Award in Tropical and Expedition Medicine Course
Award In Tropical & Expedition Medicine
Overview
Accredited by the Malta Further and Higher Education Authority, this online course is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the advanced skills needed to assess and treat tropical diseases in remote, resource-limited environments.
Who Is It For?
This program is ideal for those working or spending time in austere settings where access to medical care is delayed, and communication is unreliable.
Programme Highlights
- Comprehensive curriculum: Covers both tropical medicine and expedition medicine, including assessment, treatment, and prevention of diseases specific to these environments.
- Flexible online learning: Allows you to study at your own pace and convenience, fitting the course around your professional commitments.
- Practical Focus: Equips you with the skills and knowledge needed to provide effective medical care on expeditions and in remote locations.
- Credits: 5 ECTS awarded upon successful completion.
Programme Module & Specifications
The module covers broad aspects of tropical medicine, including assessment, treatment and prevention of tropical diseases. The module covers expedition medicine and assessing and treating medical emergencies found during expeditions.
MQF Level 5 award, or equivalent:
- Associates Degree.
- Foundation Degree.
Alternative Entry:
- Healthcare professional with more than two years of documented experience, for example, military medics, offshore medics, Remote Emergency Medical Technicians or equivalent.
Non-Native English Speaking Applicants:
- If English is not your first language, you must have an International English Language Testing System (IELTS) score of 7 or more.
Introduction to Tropical and Expedition Medicine
- Setting up a Remote Clinic
- Intro to CoROM’s
- Patient Assessment
- Prehospital Patient Assessment
- Expedition
- Communications
- Expedition Medical Planning
- Medical Intelligence Assessment
- Water Procurement and Field Purification
- Disaster Response
- Hydration
- Travel Security
Expedition Primary Care
- Dentistry – Diagnosis and Medical Management
- Austere Burns
- Austere Wounds
- Remote Orthopaedics
- Hydration
Expedition Medicine
- Altitude Medicine
- Dive Medicine
- Dangerous Marine life
- Venomous Snakes & Arthropods
Antibiotics for Expeditions
- ABX case studies
- Gastrointestinal
- Genitourinary
- Mental Health
- Clinical Field
- Laboratory
- Environmental
- Emergencies
Tropical Medicine
- Intro to Tropical Medicine
- Top 5 Killers
- Ectoparasites
- Tropical
- Pharmacology
- Parasites & Protozoal Infections in Travellers
- Malaria
Prolonged Field Care
- PFC with Dr Sean Keenan
- PFC Nursing Care
- Improvised Medicine
- Traditional Medicine
Austere Critical Care
- Austere Critical Care Introduction
- Assessment of the
- Critical Casualty
- Noninvasive
- Haemodynamic Monitoring
1 Online Written Final Exam
Assessment Weighting
Online Exam: 100%
Grades are set from the EU grading scheme:
Scale Grade Description
80-100% Distinction
70-79% Merit
55-69% Pass
45-54% Compensated Pass
0-34% Lower Fail
Core Reading List
- Field Guide for Remote Practitioners by CoROM, 2nd edit. 2020 ISBN 9789995791308
Supplementary Reading List
- Oxford Handbook of Expedition and Wilderness Medicine, 2015 ISBN 0199688419
- Auerbach’s Wilderness Medicine, 2016 ISBN 0323359426
- Tropical Medicine Notebook, 2017ISBN 0198737777
Tuition: €350
- MQF/EQF: Level 7
- Accreditation: Malta Further and Higher Education Authority
- Learning Hours: 125
- Credits: 5
- Delivery: 100% Online
- Programme Length: 4-26 Weeks
- Qualification: Award
CoROM Podcast Channel
The College releases a new podcast each Friday discussing wilderness medicine, austere healthcare and emergency medicine. We have four presenters including an MD PhD cardiologist, COL(ret) anaesthetist burns and pain specialist, a critical care paramedic and an offshore medic.
Listen & Earn CPD Credit!
You can earn free Continuing Professional Development credits by listening to these podcasts and taking a short quiz on the content. Only current Members of the College will be eligible to sit these quizzes and earn CPD credit.
CPD CREDITS: 5
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