IAASM-SAA Aviation Medicine for Medical Examiners and Assessors Refresher Course

You will acquire updated competencies to serve as a medical examiner and assessor for Class 1, 2 and 3 Medical Assessments for pilots and air traffic controllers and get updated on the latest advances in aviation medicine and other clinical specialties. This course puts together experts in the fields of Aviation Medicine and other clinical specialties and employs substantive experiential learning with case studies and practicums in aviation physiology and flight simulators. This course is offered in collaboration with International Academy of Aviation and Space Medicine (IAASM), an expert body with whom the ICAO Aviation Medicine Section consult for medical provision matters.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the course, you will be able to:

  • Relate ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices to the medical fitness assessment of pilots and air traffic controllers
  • Perform effective licensing medical examinations
  • Evaluate medical documents critically to determine their relevance and adequacy.
  • Make medical fitness conclusions

What is Covered 

Regulatory Medicine

  • ICAO, personnel licensing and medical provisions
  • Complying with medical fitness requirements
  • Public Health, Travel Medicine and Infectious Diseases 

Principles of Aviation Physiology

  • Altitude physiology
  • Orientation physiology – Vestibular system  
  • Orientation physiology – Vision and the visual illusion
  • Vision physiology, with focus on night vision
  • Human factors and crew resource management 

Risk-based Aeromedical Evaluation based on latest advances in:

  • Cardiology
  • Ophthalmology
  • Neurology
  • Metabolic disorders and endocrinology
  • Oncology 
  • Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology
  • Psychiatry 

Operational Aviation Medicine

  • Crew rest, fatigue and fatigue risk mitigation 

Who Should Attend

This course is recommended if you are:

  • Registered physicians aspiring to be appointed as a medical examiner, medical assessor or airline doctor
  • General practitioners, doctors in hospital practice and health professionals with an interest in applied aviation medicine 

Prerequisites

  • Participants should have a medical degree such as the MBBS, MBBCh, MD or equivalent and are fully registered physicians to practice medicine in their country.
  • Participants should have attended the ICAO Standardized Training Programme: IAASM-SAA Postgraduate Certificate in Aviation Medicine for Medical Examiners and Assessors or equivalent course.
  • Proficiency in spoken and written English language is required for the activities and assessments in this course. These include the group discussions and individual mastery tests.

Fees

S$3,360
Fees subject to change. Participants will be notified of the actual course fees in the course placement letter.  

Application

To secure your seat, please submit your course applications at least 12 weeks before the course start date. Applications may close earlier once the maximum class size is reached. You will be updated on the status of your application via email. To apply for this course, please click on the Apply Now link below.

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Note: The course run on 4 - 8 Nov 2024 has been cancelled. 


Course Runs

03 Nov 2025 to 07 Nov 2025

Duration: 5 days
Mode of Delivery: In-person
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