Research Institute for Tropical Medicine

The RITM, through the Medical Department, provides training in Infectious and Tropical Diseases to rotating residents and fellows coming from the different hospitals nationwide. In May 2011, the Medical Department started a fellowship training program in Adult Infectious Diseases fully accredited by the Philippine Society for Microbiology and Infectious Diseases. The program has since produced 11 young and promising graduates now practicing in various areas in the country. The other training programs offered by the department include a biennial Post Graduate Course in Infectious and Tropical Diseases, HIV/AIDS Training Courses, Snakebite Management Training and observership in Infectious and Tropical Diseases for foreign medical students or residents. The department also conducts regular Rabies and Animal Bite Preventive and Management Trainings throughout the year in collaboration with the National Rabies Prevention and Control Program. The third component of the Medical Department's activity is providing medical services to patients with infectious and tropical disease from all areas within the Philippines. Medical services are offered in both inpatient and outpatient settings. The out-patient department is composed of general infectious diseases, HIV/AIDS, TB Directly Observed Treatment Short (DOTS) course clinic, and animal bite clinics. On the other hand, the in-patient department is divided into pediatric and adult infectious disease services. The Medical Department is supported by other departments in both the Clinical Research Division and the Laboratory Research Division and the different committees of the Institution in the provision of these services.