Certificate in Clinical Tropical Medicine:

This will be issued jointly by UPCH and the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine to everyone attending the complete course.

Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene:

This will be issued by the Gorgas Memorial Institute of Tropical and Preventive Medicine only to those completing the course and who successfully pass the comprehensive written examination. This will satisfy the didactic requirement for the ASTMH examination process. Eligibility for the Diploma requires attendance during all Clinical Rounds sessions on the field trips to Cusco & Iquitos and attendance during a minimum of 80% of Clinical Rounds in Lima. Sitting the examination in order to qualify for the Diploma is an entirely optional process. To date, 100 Gorgas graduates have passed the ASTMH examination.

ASTMH Certification:

The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene offers Certification in Clinical Tropical Medicine and Travelers Health. Individuals with the Gorgas Diploma will fulfill the didactic requirements to sit the certifying examination. Contact the ASTMH Secretariat at 847-480-9592 or 847-480-9282 (fax) for full logistical details of the Examination process.

Graduate Credit Hours:

The Gorgas Course has been designated as EPI682 and you can register for anywhere from 3 to 9 hours of graduate credit in the UAB School of Public Health. The School is fully accredited and these hours are transferable to other Universities. The procedure is as follows: Contact Ms. Nancy Pinson (e-mail: nop@uab.edu) at 205-934-4993 or 205-975-5484 (fax). She will send you an application form to be submitted to the UAB Graduate School as a non-degree student. A separate fee for the appropriate tuition (# of credit hours times $443/hr out of state tuition fee) is required.

CME Credit:

125 hours of category 1 credit are available. The cost of this is included in the Gorgas Tuition.