In english

The 15th conference on medicine for seafarers will be held in Marseille, France on the 30th of september and the 1st of october 2010.

This symposium focusses on health issues concerning professional seafarers and medicine exercised at sea.

This year’s topics are :

• Psychosocial disorders
• Post-traumatic stress disorder after sea events
• Updates in occupational medicine for seaworkers including presentations on poisoning on board, work in hyperbaric condition and travel medicine.

The conference is organised by the medical service for seaworkers of the french ministry for substainable development. Medical professionals interested in maritime medicine and representatives of the main maritime french entreprises and of the seaworkers unions usually attend this conference.

Marseille is a multicultural city located on the mediterranean sea and has many touristic wonders. The Ecole Nationale de la Marine Marchande (national school of the merchant marine) will host the conference.

The event is free. More information can be found here.

An invitation can be obtained by sending an e-mail to :
ssgm.dam.dgitm@developpement-durable.gouv.fr

or by writing to :
. Service de santé des gens de mer
. Direction des affaires maritimes
. Grande arche de la défense
. 92055 La Défense cedex France

Conference language is French.