International Nurses Day 2022
Recognising the work of our nursing professionals and students at LSTM
Today, on the International Day of Nurses, the Diploma in Tropial Medicine (DTN) celebrates nursing across the world. The DTN is a post graduate professional short course that aims to equip nurses to further develop their nursing skills and apply to humanitarian and resource poor settings.
As nurses, today, we join the International Council of Nurses to recognise the global contribution of nurses who often work in very challenging circumstances without the support of a well-functioning health system and the resources they need. The nursing profession needs our support and investment to lead the efforts to transform health systems to meet the needs of individuals and communities now and into the future.
Terry Kana Director of Studies DTN
'This course has been phenomenal. The lectures are intriguing, interactive, and interesting in so many ways. The topics being taught are not only thought provoking but also prepare you for a career working in several middle- and low-income countries. The lecturers are fantastic, they are engaging, approachable and so supportive - each one of them has made themselves available to help and encourage us to pursue working in different areas of resource poor settings. Being both a nurse and a midwife, this course has a range of content that will inspire any discipline of nursing and encourage you to pursue a path that may not have been previously within your reach. I cannot recommend this course enough. I am so excited to see the doors that will be opened for me after completing the Diploma in Tropical Nursing and I am looking forward to the next chapter of my nursing career." Sadie Lavelle Cafferkey - DTN 2022
"This course is very inspiring, I feel that it has re-ignited my passion for nursing and learning. I have been recommending the course to all my colleagues and friends."
Hannah Bunford-Jones - DTN 2022
About the Diploma of Tropical Nursing
The Diploma in Tropical Nursing at LSTM is recommended by key NGOs, such as Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), as an entry-level requirement for nursing work overseas, and therefore opens up job opportunities.
Our course is designed to prepare nurses to work intelligently and confidently in demanding settings. Students ‘hit the ground running’ from their first day at LSTM. Hot topics delivered by world leading experts range from the serious impact of climate change on global health, implementing LSTM clinical research on malaria to the impact of sexual abuse and gender inequality as well as and more timely managing outbreaks such as coronavirus and ebola. Applying the recent Médecins Sans Frontières ‘Nursing Care Framework’ (2019) we ensure that we address the unique contribution of nurses.
The nursing team at the LSTM Accelerator Research Clinic
A partnership between LSTM and the Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospital NHS Trust, ARC is managed by Senior Research Nurse Angie Hyder-Wright and uses a multitude of innovative approaches to research design, recruitment and delivery with all studies recruited to time and target. Utilising the unique model designed at LSTM to challenge and monitor pneumococcal carriage in healthy volunteers, the team moved to a new state-of-the-art clinic facility in the Liverpool Life Sciences Accelerator building facilitating rapid sample processing and efficient working between the clinical and lab teams.
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Travel Health nursing at the LSTM Well Travelled Clinic
LSTM’s dedicated travel health clinic specialising in providing pre-travel occupational health assessment and advice to those who work overseas, the nurses are responsible for carrying out individualised risk assessments for business, leisure, and occupational travellers, providing up to date, evidence-based information, advice and education on travel health, immunisations and malaria prophylaxis, including advising complex travellers.
