TM5501 - Tropical Medicine

Credit points:	03
Year:	2013
Student Contribution Band:	Band 3
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

Tropical medicine is the branch of medicine that deals with diseases and health problems that occur uniquely, are more widespread, or prove more difficult to control in tropical and subtropical regions. Tropical medicine historically has focused on communicable and infectious diseases, but increasing attention is being given to the burden of non-communicable diseases and injury in these regions. This subject, TM5501 Tropical Medicine, is primarily concerned with the communicable and infectious diseases that remain major causes of morbidity and mortality in tropical and subtropical regions, with priority being given to diseases of public health significance in the Asia-Pacific region. These diseases include 'the big three' (malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS), vector-borne diseases (including dengue and Japanese encephalitis), neglected tropical diseases (NTDs, including lymphatic filariasis, rabies and leprosy), 'tropical fevers' (including typhoid and leptospirosis), tropical paediatric priorities (including pneumonia, diarrhoeal diseases and measles) and several others (including cholera and hepatitis).

Learning Outcomes

• have an understanding of some of the common tropical diseases and problems relevant to Australasia, Southeast Asia and the Western Pacific region, which are of interest to health professionals;
• have an understanding of the microbiological, entomological and parasitic agents underlying these tropical diseases;
• appreciate the diagnosis, management and prevention of tropical diseases of global importance (i.e. to the World Health Organization).

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to appraise information critically;
• The ability to use independent judgment to synthesise information to make intellectual and/or creative advances;
• The ability to place their research in a broader (preferably international)theoretical, practical and policy context.;
• The ability to think laterally and be original;
• The ability to conceptualise and evaluate a range of potential solutions to relevant problems;
• The ability to make constructive contributions to project teams or collegial activities;
• The potential to resolve conflicts.

Availabilities
External, Study Period 1
Census Date 28-Mar-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Jeffrey Hanna, Professor Peter Leggat
Lecturers:	Dr Jeffrey Hanna, Professor Peter Leggat.
Contact hours:	60 hours lectures - external mode is equivalent to 60 lectures
Method of Delivery:	and CDROMPrinted materials
Assessment:	other exams (75%); assignments (25%).
Townsville, Block, Study Period 9
Census Date 10-Oct-2013
Non-standard start/end 09-Sep-2013 to 22-Nov-2013
Face to face teaching 09-Sep-2013 to 19-Sep-2013
Coordinator:	Dr Jeffrey Hanna, Professor Peter Leggat
Lecturers:	Dr Jeffrey Hanna, Professor Peter Leggat.
Contact hours:	60 hours lectures
Assessment:	other exams (75%); assignments (25%).

Note: 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.