Travel Medicine

Resource Overview

The world is becoming a smaller place through the rapid expansion of the modes of transportation. Over 1 billion people travel each year via plane and substantially more via land and sea. As a consequence of this, international travel holidays are becoming more exotic and travel often more extreme. Advice regarding travel is now a common occurrence in primary care and this module presents typical scenarios relating to questions on vaccination, advice and treatments for a variety of travel-related scenarios.

Once you successfully complete the resource - and achieve the minimum pass rate of 60% - you'll be awarded with a downloadable one hour CPD Certificate, which you can print or upload to your CPD Portfolio.

Aims and Objectives

On completion of this module, you will be able to:

• Understand the appropriateness of malaria prophylaxis relating to country of travel
• Provide advice relating to air travel
• Understand treatment options of travel-related conditions as well as the effect of pre-existent conditions upon travel