Travel Medicine
Short course
In London
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One Education
Course Online£ 425 -
International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 501-1000 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 356 £ 456 -
One Education
Course Online£ 425 -
International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 501-1000 -
Greenwich School Of Management
Short course London / Classroom-based£ 1,990 + VAT -
London College Of Business And Computing
Course London / Classroom-based£ 1,150 + VAT
Description
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Type
Short course
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Level
Intermediate
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Location
London
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Duration
Flexible
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Start date
Different dates available
This course aims to give participants an overview of all aspects of travel medicine. It provides the knowledge, conceptual frameworks and tools necessary to run an up-to-date, evidence-based travel medicine service and spark an interest in those who are new to the field.
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Start date
Start date
About this course
The role of practitioners in protecting the health of the traveller
Major risks associated with travel and the skills involved in communicating these risks
Appropriate methods for reducing and managing travel associated illness and hazards
Communication skills to enhance their abilities as health educators
The role of information technology in travel medicine
The course is open to registered medical practitioners, registered nurses and other health care professionals with an interest in Travel Medicine. It is aimed at those who wish to use and develop their critical thinking skills within a health context to discern best practice and develop their judgement skills in a variety of social and cultural environments,
30 Continuing Professional Development (CPD) credits have been awarded by the Royal College of Physicians for this course previously, and we expect the same approval for the next intake.
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Subjects
- Medicine
- Travel
- Travel Agent
- Travel Tourism
- Health
- Health Management
- Health Administration
- Communication
- Communication design
- Communication Training
- Consultation
Course programme
The course will cover a range of topics pertinent to the everyday practice of travel medicine, including:
- Principles of travel medicine
- Accessing travel health information
- Consultation and communication skills
- Vulnerable travellers; children, immunosuppressed, multiple co-morbidities
- Accidents and repatriation
- Vaccines in practice
- Fitness to travel and repatriation
- Medico-legal issues
- Preparing the long term traveller
- Issues in malaria prophylaxis
- Vector-borne disease; malaria, dengue, Zika virus, Yellow Fever
- Rabies
- Haematological problems and travel
- Deep vein thrombosis and sickle cell disease
- Travel-related dermatology
- Food & waterborne disease
- Fever in the returning traveller
- Mass gatherings, Migrant health and VFR
- Envenomation and marine poisoning
- Altitude medicine
- The epidemiology of travel
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Travel Medicine
-
One Education
Course Online£ 425 -
International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 501-1000 -
Open Learning College
Course Distance Learning£ 356 £ 456 -
One Education
Course Online£ 425 -
International Career Institute
Course Distance Learning£ 501-1000 -
Greenwich School Of Management
Short course London / Classroom-based£ 1,990 + VAT -
London College Of Business And Computing
Course London / Classroom-based£ 1,150 + VAT