Location

Please check the individual session for location or broadcast availability.  

Frequency

Quarterly

Series Director

Eva Clark, MD, PhD, CTropMed

Series Co-Director

William Miller, MD

Target Audience

Needs Statement

The International Tropical Medicine Case Conference is designed to address key educational needs among healthcare providers in the areas of knowledge, competence, and performance. First, there is a need to expand knowledge of clinical tropical medicine by providing up-to-date, evidence-based information on the diagnosis, management, and prevention of tropical diseases, especially those less familiar to providers in non-endemic regions. Second, the activity will augment competence by using interactive case discussions to enhance clinical reasoning, diagnostic skills, and the ability to apply guidelines in real-world scenarios. Third, the conference aims to improve performance by encouraging participants to integrate new knowledge and skills into their clinical practice, leading to more accurate diagnoses, timely interventions, and improved patient outcomes for those affected by tropical diseases.

Educational Methods

Educational methods will include case presentations.

Objectives

At the conclusion of the sessions, the participants should be able to:

• Describe emerging patterns in tropical disease epidemiology, including transmission in subtropical regions of the United States, and explain the impact of climate change and urbanization on vector expansion, particularly among immigrant, traveler, and underserved populations.
• Differentiate tropical diseases from other conditions using clinical presentation, epidemiologic context, and evidence-based diagnostic workflows aligned with World Health Organization (WHO) and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines.
• Interpret complex laboratory results for vector-borne tropical diseases such as Chagas disease and dengue, Zika, and West Nile viral infections and apply diagnostic strategies tailored to disease-specific presentations.
• Apply current state and national protocols for reporting neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), identify common barriers to timely and complete reporting, and utilize digital tools such as the CDC Yellow Book during patient evaluations.
• Engage in enhanced interprofessional collaboration with public health departments and tropical medicine specialists for case management.

Evaluation

Participants may be asked to complete a session evaluation.

Accreditation/Credit Designation

Baylor College of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Baylor College of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.  Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Series Coordinator