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TropPaed 2025 - 15th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health
Date
5 - 9 May 2025
(Arrival: 4 May 2025)
Venue
Schloß Rauischholzhausen
Info
Max. participants: 50
Course language: English
Welcome
We’re delighted to invite you to the 15th TropPaed Intensive Course!
Once again, we aim to offer a diverse program featuring lectures, hands-on small group work, and clinically focused seminars. We also plan to set aside plenty of time for international exchange of ideas and experiences.
As we finalize our planning, you’ll find continuous updates on the schedule and speakers on this page.
Preliminary Program
Here you’ll find an overview of the planned course topics. On some days, international guests will share case studies. Evening program is also planned.
Please note: Some program items may still be adjusted in terms of timing or, in rare cases, content.
Arrival is already possible on 4th of May. On the day of arrival, there will be an optional group dinner starting between 7 – 8 p.m.
Meals included: Breakfast: 7:00–8:30 a.m; Lunch: approx. 12:45–2:15 p.m.; Dinner: approx. 6:45–8:00 p.m.; Two coffee breaks each day.
On some evenings, optional activities will be offered after dinner.
Thursday night, there will be a themed farewell party!
Departure is scheduled for Friday after lunch around 2 p.m.
Pandemic Notice: Any current guidelines will be communicated before the course begins.
Arrival already on Sunday (4th of May) is possible.
Check-in from 5 p.m., with dinner around 7-8 p.m.
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Vorstellungsrunde
- Einführung in die globale Kindergesundheit
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 21 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
- Farewell party
Start: ca. 8:45 — Ende: ca. 14 Uhr
- Weitere Programmpunkte: tba
- Feedback and farewell
Course Fee and Registration
The course fee is calculated to cover course expenses and to help co-fund scholarships for international participants. Due to increased accommodation and meal costs, we have had to adjust the fees this year accordingly. No profit is made.
The fee includes course participation, accommodation from May 4 to May 9, 2025, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday dinner through Friday lunch, and course materials. The fee does not cover alcoholic beverages, drinks outside provided meals and coffee breaks, or transportation costs.
Member GTP/ESPID
Early Bird until 31.01.25Regular fee non-member
Early Bird until 31.01.25Member GTP/ESPID
from 31.01.25Regular fee non-member
from 31.01.25Scholarships
Scholarships for colleagues from resource-limited countries will be available again in 2025! Applications can be submitted until September 15, 2024 (to: gtpscholarship(a)globalchildhealth.de). For this, we request the submission of a motivation letter including a CV and a letter of recommendation. Further details can be found under the section “Support for International Colleagues.“
Venue
We are pleased to be able to hold our course again in 2022 at Schloss Rauischholzhausen, the conference and training facility of the University of Giessen. This historic and beautiful venue is tailor-made for our course as it offers the possibility to accommodate all participants, organizers and lecturers in one place, good facilities and a very fair financial framework. The versatile room selection meets our demand of lectures combined with small group work. Catering includes three main meals and two coffee breaks per day. Vegan and vegetarian options are available at each meal. Hosting the course there for the first time in 2016 has proven to be a complete success.
Cancellation Policy
In the event of a cancellation, we will first offer your spot to those on the waiting list. Alternatively, you may arrange a replacement participantyourself. If the spot is successfully filled, we will refund your course fee minus a €50 processing fee. If the spot remains unfilled, the full course feewill be charged.
Sponsoring and support
We sincerely thank all the volunteer co-organizers of the course for their years of dedication as well as our financial supporters!
We assure you that our intensive course is designed to be product- and service-neutral, with all content independent of commercial interests. No services or products are promoted. Any potential conflicts of interest are disclosed in a personal declaration.
Contacts
Questions and comments (no registration): troppaed@globalchildhealth.de
Bank details
Gesellschaft für Tropenpädiatrie und
Internationale Kindergesundheit (GTP) e. V.
Volksbank im Münsterland eG
IBAN: DE27 4036 1906 7327 1653 01
BIC: GENO DEM1 IBB
Subject: “TropPaed2025 fee, First and Last Name”
Chief Medical Officer in Magbenteh Community Hospital, Sierra Leone
Tropical Doctor in Sierra Leone Wanted!
Position: Chief Medical Officer (CMO)
Location: Magbenteh Community Hospital | Makeni, Sierra Leone
Duration: 2 years (extension possible)
Start: As soon as possible
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate medical activities at the hospital, working with local and international teams.
- Perform clinical duties (inpatient/outpatient) and supervise the local Medical Superintendent.
- Train and build capacity of medical staff, including regular bedside teaching and formal training sessions.
- Improve quality of care through collaboration with national and international partners.
- Provide regular reports to partners ASSL and L’appel.
Focus: Capacity building, clinical supervision, and enhancing care quality for both inpatients and outpatients.
TropPaed 2025 - 15th Intensive Course on Tropical Paediatrics and Global Child Health
Date
5-9 May 2025
(Arrival: 5 May 2025)
Venue
To be confirmed
Info
Participants: 50
Course language: English
Welcome
We are pleased to invite you to the TropPaed Intensive Course 2025 in May!
We would like to offer you once again a diverse program of lectures, practical small group work, and clinically oriented seminars. Additionally, we aim to allocate ample time for international exchange of your experiences.
Throughout our planning process, you will continuously receive further details regarding the schedule and speakers on this page.
Fees and Registration
The course fees are non-profit and calculated to cover course costs and to co-finance participation of international scholarship holders. The price includes course participation, accommodation from 5-9 May 2025, meals and coffee breaks from Sunday (dinner) to Friday (lunch). The price does not include alcoholic beverages and drinks outside of those served at meals and coffee breaks, as well as transport costs.
Detailed participant fees will be announced shortly.
Scholarships for colleagues from low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) will also be available for the 2025 course! To apply, please submit a motivational letter, CV, and reference letter to gtpscholarship@globalchildhealth.de. Further details can be found under “Sponsoring of International Colleagues“.
Application deadline: September 15th 2024
Cancellation Policy:
If you need to withdraw your course registration, we will endeavor to fill your spot with someone from the waiting list. Alternatively, you may propose a substitute attendee. If we successfully fill your spot, you will receive a refund of the full course fees, minus a 50 Euro handling fee. However, if we are unable to fill your spot, the full course fee will be charged.
Venue
To be confirmed
Sponsoring and support
We sincerely thank all the volunteer co-organisers of the course for their years of dedication as well as our financial supporters!
We want to assure you that our TropPaed Intensive Course is meticulously designed to maintain neutrality regarding products and services, with all content being independent of commercial interests. We do not endorse or advertise any specific services or products. Any potential conflicts of interest are transparently disclosed through self-disclosure.