NAVIGATION
PROGRAMME
CERTIFICATE OF COMPETENCE IN TRAVEL MEDICINE COURSE
20 – 24 MAY 2026
PROGRAMME
Wednesday 20 May 2026
| 07h30 – 09h00 | REGISTRATION | |
| 09h00 | All students to be seated for examination in allocated room | |
| 09h15 – 10h15 | Entrance Exam | |
| 10h15 – 10h45 | TEA | Chair: |
| 10h45 – 11h00 | Welcome and Introduction | Albie de Frey |
| 11h00 – 11h45 | IHR and travel medicine | Mary Ross |
| 11h45 – 12h30 | Evidence based travel medicine | Jeremy Nel |
| 12h30 – 13h30 | LUNCH | Chair: |
| 13h30 – 14:15 | Malaria epidemiology, prevention & prophylaxis | Jeremy Nel |
| 14h15 – 14h45 | The epidemiology of travel medicine | Mary Ross |
| 14h45 – 15h30 | The pre-travel consultation | Therese Maarschalk |
| 15h30 – 16h00 | TEA | Chair: |
| 16h00 – 17h00 | The post-travel consultation | Cecile Olivier |
Thursday 21 May 2026
| 08h30 – 09h15 | Altitude Sickness | Isabella Fatti |
| 09h15 – 10h15 | Yellow Fever | Albie de Frey |
| 10h15 – 10h45 | TEA | Chair: |
| 10h45 – 11h20 | Travelling with a disability | Chris Van Straten |
| 11h20 – 12h05 | Snakes Alive! | Johan Marais |
| 12h05 – 12h50 | Malaria: Diagnoses and Treatment | Kim Pieton |
| 12h50 – 13h30 | LUNCH | Chair: |
| 13h30 – 14h15 | Arboviral Diseases: Dengue & Chikungunya | Kim Pieton |
| 14h15 – 14h45 | Ethical Issues in Travel Medicine | Kerrigan McCarthy |
| 14h45 – 15h15 | TEA | Chair: |
| 15h15– 16h00 | Establishing a Travel Medicine Clinic | Samantha Heymans |
| 16h00 – 17h00 | Dermatology | Robert Weiss |
Friday 22 May 2026
| 08h30 – 09h30 | Immunisation: The Basic Science | Lynda Steyn |
| 09h30 – 10h15 | The Occupational Traveller | Jack Meintjes |
| 10h15 – 10h45 | TEA | Chair |
| 10h45 – 11h30 | Dive Medicine | Jack Meintjes |
| 11h30 – 12h15 | Food and water borne diseases | Keeren Lutchminarain |
| 12h15 – 13h00 | Travel vaccines in practice: Part 1 | Albie de Frey |
| 13h00 – 13h45 | LUNCH | Chair: |
| 13h45 – 14h45 | Travel vaccines in practice: Part 2 | Albie de Frey |
| 14h45– 15:15 | Tickbite fever | Evan Shoul |
| 15h15 – 15h45 | TEA | Chair: |
| 15h45 – 16h15 | Travel Insurance & Medical Evacuation | Albie de Frey |
| 16h15 – 17h15 | The Psychology of Travel – Ethical Aspects of Placement | Truida Botha |
Saturday 23 May 2026
| 08h00 – 08h45 | The Paediatric Traveller | Theuns Avenant |
| 08h45 – 09h30 | Viral Haemmorrhagic Fevers | Michelle Naidoo |
| 09h30 – 10h15 | Managing vaccination resistance in the population | Theuns Avenant |
| 10h15 – 10h45 | TEA | Chair: |
| 10h45 – 11h30 | DVT: Stopping the clots | Salim Parker |
| 11h30 – 12h30 | The Immunocompromised Traveller | Lynda Steyn |
| 12h30 – 13h15 | LUNCH | Chair: |
| 13h15 – 13h45 | Rabies | Lucille Blumberg |
| 13h45 – 14h30 | Hajj travel | Salim Parker |
| 14h30 – 15h00 | About SASTM and Information Resources | Shane Kotze |
| 15h00 – 15h30 | TEA | Chair: |
| 15h30 – 16h45 | Putting it all together: clinical case scenarios | Lucille Blumberg and John Frean |
Sunday 24 May 2026
| 08h30 – 09h00 | Project explanation | Albie de Frey |
| 09h00 – 10h30 | Examination | Candidates |