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Medical Electives

Medical Electives. Dr Damian Williams BMedSc MB ChB MRCGP MSc MFTM RCPS (Glas). Outline. Vaccinations etc Insurance & Safety Cross Cultural Medicine Choosing a Project Questions to Ask. Vaccinations etc. Vaccinations & Anti-malarials www.nathnac.org www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk

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Medical Electives

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  1. Medical Electives Dr Damian Williams BMedSc MB ChB MRCGP MSc MFTM RCPS (Glas)

  2. Outline • Vaccinations etc • Insurance & Safety • Cross Cultural Medicine • Choosing a Project • Questions to Ask

  3. Vaccinations etc • Vaccinations & Anti-malarials • www.nathnac.org • www.fitfortravel.nhs.uk • www.malariahotspots.co.uk Text your destination to 07800 000569 • See your GP/Nurse min 6 weeks before

  4. More that just vaccinations • Bite prevention Not just tropicallocations

  5. Insect Transmitted Diseases

  6. Bite Prevention • Insect repellants • DEET, Icaridin (Bayrepel), lemon eucalyptus oil • Nets (impregnanted), screens and air-con • Long clothing – permethrin treated • Sprays, coils and plug-ins

  7. Prevention better than Cure • Bite prevention • Traveller’s diarrhoea • Safe Sun • Safe Sex • Road Safety • Adventurous activities • Nomad Travel www.nomadtravel.co.uk

  8. Insurance & Safety • 90% of students don’t have adequate travel insurance • Know where you are going CIA World Factbookwww.cia.gov Lonely Planet www.lonelyplanet.com Foreign & Commonwealth Office www.fco.gov.uk – make sure you do!

  9. Cross Cultural Medicine Malaria Madness 500 million cases a year 1 million deaths a year 2 deaths every minute Majority in children in Sub-Saharan Africa 41% of the world population at risk of malaria

  10. Cross Cultural Medicine

  11. Cross Cultural Medicine

  12. Cross Cultural Medicine Myanmar – $97 per person per year Life Expectancy = 63yr Infant mortality = 50 in 1,000 Ethiopia – $4 per person per year Life expectancy = 52yr Infant mortality = 102:1,000 Maternal mortality = >1,000 per 100,000 UK Figures $1600 per person per year Life Expectancy = 79yr Infant mortality = 5:1,000 live births Maternal mortality = <10 per 100,000 www.unicef.org

  13. Cross Cultural Medicine

  14. Cross Cultural Medicine

  15. Fascinating Countries

  16. Great Opportunities

  17. Unusual Diseases

  18. Fantastic Rewards

  19. Choosing a Project • Choose something that interests you then find the best place to study it • Even if you choose location first you can still develop your own project • Work with your UK & location supervisor to get the most out of your project

  20. Questions to Ask • The people on the ground know the situation far better than anyone. Make sure you make use of that. • Is there anything you’d like me to bring for you?

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