This 2-day face-to-face travel health training course is very comprehensive and therefore covers all the core elements for health professionals wishing to deliver a travel health service. In order to do this we have developed the course in line with the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) Travel Health Competencies and the new Faculty of Travel Medicine (FTM) Travel Health Good Practice Guidelines (RCPSG).

***Due to the current situation this course is running as virtual/webinar course until further notice.***

Who is it suitable for?

Due to the growing field of travel health, this course is suitable for practice nurses, travel health nurses, pharmacists, occupational health clinicians, GPs, and any other healthcare professionals wishing to deliver a travel health service.

What’s included?

This is this an interactive and engaging face-to-face or webinar travel health training course. Due to the complicated nature of travel health we cover a large amount of subject matter. We will, however, use case studies, group work and discussions to facilitate learning. The course includes the following topics:

Practical provisions of running a Travel Health Service

Professional responsibilities for health professionals working in travel health

How to complete a comprehensive Travel Health Risk Assessment

Introduction to the ‘5T’s of Tropical Disease’ and the ‘Travel Vaccine Traffic Light’ tools.

Choosing reliable data sources

Vaccine preventable diseases – schedules and how to discuss with your traveller, including:

Diphtheria, Hepatitis A, Hepatitis B, Japanese Encephalitis, Meningococcal Disease ACWY, Polio, Rabies, Tetanus, Tick-borne Encephalitis, Tuberculosis, Typhoid & Yellow Fever

How to discuss prevention advice regarding:

Travellers’ diarrhorea & food and water precautions

vector-borne diseases

diseases spread by human contact

diseases and hazards in the environment

Managing pre-existing conditions

Special risk groups

Malaria Risk Assessment and advice using the ABCD approach

The course also includes an update on the changes to travel health due to the Covid-19 pandemic!

Following many years of travel clinic and teaching experience, we have designed this course to help clinicians quickly get to grips with the fundamental components of Travel Health. We also offer a number of practical tips to managing travel clinic appointments.

We provide references and links to resources throughout the training to allow delegates to access original sources of information for further reading and to keep up to date after the course.