FCCS: Tropical Diseases imparts participants knowledge and skill to learn how to describe the mechanisms of transmission of bacterial, spiral, viral, and vector-borne tropical diseases; identify key clinical signs and symptoms for early recognition and diagnosis of life-threatening infections; recognize and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient; and recommend appropriate management and prevention options.

• Prioritise assessment needs for the critically ill patient.
• Describe the mechanisms of transmission of bacterial, spiral, viral, and vector-borne tropical diseases.
• Review the clinical risk factors and prognostic factors associated with specific tropical diseases.
• Identify key clinical signs and symptoms for early recognition and diagnosis of life-threatening infections.
• Recognise and respond to significant changes in the unstable patient.
• Recommend appropriate management and prevention options

• Didactic lectures
• Case-based skill stations
• Pre and Post tests
• Companion textbook
• Certificate of successful course completion

• Chikungunya Virus Disease
• Dengue Fever
• Ebola Virus Disease
• Hemorrhagic Fevers: Marburg and Lassa Viruses
• Leptospirosis
• Severe Malaria
• Typhoid Fever
• Viral Encephalitis
• Yellow Fever
• Zika Virus Infection

• Mechanical Ventilation I
• Mechanical Ventilation II
• Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation

• Entry level residents
• Medical officers
• Trainees in critical care & emergency medicine
• A non intensivist taking care of critical care patients

• Attending all didactic sessions
• Successful completion of all skill stations
• Achieve a score of 70% or higher in the post-test examination

2 Days