PROGRAMME

WEEK 1

DAY 1

Activity, Topic
Venue / Department		 Time Content
ORIENTATION

Mini-Lecture Hall 1
Faculty of Medical Sciences, USJ
9.00 am - 11.00 am
Registration

Distribution of Course time table, course content and other important information
Lecture

Trypanosomiasis

Department of Parasitology, FMS, USJ
11.00 am - 12.00 noon
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, control
Lunch Break
Lecture

Malaria

Department of Parasitology, USJ
1.00 - 2.30 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, control
Practical

Malaria & Trypanosomiasis

Department of Parasitology, USJ
2.45 - 4.30 pm
  • Preparation of thick & thin blood films
  • Staining: thin blood film
  • Observing malaria infected mounted slides under the microscope
  • Observing Trypanosoma infected mounted slides

DAY 2

Activity, Topic
Venue / Department		 Time Content
Lecture

Lymphatic Filariasis & Dirofilarasisis

Department of Parasitology, USJ
9.00 pm - 12.00 noon
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, control
Lunch Break
Practical

Filariasis

Department of Parasitology, USJ
1.00 - 4.00 pm
  • Staining -Thick blood film
  • Concentration techniques: Membrane filtration method, Knott's concentration method
  • Observing microfilaraemic slides under the microscope

DAY 3

Activity, Topic
Venue / Department		 Time Content
Field visit

Antifilariasis-clinic/ Family Practice center/DBH Homagama

9.00 - 12.00 noon
History taking and examination of filarial limbs. Learn about medical management and home based limb care.
Lunch Break
Lecture

Leishmaniasis

Department of Parasitology, USJ
1.00 - 2.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, control
Lecture

Helminth infections

Department of Parasitology, USJ
2.00 - 3.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical features, management, control
Practical

Leishmaniasis & helminths
3.15 - 4.30 pm
  • Observing leishmaniasis infected mounted slides under the microscope
  • Sample collection methods
  • Helminths-Preparation of a saline & iodine smears (0bservation)
  • Examination of both wet and mounted faecal samples with helminth eggs

DAY 4

Activity, Topic
Venue / Department		 Time Content
Visit

Dermatology clinic CSTH/DBH Homagama/Family Practice center/FSM & UMO/USJ/ PU Thalangama
9.00 am -12.00 noon
History taking and examination of tropical infectious skin lesions (scabies, fungal lesions etc). Learn about medical management.
Lunch Break
Lecture

Control of vector borne diseases and integrated vector control measures

Department of Parasitology
1.00 - 3.00 pm
Medically important vectors, their bionomics and control measures
Practical

mosquitoes and flies

Department of Parasitology
3.15 - 4.30 pm
Observe preserved samples of mosquitoes and flies
Self- directed learning on Helminth infections
4.30 pm onwards
Lecture notes. Web sites (URL provided), research articles etc.

DAY 5

Activity, Topic
Venue / Department		 Time Content
Tropical Paediatrics

Case based discussions

1. Febrile child in tropics
2. Child with diarrhea

Department of Paediaterics/CSTH
8.30 - 9.15 am

9.30 - 10.15 am

Covers a wide range of Tropical Diseases causing febrile illness in a child including pathogenesis, clinical features and management. Main emphasis will be on dengue fever.

Common infective aetiological factors, clinical presentations and management of diarrhea
Lecture

Helminthiasis in children

Paediatric tuberculosis

Vaccination in tropical paediatrics

Paediatric encephalitis in tropics

Department of Paediaterics/CSTH

10.30 - 11.00 am

11.00 - 11.30 am

11.45- 12.15pm

12.15 - 12.45 pm

Aetiology, clinical features, management and preventive strategies.

Clinical presentations, structured investigations, paediatric tuberculosis management, contact screening and prophylaxis

National immunization programme, travel vaccination in tropes

Clinical presentations, management and prevention of arbo viral encephalitis
Lunch Break
Tropical Paediatrics

Department of Paediaterics/CSTH
1.00 pm onwards
Introduction to bedside investigations in Tropical Disease and self-directed learning in the wards

WEEK 2

DAY 1

Activity Time Content
Lecture

Tuberculosis

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ

9.00 am - 10.30 am
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Lecture

Leprosy

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ

10.45 am - 12.00 noon
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Lunch Break
Lecture

Leptospirosis

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ

1.00 - 2.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Lecture

Melioidosis

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ

2.00 - 3.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention
Lecture

Cholera and other bacterial diarrhoeal illnesses

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ

3.00 - 4.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention

DAY 2

Activity Time Content
Practical

Tuberculosis & Lerposy

Department of Microbiology, FMS, USJ
9.00 am - 12.00 noon

Observe the procedures - Sputum AFB, TB culture, GeneXpert

Leprosy- Acid fact stain
Lunch Break
Lecture

Viral encephalitis and zika

Department of Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine FMS, USJ
2.00 - 3.00 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention

DAY 3

Activity Time Content
Practical

Leptospira, Cholera and other bacterial diarrhoeal illnesses and Melioidosis

Department of Microbiology FMS, USJ
9.00 am - 12.00 noon

Leptospira - Special stains & PCR

Cholera and Diarrhoeal illnesses - Observation of Gram stained slides and cultures

Melioidosis - Observation of Gram stained slides and cultures
Lunch Break
Lecture

Dengue, chikungunya

Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine
1.00 - 2.30 pm
Epidemiology, pathogenesis, laboratory diagnosis, treatment and prevention & Control
Practical

Department of Immunology and Molecular Medicine
2.30 - 4.00 pm
NS1Ag, PCR, ELISA etc

DAY 4

Activity Time Content
Case-based discussion 1

A patient with an acute febrile illness in the tropics

Professorial Unit Medicine/ CSTH
8.30 am - 12.00 noon

8.30 - 9:30 am familiarization to the ward setting

9:30 - 11 am: Fixed learning module on “Approach to a patient with an acute febrile illness” (Covers clinical features, Investigations and management of dengue, leptospirosis, rickettsial infections)

11 am – 12 noon Face-face discussion
Lunch Break
Case-based discussion 2

Patient with self-ingestion of a toxin

Professorial Unit Medicine/ CSTH
1.00 - 4.00 pm

Fixed learning module: on different plant toxins encountered in SL, clinical presentations and challenges in management

Face-face discussion: (Case histories-3)

DAY 5

Activity Time Content
Case-based discussion 3

Patient with an unknown snake bite

Professorial Unit Medicine/ CSTH
8.30 am - 12.00 noon

8:30 am -10:30 am: Fixed learning module on common venomous snake bites, clinical presentations, management and challenges

11 am – 12 noon: Face-face discussion
Lunch Break
Practical

snakes

Department of Parasitology FMS, USJ
1.00 - 2.00 pm
Morphological features of snakes with preserved specimens
Winding up

Mini-Examination Hall
2.00 - 3.00 pm
Awarding of participation certificate

Abbreviations

FMS – Faculty of Medical Sciences
USJ – University of Sri Jayewardenepura
CSTH­- Colombo South Teaching Hospital

Prepared and Confirmed by

Dr. Thushari Dissanayake (Head, Department of Microbiology & Consultant Microbiologist)
Prof. Manjula Weerasekera (Professor in Microbiology)
Dr. Nilanka Perera (Senior Lecturer in Medicine & Consultant Physician)
Prof. Ruwanthi Perera (Head, and Professor, Department of Paediatrics & Consultant Paediatrician)
Prof. Neelika Malavige (Professor of Immunology and Molecular Medicine)
Prof. Shalindra Ranasinghe (Professor in Parasitology)