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The DTM&H Curriculum

A navigation tool, not a textbook — the high-yield focus, pitfalls and exam triggers for every domain of the Diploma in Tropical Medicine & Hygiene, with a confidence tracker so you always know where to look next.

Every topic in the curriculum

The first topic is open as a preview. The detail for the other 21 is for members.

Clinical Infectious Diseases & Tropical Medicine · ~60% of the paper

MalariaPreview below

What to focus on

P. falciparum vs the non-falciparum species (vivax, ovale, malariae, knowlesi) and why falciparum is the killer
Diagnosis: thick and thin films plus rapid diagnostic tests; a single negative film does not exclude it — repeat over 48–72 hours
Features of severe/complicated malaria (impaired consciousness, acidosis, hypoglycaemia, high parasitaemia, renal impairment)
Principle that falciparum from endemic areas is treated as chloroquine-resistant; artemisinin-based therapy is first line
Prevention: the ABCD of malaria (Awareness, Bite avoidance, Chemoprophylaxis, prompt Diagnosis)

You don’t need

Exact hospital dosing regimens or the detail of parenteral artesunate protocols.

Also in this topic, for members

Hidden pitfalls Exam triggers Revisit when

Tuberculosis & LeprosyMembers HIV & opportunistic infectionsMembers Enteric fevers & GI infectionsMembers Arboviruses & viral haemorrhagic feversMembers Schistosomiasis & trematodesMembers Soil-transmitted & filarial helminthsMembers Leishmaniasis & trypanosomiasisMembers Gastrointestinal protozoaMembers Skin, ectoparasites & snakebite/envenomingMembers WHO Neglected Tropical DiseasesMembers

Non-Communicable Diseases in the Tropics · ~15% of the paper

Diabetes, CVD & hypertensionMembers Malnutrition & vitamin deficienciesMembers Mental healthMembers Ophthalmology & skinMembers Trauma & envenomingMembers

Preventative Medicine & International Public Health · ~25% of the paper

Epidemiology & statisticsMembers Immunisations & travel medicineMembers Nutrition, maternal & child healthMembers WASH & outbreak controlMembers Humanitarian & disaster medicineMembers Health systems & evidence-based medicineMembers

The rest of the DTM&H Curriculum is in the DTM&H package

For the other 21 topics: what to focus on, the hidden pitfalls, the exam triggers and when to revisit — written and reviewed by practising UK doctors.

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The rest of the DTM&H toolkit

Every part of the DTM&H track, one click away. Work across them rather than through them — the guide explains it, the tools drill the decision, the bank tests it and the Compass tells you what is left.

The DTM&H overviewWhere the whole track starts — what the diploma is and how it is assessed.The DTM&H Question Bank850 best-of-five questions across all twelve modules, with timed mock papers.The Core 10Ten focused minutes of DTM&H questions a day, weighted to this week of your plan and your shakiest topics.The Image Bank100 specimens — blood films, ova, protozoa and vectors — for the image paper.The SSQ TrainerTwelve short structured questions in the shape of Paper 3, with model marking points to check your answers against.Core LensHow the DTM&H actually asks it — the safety cue, the guideline point and the exam trap for each topic.Core ToolsReason and Recall: commit to an answer in each scenario, then drill the highest-yield facts on a spaced schedule.Core CompassRate the twelve areas, see your readiness by subject, then build a session from your weakest.Core CalendarA ten-week plan anchored to your sitting date, counting back from the papers.The Revision GuideTwelve chapters, from malaria to nutrition and tropical paediatrics.Core WisdomSix short notes, from fever in the returning traveller to the SSQ and best-of-five papers.Core ResourcesThe official Society of Apothecaries pages, guidance and reading.