Training – TravelCare

Best in class travel medicine training

Updated in 2023 - The go-to resource for international Travel Medicine training. Recommended for all healthcare professionals.

To receive a $50 course discount, email training@travelcare.com

About the Course

TravelCare and the University of Southern California (USC) offer the country's premier continuing education program in International Travel Medicine. This ACPE-accredited online course has been designed to assist pharmacists and other medical professionals in expanding their knowledge and skills related to improving care provided to patients traveling internationally (international travelers). When used in conjunction with TravelCare's decision support software, this online training course empowers medical professionals to add value to their customers and patients by delivering best in class travel health and safety advice.

Credit

Pharmacists earn 15 hours of continuing education credit. The ACPE and the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP) have developed a continuing pharmacy education (CPE) tracking service, CPE Monitor®, that authenticates and stores data for completed CPE units received by pharmacists and pharmacy technicians from ACPE-accredited providers. NABP members consist of the 50 United States state boards of pharmacy, as well as the boards in District of Columbia, 10 Canadian provinces, Guam, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and The Bahamas.

Target Audience:

Medical professionals including pharmacists with an interest in providing travel health services that have preferably completed an immunization training program

Benefits for Patients and Pharmacists

Optimal pre-travel health clinic preparation
Preparation to sit for the international certificate examination
Compensation for services on a fee-for-service basis

Components

Home Study Program (15 hours, 1.50 CEUs) – Knowledge-Based Activity
Registrants are emailed the web addresses and instructions for the required presentations and reading materials, as well as a 68-item pre-test and post-test
Minimum passing score is set at 75% for the post-test.

Cost

Normally $400; however, as a TravelCare subscriber, you will save $50. For the discount code, simply email training@travelcare.com.

What's Included

The course is a home study with pre-recorded online modules (approximately 30-60 minutes each)

Module 1 Course Intro, Travel Mortality, Levels of Care

Module 2 Epidemiology, Man, Microbes, and the Environment

Module 3 Immunizations – Principles and Emergency Management

Module 4 Immunizations – Documentation and Storage

Module 5 Food and Water Precautions

Module 6 Traveler’s Diarrhea

Module 7 Other Diseases Spread by Food and Water

Module 8 Diseases Spread by Person to Person I – Prevention, Pneumonia, Flu

Module 9 Diseases Spread by Person to Person II –MMR, VZV, TB

Module 10 Diseases Spread by Person to Person III – Meningitis, Diphtheria/Pertussis, STD, Hep B/C, Ebola

Module 11 Vector Borne Diseases I – Preventative Measures

Module 12 Vector Borne Diseases II – Malaria

Module 13 Vector Borne Diseases III –Dengue, CHK, YF, JE, Ticks, Zika, Filariasis

Module 14 Vector Borne Disease IV – Leishmaniasis, African Tryp, Oncho, Plague

Module 15 Environmental Aspects – Jet Lag and Motion Sickness

Module 16 Environmental Aspects – Aircraft Cabin Environment and VTE

Module 17 Environmental Aspects – Altitude Heat and Cold

Module 18 Environmental Contact (Schistosomiasis, Leptospirosis, Legionella, CLM, Tetanus)

Module 19 Bites Stings Envenomations

Module 20 Special Needs Traveler

Module 21 Travel Health and Medical Kits, Traveling with Medications

Module 22 Safety Security and Medical Care Overseas

Module 23 Pre-Travel Consultation – Travel History Form Review

Module 24 Pre-Travel Consultation – Informatics

Module 25 Pre-Travel Consultation- Risk Assessment and Management

Module 26 Travel Health Clinic Implementation

Module 27 Diseases of the Returned Traveler

The Bottom Line

At the completion of this activity, you'll be able to:

Describe the concept and practice of travel medicine and pre-travel health
Recognize factors associated with global climate change that affect travel risks
Describe basic principles of epidemiology and interpretation of epidemiologic data
Select from various electronic commercial and non-commercial resources that are necessary to evaluate a traveler’s risk of disease
Describe the essential elements of the pre-travel consultation
Describe elements of effective risk communication
Compare the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and methods of prevention of specific vaccine-preventable travel-related illnesses
Compare the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and methods of prevention of specific non-vaccine-preventable travel-related illnesses
Compare the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and methods of prevention of non-infectious travel-related illnesses
Discuss the travel health issues specific to special populations
Discuss principles of immunization
Differentiate between routine, required, and recommended immunizations
Apply knowledge of patient-specific variables and travel-related illnesses to appropriately assess risks for travelers
Discuss treatment approaches to self-treatable conditions for international travelers
Outline essential counseling points for travelers with respect to personal safety, security, injury prevention, and crime avoidance
Determine the need for treatment and/or referral for a returned traveler based on travel history, presentation, disease characteristics
Describe collaborative practice regulations regarding travel health services within pharmacist scope of practice in your state
Create a plan for implementing a practice in travel medicine including protocol, policy & procedures, and methods of compensation