International Travel Medicine Education Program

In our effort to advance global health objectives, we award scholarships and grants to health care practitioners from developing countries to promote research and training in all aspects of travel medicine and health. The International Travel Medicine Education Program is fully funded by the generous voluntary contributions from IAMAT members.

IAMAT Scholarship Fund

IAMAT scholarships allow doctors and nurses from low income countries to become certified practitioners in travel medicine.

Successful recipients take part in a six-week intensive training program that includes small group teaching sessions, clinical rotations, individual study, and cultural exchanges. Upon graduation, scholars return to their home country to lend their expertise in travel medicine clinical best practices, teaching their colleagues, and expanding the network of IAMAT affiliated clinics around the world. Since 2002, IAMAT has awarded 17 scholarships to international scholars who trained at the University of Washington and the Kaiser Permanente Koolau and Honolulu clinics in Hawaii.

The goals of the scholarship fund are to:

• Provide orientation and training in clinical best practices, including:
  - Pre-travel health advice for international travellers.
  - Attending to the medical needs of travellers away from home.
  - Post-travel consultations and medical diagnosis.
• Promote cross-cultural exchanges of medical knowledge, processes, and procedures.
• Practice English language skills necessary for accurate communication.
• Prepare scholars for certification in travel health.
• Foster leadership skills for scholars to become a travel health resource person in their country.

The IAMAT Scholarship Fund is currently targeting its funding to health care providers from China, a major international travel destination.

>> IAMAT Scholars

IAMAT Travel Medicine Certification Grants

IAMAT's grants - and moral support - to our scholarship recipients allow them to cover costs related to studying and taking the travel medicine certification exam (Body of Knowledge for the Practice of Travel Medicine) administered by the International Society of Travel Medicine.

Since 2007, six Visiting Scholars recipients have successfully passed the exam and are now fully certified as travel medicine practitioners, helping us expand our network of medical services benefitting travellers.

>> Certificate in Travel Health

IAMAT Lectureship Grants

To encourage research in the medical aspects of travel, we provide grants to international medical societies for visiting tropical medicine scholars to exchange information and research on the prevention and treatment of tropical diseases. The Dr. Vincenzo Marcolongo Memorial Lecture at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene Annual Meetings, sponsored by IAMAT since 1990, is an ongoing contribution to the field.

>> Dr. Vincenzo Marcolongo Memorial Lectures