Overview

This course will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and contains the following:

• Background
  • Diseases that commonly require travel vaccinations, other diseases which require travel vaccinations, regional prevalence, and payment for travel vaccines.
• Management
  • How to administer vaccines, vaccinations required for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims, rapid vaccination courses and vaccination at short notice, general overseas travel advice, and information sources.
• Optional quiz to assess learning goals from the course
• A list of resources. 

Goals

During this course you will learn:

• About diseases that require travel vaccinations.
• In which countries and regions travel vaccinations are recommended.
• Which travel vaccinations are available on the NHS and which require payment.
• Which travel vaccinations are required for Hajj and Umrah pilgrims.
• How to administer travel vaccines and manage vaccination courses and vaccinations at short notice.
• What general overseas travel advice to provide.
• About available sources of information for overseas travel.

Topics covered