***We are accepting applications for the in-person course in July 2022 and the next virtual course opening July 2022 and ending Mar 2023. Please be sure to select the correct course below. Please contact the Army course representative, LTC Boivin, michael.r.boivin2.mil@mail.mil with any questions.***
The Military Tropical Medicine Course, now a joint Army-Navy effort, continues the long tradition of the former Walter Reed Army Institute of Research (WRAIR) Tropical Medicine Course and the Navy’s Medicine in the Tropics Course. Designed to offer advanced training in tropical medicine to Army, Navy, and Air Force medical officers, this course covers a broad range of topics to include viral, bacterial, and parasitic infections, environmental illnesses, pre- and post-travel medical evaluations, outbreak investigations, and public health issues in the developing world. The 4-week didactic curriculum includes lectures from nationally recognized experts in the field of tropical medicine, as well as hands-on laboratory training in the identification of tropical disease pathogens. There is a comprehensive lab practical and written exam at the end of the course, as well as weekly quizzes.
In addition to the 4-week didactic portion of the course, there is an optional 2-week field mission that provides selected students the opportunity to solidify core concepts learned in the lecture and lab portions of the course. The elective field mission is also open to any MTM course graduate who completed the 4-week didactic portion of the course within the past 5 years but was unable to previously participate in the field mission.
***We are currently enrolling for the 2021 VIRTUAL course which ends 31 Mar 2022. We are also starting to accept applications for the in-person course in July 2022 and the next virtual course, opening July 2022 and ending Mar 2023. Please be sure to select the correct course below. Please contact the Army course representative, LTC Boivin, michael.r.boivin2.mil@mail.mil with any questions.***
