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<h1>TM5512 - Travel Medicine</h1>
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<td class="labelheading">Credit points:</td>
<td>03</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Year:</td>
<td>2007</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Student Contribution Band:</td>
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								Band 3</td>
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<td class="labelheading">Administered by:</td>
<td>Discipline of Public Health &amp; Tropical Medicine</td>
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<p>This subject consists of a series of modules including travel statistics, vaccination, malaria prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment, travelling with pre-existing illnesses/conditions, general and extreme travel hazards, advice to travellers on preparation, diet, general precautions, recognition of travellers illnesses, health intelligence and research into travel health issues, use of travel medicine data bases.</p>
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<h2>Availabilities</h2>
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<td class="labelheadingindent" colspan="2">Townsville,
				Limited,
				Study Period 2</td>
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<td class="labelindent" colspan="2" align="right">Census Date 31-Aug-2007</td>
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<td colspan="2" align="right" class="labelindent">Face to face teaching
							06-Oct-2007 to 08-Oct-2007 (Mini-block)</td>
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<tr><td class="labelindent">Coordinator:</td>
<td>Professor Peter Leggat</td></tr>
<tr><td class="labelindent">Lecturers:</td>
<td>Professor Peter Leggat, Professor Richard Speare.</td></tr>
<tr><td class="labelindent">Assessment:</td><td>end of semester exam (50%); other exams (25%); assignments (25%). </td></tr>
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<p><span style="color: #000;font-weight:bold;">Note: </span>
			Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of
			minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest
			official information.</p>
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