Scrimgeour E M
Department of Medicine, Sultan Qaboos University, Al-Khod, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman.
Postgrad Med J. 2004 Apr;80(942):221-3. doi: 10.1136/pgmj.2003.015594.
Until 1997, there was no formal teaching in tropical medicine in Arabian Peninsular countries, although many tropical diseases (for example, malaria, schistosomiasis, leishmaniasis, filariasis), are endemic in the region. A six month, part time Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (DTM&H) course was established in the Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman, in 1997, for small groups of Omani doctors wishing to sit the annual DTM&H examination in London. To date, 21 doctors have been successful, and the Royal College of Physicians of London has accredited the Tropical Medicine School in Oman as an appropriate training centre for the examination. Since over 20 doctors apply each year for the six available places in the course, a full time DTM&H course for larger groups of doctors, from Oman and regional countries, is under consideration.
直到1997年，阿拉伯半岛国家都没有热带医学方面的正规教学，尽管该地区许多热带疾病（如疟疾、血吸虫病、利什曼病、丝虫病）呈地方流行。1997年，阿曼苏丹国马斯喀特的苏丹卡布斯大学开设了为期六个月的兼职热带医学与卫生文凭课程（DTM&H），面向一小群希望参加伦敦年度DTM&H考试的阿曼医生。到目前为止，已有21名医生通过考试，伦敦皇家内科医学院认可阿曼的热带医学院为该考试的合适培训中心。由于每年有超过20名医生申请该课程的6个名额，目前正在考虑为来自阿曼及周边国家的更多医生开设全日制DTM&H课程。
