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When: May 25, 2026
Where: Hybrid (Virtual - Zoom; In Person - Gordon & Leslie Diamond Health Care Centre (DHCC), 2775 Laurel Street, Vancouver, BC)
Time: 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Overview: Tropical and Geographic Medicine Essentials is designed for physicians, nurses, pharmacists, public health practitioners, and other clinicians who require up-to-date knowledge of infectious, parasitic, and other major tropical diseases relevant to global and travel medicine practice.

Key Topics

The course covers three core areas: Clinical Tropical Medicine, Migrant and Refugee Health, and Tropical and Travel Medicine Immunization.

Topics include:

• Fever in the returning traveller

• Diarrhea in the returning traveller

• Screening and treating refugees for parasitic infections

• Tropical eye diseases

• Tropical dermatology

• Tropical medicine vaccine updates

• Eosinophilia

• Clinical vignettes

Course Goals

Through interactive lectures and small-group sessions, participants will:

• Gain practical, evidence-based approaches for diagnosing and managing common tropical and travel-related illnesses.

• Strengthen their ability to assess and treat refugees and returning travellers through improved recognition of high-risk presentations and appropriate screening strategies.

• Build confidence in applying tropical medicine principles to practice via case discussions, clinical algorithms, and focused updates.

Registration

To view the full brochure and register, please visit the course webpage.

When ready to reserve your space and confirm your preferred participation format, please register here.

CME accreditation/certification

The Division of Continuing Professional Development, University of British Columbia Faculty of Medicine (UBC CPD) is fully accredited by the Continuing Medical Education Accreditation Committee (CACME) to provide CPD credits for physicians. This activity is an Accredited Group Learning Activity (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and approved by UBC CPD. You may claim a maximum of 7.25 hours (credits are automatically calculated). This activity meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by UBC CPD for up to 7.25 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits. Each physician should claim only those credits accrued through participation in the activity.

This program was co-developed between UBC School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) and UBC Division of Infectious Diseases and was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity and balance.