Title: Climate change and arboviruses: Focus on Chikungunya and Zika

Date: Wednesday, 1st November 2023

Time: 9.00 EDT UTC-04 (The webinar is approximately 90 minutes)

To check your time zone, go to the time and date website: Here

Registration Fee:

Complimentary 

You must register to attend. If you are not a member and wish to attend, you can create a free profile here, but membership is always encouraged as it is the most beneficial. 

Summary:

Chikungunya and Zika viruses have been responsible for explosive epidemics in the recent past, with numerous cases still suffering from long term sequelae in endemic countries. With climate change and the abundance of mosquito vectors, as well as the accumulation of non-immune populations, cases have increased recently.  Come join our experts and learn about the latest risk areas, the significant burden for travelers, and encouraging results in vaccine research. 

Special thanks to Valneva for the unrestricted educational grant that helped provide this program.

Webinar Faculty:

PEC Incoming Chair: Dr. Yen Bui

Immediate Past President, ISTM: Dr. Lin Chen

Moderator: 

Dr. Annelies Wilder-Smith

Speakers: 

Dr. Ralph Huits

Department of Infectious Tropical Diseases and Microbiology, IRCCS Sacro Cuore Don Calabria Hospital, Verona, Italy (R.H.)

Co-Principal Investigator GeoSentinel (Research Lead)

Dr. Yesim Tozan

Department of Global and Environmental Health,

New York University School of Global Public Health

Dr. Susan Hills

Medical Epidemiologist, Arboviral Diseases Branch, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this webinar, the attendee should be able to:

- Describe the recent epidemiology of chikungunya and Zika

- Discuss the latest data on cost-of-illness related to arboviral diseases in travelers

- Summarize the latest vaccine developments against chikungunya and Zika 

Who Should Attend:

- Infectious Disease Practitioners – Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists

- Travel Health Practitioners – Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists

- Public Health Practitioners

- Family Medicine Practitioners

- Occupational Health Specialists, Military Medicine Specialists

- Any others who care for travelers, expats, and migrants

The CTH® certificate recognizes professionals who have demonstrated expertise in the unique Body of Knowledge associated with travel medicine care and consultation.  

ISTM will offer its 24th Certificate of Knowledge™ in Travel Medicine as a virtual examination via the ProctorU live proctoring service via webcam. During the application process, applicants must select ONE day and time (in New York, EST,) to sit for the Exam.

Non-ISTM Members must create ISTM profiles to apply and register for this event. Click here to create your profile then submit your application through the member application link.

The deadline to apply to take the exam is 16 January 2024.

When completing the exam application, please be prepared to select ONE specified date & time (New York, EDT, UTC-4):

1. Tuesday, 30 January 2024, 10:00 EST 

2. Wednesday, 31 January 2024, 4:00 EST 

3. Thursday, 1 February 2024, 22:00 EST 

Please note that there are 3 REQUIRED components to this exam application. You must complete all 3 components in order for your application to be considered:

1. Applicant Questionnaire 

2. Terms of Service (TOS) Acknowledgement

3. Photo Identification Upload

In order to use ProctorU for the CTH® Exam, you will need ALL of the items below: 

1.  Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser (Microsoft Explorer and Apple Safari are not supported) 

2. Download Guardian browser: Download the Guardian Secure Proctoring Browser | Meazure Learning – Ensuring a safe and secure testing experience.

3.  High-speed internet connection (hard-wired preferred)

4.  Webcam (internal or external) 

5.  Windows or Apple operating system

6.  Government issued photo ID

7.  Please register for ProctorU using the same email address you use for the exam application as it will simplify the tracking and grading process.

8.  Please ensure that the name on your ProctorU profile matches exactly with the name on your government-issued photo ID or passport.

9. For complete requirements, visit ProctorU: https://www.proctoru.com/live-...

Allowances:

1. For test-takers whose first language is not English, ProctorU has been instructed to allow test-takers to use Google translate services if necessary. (https://translate.google.com/)

2. You are allowed a short bio break between the four exam sections.

3. If you need special accommodations, please email learning@istm.org 

Handouts Available:

1. Candidate Bulletin

2. Exam Instructions

3. ProctorU Instructions

4. CTH® Mark Use Policy

Additional Information:

1. For those unable to take the CTH® online, an in-person Exam will be planned later in 2024.

2. Once your application has been reviewed and accepted, you will receive two emails: (1) You will receive an email from ISTM with your exam packet that includes complete instructions and (2) You will receive an email from ProctorU to complete your testing reservation and to test your equipment. Please do not wait until the day of the exam to test your equipment as technical issues could cause delays or cancellation of your exam and score. 

