Overview

This module will take approximately 30 minutes to complete and includes the following elements. 

• Background
  • Causes, prevalence, and prognosis.
• Assessment
  • How to assess someone's risk of acquiring travellers' diarrhoea.
• Management
  • How to manage travellers' diarrhoea.
• Optional quiz to assess your learning from the course
• An audit suggestion
• A list of useful links and resources for further reading

Goals

During this course you will learn to:

• Assess the risk of a person acquiring travellers' diarrhoea.
• Assess the need for prophylactic or empirical antibiotic treatment for travellers' diarrhoea.
• Provide appropriate advice on food and drink to reduce the risk of acquiring travellers' diarrhoea.
• Offer appropriate self-care advice on managing travellers' diarrhoea whilst away.

Audit Suggestions

Topics covered