- Dates
- 4 - 29 November 2024
- Tuition
- 200 EUR
- Schedule
- Part time
- Mode
- Online - asynchronous with some live online sessions
- Language
- English
Aimed at health workers seeking advanced studies in pre-travel medicine and consultation, this course is included as Module 1 of the Travel Medicine and Health in Mobile Populations course.
Participants who complete this course should be able to assess the health risks of different trips, stay updated on global epidemiological outbreaks, and indicate the appropriate vaccines and prophylaxis based on risk.
This module is offered in both English and Spanish.
Methodology
The course methodology is based on clinical cases presented through interactive lessons, short videos on key concepts, interaction with faculty through the online forum, and live online sessons with clinicians and researchers complemented by downloadable text resources.
Coursework and activities can be completed in a way that adapts to the participants’ schedules. The live sessions will be recorded and made available to those who cannot attend.
Participants who successfully complete the course requirements will receive a certificate from ISGlobal.
This course has the scientific recognition of:
Pre-Travel Medicine & Consultation
- Initial risk assessment in pre-travel consultation
- Traveler's immunization
- Yellow fever vaccine
- Malaria counselling
- Traveler's diarrhea and mountain sickness
- Environmental hazards & other special considerations
- Popular itineraries
- Practical case scenarios
Course Director
Dr Jose Muñoz is a medical doctor specialized in internal medicine and infectious diseases. Having worked as a physician and researcher in Ivory Coast and Mozambique, he is now employed at the Hospital Clinic-Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). His work here focuses on clinical and epidemiological research of tropical imported diseases among travelers and immigrants and neglected tropical diseases, in particular Chagas disease and helminthiases.
Dr Muñoz has taught in the Master of International Health at the University of Barcelona since 2005 and he is currently a lecturer in the Master of Global Health of ISGlobal-University of Barcelona. He also teaches several courses related to imported diseases. He is a board member of Federation of European Societies of Tropical Medicine and International Health (FESTMIH).
Faculty Coordinator
Dr Natalia Rodríguez Valero is an Internal Medicine specialist working in Travel Medicine since 2015 in the Department International Health and Tropical Diseases (Hospital Clinic Barcelona) after her specialization in Tropical Medicine & International Health in London in 2014 and several international stages.
She performs her research as a fellow in ISGlobal. Her main current research fields are emerging diseases and new technologies in Travel Medicine.
Course Coordinator
Dr Pedro Laynez Roldán is an internal medicine specialist who collaborates with the international health department of the Hospital Clinic and the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal). His work focuses on tropical imported diseases among travelers and migrants, particularly related to recently arrived migrants and health at the border.
Entry Requirements
Candidates for Pre-travel Medicine and Consultation should:
- Have a medical (MBBS, MBChB, MBBCh, BMBS, MD or equivalent) or nursing degree or another health professional qualification with the necessary competencies to provide travel consultation;
- Be currently working (or have previous work experience) in a clinical setting or be specialists in a relevant medical area;
- Have an advanced level of English sufficient to postgraduate level coursework according to the course language selected.
Applications from health professsionals in related fields (pharmacy, veterinary medicine, etc) will also be considered.
Application
To apply for the course, candidates should submit the course pre-enrolment form, indicating the correct course (English or Spanish module) and attaching a C.V. and a brief (one page or less) letter of motivation.
