Introduction to Travel Health

This workshop is suitable for: New Nurses to Primary Care or the Therapy Area

Introduction

In 2019, there were 93.1 million visits overseas by UK residents, an increase of 3% compared with 2018. Since the imposing of travel restictions in March 2020 as a result of Covid-19, travel abroad has practically ceased. It is hopeful that ‘normal’ travel might resume in the not too distant future, however in the meantime, clinics are still seeing a few travellers including those travelling for work, humanitarian reasons or to visit friends and family.

General Practice currently remains the most likely place for travellers to seek pre-travel advice, it is therefore important that Practice Nurses are familiar with the basics of travel health. Many of the more vulnerable travellers fail to present specifically for travel advice and so there needs to be scope in general practice for opportunistic pre-travel education.

This is an interactive webinar based course based on the RCN Travel Health Competency document and Faculty of Travel Medicine Good Practice Guidelines and will introduce you to the core elements of delivering a travel health service. A large amount of subject matter is covered and a travel health manual including a competency framework is therefore included for all participants to aid their learning.

Course Content

• Professional responsibilities for working in travel health

• Risk assessment and resources for the Travel Health Consultation

• An overview of commonly used Travel Vaccines

• Malaria and other insect borne infections

Learning Outcomes / Worshop Objectives

• How to complete a comprehensive risk assessment

• Awareness of reliable data resources

• Recommendations and schedules for the most common travel vaccines

• How to assess other risks for the traveller

• Understand the disease process and preventive strategies for malaria and other insect borne infections

Date: 9th, 16th & 23rd March 2021

Times: 0930-1145 (all dates)

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