3. In effort to continually align with best practices, The 2024 24th ISTM Certificate of Knowledge Exam will be composed of 220 questions instead of the traditional 200 questions. The additional 20 items will be unscored and will not impact your exam score. These unscored items are embedded throughout the exam to assess their statistical characteristics and viability as future scored items.

3. Scoring: Please note that you will NOT receive a score immediately after taking the exam. Pass/Fail information will be emailed after the psychometricians have reviewed all of the completed exams. Please be patient as grading may take 8 to 10 weeks. In the interim, neither this system nor the ISTM Secretariat will have pass/fail information.

COURSE DATES & FORMAT:

The annual ISTM TMRUC will be offered online 23 - 24 February 2024. This will be a hybrid virtual event of live and pre-recorded presentations. Participants will have ample opportunity to interact with the faculty through interactive sessions and informal discussions. The course will be available on-demand after the live event. 

COURSE DESCRIPTION

The Travel Medicine Review and Update Course is designed to review the ISTM Body of Knowledge for the Practice of Travel Medicine and to highlight recent developments in Travel Medicine. The curriculum will cover topics relevant to physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who provide medical care and advice to travelers, expatriates, and migrants.

Sessions offered will include principles of immune response, risk assessment, and a travel vaccine overview. The expert faculty will present topics including adventure travel, bites and envenomation, cases, food and water exposures, ill returning travelers, risk assessment, malaria, yellow fever, special travelers, vaccines, and vectors. The care of special groups such as pregnant women, pediatric travelers, immigrants, VFR travelers, and immunocompromised hosts will also be discussed. Recent developments and advances in travelers' diarrhea, immunizations, and malaria medications.

COURSE CHAIR

Sheila Mackell, MD

Travel Medicine Review and Update Course, Chair

COURSE PLANNING COMMITTEE

Sheila Mackell, United States

Lin Chen, United States

Yen-Giang Bui, Canada

Henry Wu, United States

COURSE SPEAKERS

Elizabeth Barnett

Yen Bui

Gerard Flaherty

Jeff Goad

Eric Halsey

David Hamer

Aisha Khatib

Sarah Kohl

Camille Kotton

Sheila Mackell

Scott Norton

Natalie Prevatt

Steve Schofield

Darvin Scott Smith

David Shlim 

 Henry Wu

INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON YELLOW FEVER

Leo Visser, the Netherlands

 Aluisio Segurado, Brazil)

Salim Parker, South Africa)

Elizabeth Barnett, United States of America

 Moderator: Yen Bui, Canada

INTERNATIONAL PANEL ON MALARIA

Dipti Patel, United Kingdom

Mike Starr, Australia

Francesca Norman, Spain

Albie de Frey, South Africa

Moderator: Edward Ryan, United States

COURSE MODERATORS

Lin Chen, United States 

Henry Wu, United States

Edward Ryan, United States

Sheila Mackell, United States

Yen-Giang Bui, Canada

CREDIT HOURS

Accreditation Statement:

TBD

Physicians (ACCME) Credit Designation:

TBD

Nurses (ANCC) Credit Designation:

TBD

Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians (ACPE) Credit Designation:

TBD

Title: Dengue and Climate Change: Emerging Disease in Non-Endemic Regions

Date: Wednesday, 28th June 2023

Time: 9.00 EDT UTC-04 (The webinar is approximately 90 minutes)

To check your time zone, go to the time and date website: Here

Registration Fee:

Complimentary 

You must register to attend. If you are not a member and wish to attend, you can create a free profile here, but membership is always encouraged as it is the most beneficial. 

Summary:

Dengue, the most common arboviral disease, continues to afflict large tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world, with outbreaks ongoing after the lifting of COVID-19 restrictions and population mobility. With climate change, urbanization, increasing population density and vector density, innovative control strategies are needed, whether through vector control and/or new vaccine development. 

