderly (ESGIE)
  • Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases of the Croatian Medical Association (CSID-CMA)
  • Infectious Diseases and Clinical Microbiology Specialty Society of Turkey (EKMUD)
  • University of Zagreb, School of Medicine, Andrija Štampar School of Public Health – WHO Collaborating Centre for Occupational Health

Course Coordinators
  • Nick Beeching, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Ljiljana Betica Radic, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Rok Civljak, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Hakan Leblebicioglu, Samsun, Turkey
  • Nicola Petrosillo, Rome, Italy
Course Objectives
  • Provide participants with updated background information and a practical approach to the emerging problem of infections in mobile populations, including travel and migration.
  • Through interactive sessions, participants will have the opportunity to discuss different practical problems with leading experts in the field.
  • Education of healthcare workers from different background on how to create and execute an efficient preventive programme in their own settings.
  • Raising awareness about migration as a risk factor for infectious diseases through interactive sessions for specific groups.

 

Course Venue

University of Zagreb
Centre for Advanced Academic Studies Dubrovnik
Don Frana Bulica 4
20000 Dubrovnik
Croatia

www.caas.unizg.hr

Accommodation

CAAS Residence Dormitory
University of Zagreb
Centre for Advanced Academic Studies Dubrovnik
Don Frana Bulica 4
20000 Dubrovnik
Croatia

Target Audience

30 – 50 infectious disease physicians, clinical microbiologists, epidemiologists, paediatricians, occupational health and sports medicine specialists and other physicians (especially trainees who are interested in the study of health issues in migrant populations and migrant workers/travellers).

Contact Person

Rok Civljak
Croatian Society of Infectious Diseases,
Croatian Medical Association Secretary
University of Zagreb, School of Medicine
“Dr. Fran Mihaljevic” University Hospital for
Infectious Diseases
Mirogojska 8
10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Phone +385 (0)1 28 26 118
Fax +385 (0)1 46 78 235


Administrative Secretariat

Arijana Pavelic
“Dr. Fran Mihaljevic” University Hospital for
Infectious Diseases
Mirogojska 8
10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Phone +385 (0)1 28 26 190
Fax +385 (0)1 28 26 295

Course Programme

Presentations are availabe in the ESCMID Online Lecture Library.

Thursday, 16 October 2014

09:00 Introduction
09:10 What can we learn from the history: Dubrovnik quarantine
09:30 Surveillance of health in immigrants
10:00 Infectious diseases: a geographic guide
10:30 Break
11:00 Infectious diseases in migrants: clinical cases
11:30 Antimicrobial resistance issues and travel/migration
12:00 Interactive session I
13:00 Lunch
14:00 HIV/AIDS and STIs in travellers
14:30 Gastrointestinal infections in travellers
15:00 Malaria and travel
15:30 Screening vs empirical treatment of migrants for parasitic infections
16:00 Interactive session II
17:00 Group presentations

Friday, 17 October 2014

09:00 Viral hepatitis
09:30 Respiratory infections in travellers
10:00 Vaccination among migrant populations in Europe
10:30 Break
11:00 Vector-borne infections
11:30 Post-exposure prophylaxis in travellers
12:00 Interactive session III
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Travel medicine issues in the elderly
14:30 Labour migration health risks
15:00 Sports migration health risks
15:30 Multidisciplinary management of infections in travellers and migrants
16:00 Organisation of management of health issues in travellers and migrants
16:30 The role of CM & ID physicians (and others) in management of                                  infections in migrants and travellers (panel)
17:30 Closing remarks

Faculty Members
  • Ilker Inanc Balkan, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Nick Beeching, Liverpool, United Kingdom
  • Ljiljana Betica Radic, Dubrovnik, Croatia
  • Rok Civljak, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Hakan Erdem, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Jon S. Friedland, London, United Kingdom
  • Hayat Kumbasar, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Hakan Leblebicioglu, Samsun, Turkey
  • Rogelio Lopez-Vélez, Madrid, Spain
  • Milan Miloševic, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Jadranka Mustajbegovic, Zagreb, Croatia
  • Resat Ozaras, Istanbul, Turkey
  • Eskild Petersen, Aarhus, Denmark
  • Nicola Petrosillo, Rome, Italy
  • Patricia Schlagenhauf, Zurich, Switzerland