Travel Health Initiation

Overview

• Understand the importance and process of risk assessment of the traveller and trip and how to apply this in practice.
• Have a good general knowledge of travel vaccines, the diseases they prevent and to be able to deliver appropriate preventative advice to the traveller.
• Be aware of topical issues in travel health and to be able to provide evidence based advice to travellers.
• Understand how to access the most up to date resources for use in the travel consultation and to identify when it is appropriate to use them.
• To be able to plan vaccination schedules for itineraries.
• Have increased knowledge of Global malaria and malaria in travellers returning to the UK.
• Be able to identify which travellers are at higher risk of getting malaria and which are more likely to die from malaria, tailoring their advice to travellers accordingly.
• Understand the principles of bite avoidance, malaria chemoprophylaxis and the importance of prompt malaria diagnosis.
• To be able to deliver evidence based advice to travellers about malaria prevention.
• Demonstrate an understanding of professional issues in the Travel consultation.