The DTMH Exam'

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The DTMH Exam.

• London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
  keppel St, London
• Royal College of Physicians, London
• 3 month course in London
• Examination Fee 195
• 2/3 days 31 march-1st april 2008
• Written
• Practical
• Oral on day 3 (only if pass/fail)
• Email notification!!

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Written exam

• AM- Multiple Choice
• True/false/dont know
• Negative marking
• Breadth of knowledge more important then detail
• Practice questions www.rob.skelly.com
• PM- Clinical
• Short cases/pictures
• Short answers (1 mark per point)
• PM- Short Notes
• Choice of 5 from 15
• 10 marks each
• Some repetition.

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Resources

• Books
• Web sites
• Other people on the course
• Try to go to the mock practical
• Lots and Lots of guidelines (thanks Donald!)
• Interactive CDs
• Parasitology Reference Lab (Stobhill)

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• Lecture Notes on Tropical Medicine
• Gill and Beeching
• 18.99 from Amazon

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• Atlas of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
• Peters and Pasvol
• 59.49

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• Last Years Exam
• Mutlidrug resistant TB
• Outbreak management (various!)
• Rabies vaccination
• Cutaneous Leishmaniasis
• The Practical
• Malaria film (20)
• Trypanosomiasis film (20)
• Histology- Schisto eggs in gut (20)
• 2x stool samples to report (40)
• Spots (20)

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• Useful websites
• www.rob.skelly.com
• http//www.k-state.edu/parasitology/546tutorials/t
  itlepage.html
• http//workforce.cup.edu/Buckelew/
• http//www.microbiologybytes.com/introduction/Para
  quiz/paraquiz.htm
• http//www.rph.wa.gov.au/malaria.html