Webinar Faculty:

PEC Incoming Chair: Dr. Yen Bui

Immediate Past President, ISTM: Dr. Lin Chen

Moderator: 

Dr Francesca Norman

National Referral Unit for Tropical Diseases, Infectious Diseases Department,

Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, IRYCIS, Universidad de Alcalá, CIBER de Enfermedades Infecciosas, Madrid, Spain

Speakers: 

Dr Tomas Jelinek

Medical Director, Berlin Center for Travel & Tropical Medicine, Germany

Scientific Director, Center for Travel Medicine, Düsseldorf, Germany

Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Cologne, Germany

Dr Anna Durbin

Professor, International Health Director, Center for Immunization Research

Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, USA

Dr Gabriela Paz-Bailey

Chief, Dengue Branch, Division of Vector Borne-Diseases Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this webinar, the attendee will be able to: 

1. Identify the most promising vector control strategies

2. Discuss the efficacy and safety of the main vaccines in development 

3. Recognize populations at risk, including travelers, who would most benefit from these vaccines

Who Should Attend:

- Travel Health practitioners - Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists

-  Public Health practitioners and policy makers

- Military Medicine personnel

- Any others who care for travelers or expatriates

We are delighted that you will be joining us digitally at CISTM18 from 21-25 May 2023!

How to Access the Conference Online

Please visit the digital platform or download the App by simply visiting the Apple store (here) or Google Play store (here) and search for our free app "CISTM18."  The digital platform is intended for computer users, and the APP is for mobile users – both options provide exactly the same content / information.

Please note, only the programming in the San Francisco room will be live streamed, and it will be broadcast in the local Basel, Switzerland time zone. All of the Scientific Program will be recorded and available within 24 hours for viewing. Programming will be available for 3 months on the app, and eventually this programming will be migrated and available on the Elevate platform. 

LOGIN INFORMATION FOR THE DIGITAL CONGRESS

The digital congress platform is available and will be accessible until 30 August 2023, 23.59 CET.

DIGITAL PLATFORM

We recommend that you familiarize yourself with the platform before the start of the congress. Go to the platform and discover the different congress areas for a smooth start on 21 May and a great congress experience.

Kindly note that the app can’t be downloaded to a computer. But attendees access the digital platform, which is basically the same.

As a summary - the app is for mobile users, the digital platform for computer users – both options provide exactly the same content / information.

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS

For optimal user experience, we highly recommend using Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox browser. The digital congress platform is not accessible on Safari.

We recommend you to regularly clear your browser’s cache memory and to reload the currently open page, and to override the locally cached version (clear cache). To clear your cache on Chrome/Firefox, please press “Ctrl + F5” or “Ctrl + Shift + R” short keys on your keyboard.

FAQ

Browse through the FAQs to find answers to frequently asked questions.

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

The detailed scientific program is available on the official congress website, please click here.

We are looking forward to welcoming you at CISTM18!

Kind regards,

ISTM Secretariat Team

Virtual Day Four Scientific Program for CISTM18

ISTM President Peter Leggat invites you to join us for this first in-person event post COVID-19. The Scientific Program Committee (SPC), under the guidance of SPC Chair David Hamer, has been working hard to bring dynamic and engaging Travel Medicine program to invigorate and elevate CISTM18 Basel, Switzerland 21-25 May, 2023. Local Organizing Chair (LOC) Christoph Hatz and committee will be incorporating some exciting local fare, sure to delight your senses.

To register for CISTM18, simply click the blue “Log in” button in the upper right hand corner of the https://learning.istm.org/cistm18 page.

You don’t have log in credentials? No problem. Visit https://www.istm.org/assoc_subscribe.asp, and create a “Member Login” User Name and Password. While we would love to have you join ISTM as a member, it is not necessary for this purpose. You may create a “Non-Member” account.

The ISTM Secretariat team is here to help! If you are experiencing problems with the registration system, try clearing your cookies or cache, and using a different browser, such as Microsoft Explorer. If problems persist, please take a screen shot, and send it with any other details to istm@istm.org so that we may better assist you.

Virtual Day Three Scientific Program for CISTM18

Virtual Day Two Scientific Program for CISTM18

Virtual Day One Scientific Program for CISTM18