I completed the DTN in November 2017. After the completion of the DTN I joined the humanitarian emergency response roster for an international NGO and spent 3 months working in the Rohingya refugee camps in southern Bangladesh. The content of the DTN was directly relevant to my work in Bangladesh (for instance preparing for a potential cholera outbreak in the camps) and I often referenced much of the materials while overseas. It gave me confidence working in a humanitarian emergency response having tools, resources, and background context which I gained from the DTN. The quality and relevance of the modules as well as the passionate faculty of the DTN motivated me to return the following year for my MSc of International Public Health and dig deeper into some of the topics we explored. I would absolutely recommend the DTN for any nurse that is interested in global health and working in low income settings; it is the best decision I've made towards my career goals. - Julia Petras (US nurse)

The course was exactly the boost and inspiration I have been looking for (even without realising it) in my nursing. To be surrounded by like minded go-getters was brilliant. (Jess Ainsley, UK Nurse, DTN December 2017)

DTN will always be one of the best courses I have ever been on! Our working group has stayed connected-which is awesome. (Nancy Campbell, Canadian nurse, May 2017 - Currently working in Mbale in Uganda)

During the diploma I was blown away by the quality of teaching and the passion and enthusiasm of both the lecturers and my fellow students. It was an intense course, but I enjoyed it so much I'm back for more - I've just started a MSc International Public Health at LSTM. It turns out the DTN changed my life forever!  (Rose Danaher, UK nurse, May 2016)

 

I attended the Diploma in Tropical Nursing at LSTM as a Registered Nurse Midwife with about 3.5 years experience in a metropolitan hospital in Australia only. I had come halfway around the world (literally) because it seemed like a good course and because I knew I wanted something different from my career than the typical advancement structure my colleagues were following.  I arrived in a fairly chilly Liverpool to find a school and people that changed my world. I vividly remember the moment I realised that I was in a room filled with people who had similar ideas about healthcare and their intended futures as I did; I was no longer the unusual one!

The three weeks of the DTN were some of the most intense of my life. It was a busy and demanding course, and I certainly can't now remember everything we learnt. However each day was filled with interesting and relevant information by engaging speakers. Many of whom are world leaders in their fields! I made friends from all over the world and gained a different perspective of approaching healthcare in general, as well as many thousands of words of notes (yes literally!) on many of the big topics in developing country/tropical healthcare!

Doing the DTN gave me the courage for a different approach to my career. I have done short term contracts in the Northern Territory of Australia gaining experience amongst the Indigenous people, briefly been a midwife for rural women in Papua New Guinea, and done a short trip to Uganda observing many areas of healthcare in the year and a bit since. Having the DTN on my resume helped open these doors for me. 

I enjoyed the parasites I discovered during the DTN so much that I considered changing careers entirely to become a parasitologist! However, my time volunteering in Papua New Guinea made me appreciate the skills I already have and I am now focusing on maternal and newborn health instead. I also obviously enjoyed studying at LSTM, because I am back again doing the MSc in International Public Health (Sexual and Reproductive Health)! - (Joanne Gerrell, Australian Nurse Midwife, May 2017)

I appreciated how collaborative the staff were with our class reps, we genuinely felt like we had input.  (DTN Student, Dec 2015)

I enjoyed hearing from so many experts. Lots of first hand experience which was awesome to hear. (DTN Student, Dec 2015)

Fantastic wealth of knowledge displayed by all the lecturers and clinicians, without exception. (DTN student, Dec 2015)

Having the tech support was amazing - the whole tech side of it was brilliant, the clickers, the binder app, having wifi in the room, having plug sockets at each desk - all enhanced the learning. (DTN Student, Dec 2015)

Thank you for a wonderful 3 weeks and for reminding me of all the reasons I came into nursing