Training

Preparing physician to be an AME to conduct medical examination of fitness for applicantslicenses process, or ratings for which medical requirements are prescribed.

Post graduate physician who working or intend to work as aviation medical examiner.

Introduction; course organization and curriculum:

• Human factors in the aviation system; responsibility of the medical examiner in air safety.
• International and national regulations: Chicago Convention - Annex 1; and
•  ICAO Manual of Civil Aviation Medicine: origin, objectives, and contents.

Basic principles in the assessment of fitness for aviation duties:

• General medical requirements.
• Physical and mental requirements for licenses.
• Visual requirements for licenses.
• Color perception requirements for licenses.
• Hearing requirements for licenses.
• Aviation physiology; basic principles.
• Operational and environmental conditions.
• Barometric pressure; hypoxia, decompression, pressurization.
• Respiratory system; Annex I requirements; assessment of applicants with respiratory problems; lung infections; tuberculosis; post-surgical conditions; asthma and its treatment.

Cardiovascular system; basic principles of cardiovascular physiology:

• Relation to aviation duties: risk of sudden incapacitation.
• Examination procedures: laboratory and special examinations.
• Specific cardiovascular conditions: hypertension and its treatment.
• Ischemic heart disease: ECG findings.
• Angina pectoris.
• Assessment of satisfactory recovery from myocardial infarction.
• Cardiomyopathies: pericarditis; rheumatic heart disease.
• Arrhythmias; conduction defects.

Digestive system; basic principles:

• Abdominal pain; gastrointestinal and biliary post-surgical conditions.
• Gastritis; uncomplicated peptic ulcer and its treatment; complications: recurrence, bleeding, and perforations.
• Biliary tract disorders.
• Pancreatitis.
• Irritable colon.

Endocrine diseases

• Diabetes mellitus
• Disease of Thyroid gland

Mental fitness and neurological disorders:

• Assessment of mental fitness for aviation duties.
• Normal mental development; psychological testing of intelligence and personality.
• Psychiatric disorders in aviation personnel: neurosis; personality disorders; psychosis; organic mental illness.
• Diseases of the nervous system; inflammation; intoxication; vascular diseases; tumors; head trauma; post-traumatic states; disturbance of consciousness; epilepsy. 
• Electro-encephalography in aviation medicine

ENT and Ophthalmology

• The external ear; the tympanic membrane; the middle ear.  Post-surgical conditions. The vestibular system; hearing assessment; audiometric; nose and Para-nasal sinuses; pathological conditions; special testing on the ENT system.
• Ophthalmology; examination techniques; visual acuity assessment; visual aids; visual fields; ocular muscle balance; assessment of pathological eye conditions; glaucoma; color vision.

 Accident investigation and prevention

• The human factors aspect; the role of the medical examiner; identification of the victims.
• Determination of the causes, circumstances, and events.