Malaria Diagnostics Course 2025

Invitation

Due to frequent long-distance travel and an increasing number of foreign citizens and migrants from tropical countries, malaria has also become more important in Germany. With more than 1,000 reported cases per year, it is the most common potentially life-threatening imported disease.

The earliest possible diagnosis and treatment are crucial for preventing severe cases and deaths. This applies in Germany as well as in the malaria regions. However, local diagnostic expertise is often inadequate or non-existent. This can lead to considerable logistical problems and time delays, especially at night and at weekends.

All hospitals and laboratories involved in the treatment or diagnosis of patients with imported diseases should therefore have staff with sufficient knowledge of malaria diagnostics. This also applies to doctors and laboratory staff in malaria regions who either carry out these diagnostics themselves or are responsible for them.

The course offered here provides theoretical and practical knowledge of malaria. In particular, the basics of malaria diagnostics will be learned and deepened through intensive exercises in the preparation of specimens and extensive microscopy.

Prof. Dr. med. Gisela Bretzel

Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, LMU University Hospital Munich

Course leader

Course language: German

Target groups

- Laboratory technicians/MTLAs and medical assistants

- Medical and scientific staff from various disciplines

- Medical staff working in developing countries

Course content

- Introduction and overview of malaria

- Preparation and staining of smears and thick drops

- Diagnosis and differentiation of all forms of malaria

- Artifacts, sources of error, quality control

- Other diagnostic methods (rapid tests, etc.)

- Learning success control

Course documentation

(for each participant to take home after the course)

- Compact script on USB stick

- Staining instructions

- Reference preparations

- Color charts (for use in the laboratory)

Certification

- Course certificate for successful participation

- Certification with the Academy for Infection Medicine with 8 iCME points

- 10 CME continuing medical education points have been applied for at the Bavarian Medical Association

Course fee

The course fee is 300 euros and must be paid in advance. It includes the course materials and catering during the breaks (lunch excluded).

Registration for the event is binding!

Registration deadline and number of participants

Registration up to two weeks before the start of the course, unless places have already been allocated.

The number of participants is limited to a maximum of 16.

Minimum number: 10 participants.

Registration, payment and cancellation conditions

The registration fee is due immediately upon registration and must be paid at least 6 weeks before the start of the course. A claim to participation only exists after receipt of the entire participation fee.

Changes and cancelations must be made in writing.

Cancellations up to 6 months before the event will be charged 10% of the agreed participation fee.

Cancellations up to 30 days before the start of the event will be charged 20% of the participation fee.

In all other cases, your financial obligation remains in full.

Rebookings can - if possible - be made for a processing fee of 10% of the participation fee.

If the rebooking takes place less than 6 months before the originally booked course, the processing fee will only be charged if the free place can be filled again. Otherwise the cancellation conditions apply.

The organizer is also responsible for allocating places in the event of rebooking.

If the event cannot be held for reasons for which the Akademie für Infektionsmedizin e.V. is not responsible (e.g. natural disasters, strikes or force majeure) or cannot be held in the form offered and booked, there is no entitlement to reimbursement of the (pro rata) participation fees or to compensation for other (financial) losses.

However, registrations remain valid if the event has to be postponed.

Directions

The venue is easily accessible by public transportation.

Free parking is available for course participants in the courtyard of the building at Leopoldstraße 5 (entrance via Georgenstraße).

Scientific management

Prof. Dr. med. Gisela Bretzel

Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine

LMU Hospital Munich

Lecturers and tutors

Scientific and technical staff of the Institute of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine