The Travel Medicine Masterclass aims to provide practical guidance on the management of travellers before and after travel, with a focus on pre-travel vaccines, management of malaria chemoprophylaxis, and other common travel-associated health issues.

This course will focus on practical management aspects of common pre-travel health care issues. It will include discussion of indications for travel vaccines; management of travellers’ diarrhoea and malaria chemoprophylaxis; and aspects of non-infectious issues such as jet lag and altitude medicine. It will also include cases focusing on how to approach the unwell returned traveller.

Learning outcomes

1. Identify and address knowledge gaps and establish strategies to remain up-to-date with travel-related health issues and pre-travel advice.
2. Plan and conduct a comprehensive pre-travel health assessment.
3. Provide individualised vaccine and malaria chemoprophylaxis recommendations to travellers.
4. Discuss contraindications and precautions to administering live vaccines including yellow fever vaccine.
5. Discuss prevention and treatment strategies for common travel-related health issues including travellers’ diarrhoea and non-infectious issues.
6. Manage common post-travel presentations such as gastrointestinal, febrile and respiratory illnesses and rashes.
7. Apply existing and new travel medicine knowledge to a range of clinical case scenarios.

Course outline

Day 1

• Introduction to travel medicine
• Travellers’ diarrhoea
• Vaccines
• Non-infectious risks
• High-risk travellers: pregnancy, immunosuppressed

Day 2

• Vector-borne risks, including Japanese encephalitis, Yellow fever, Malaria
• Unwell returned travellers
• Case studies

Accreditation

Travel Medicine Masterclass is endorsed by the RACGP as a CPD Approved Activity in the 2023-25 Triennium.

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