Travel Medcine – an update on best practice and elements involved in setting up a travel clinic

With world travel becoming more accessible to the general public, pharmacists and other health care professionals are seeing an increasing demand for travel health advice. This one-day conference has been designed to discuss the skills and training front-line professionals need to provide up-to-date travel advice to the public.

During the morning session, we will hear from Professor Leo Visser on the routes of vaccination; Professor Patricia Schlagenhauf will give a malaria update including chempoprophylaxis and Dr Ron Behrens, Consultant in Travel Medicine, will address traveller's diahorrea.

The second half of the programme will begin with interactive sessions which will allow delegates to update their knowledge of travel health medicine, inform them of the expectations of the care quality commission when setting up a private travel clinic and the latest and most appropriate resources for the travel health consultation, ending with a session on documentation, training and resources for a travel service.

The day will finish with the personal journey of Mhairi Speirs, an independent pharmacist manager, on the training she undertook to develop her award-winning community travel clinic.

To register visit: http://www.rpharms.com/conferences/travel-medicine.asp