2. Travel Health Update

Travel health is a fast moving field of practice and although services were severely impacted with the COVID-19 pandemic, travellers are seeking advice once more and practitioners are very busy again.  It is recommended to undertake a travel health update, ideally annually, although when you have to focus on many other areas of care this isn't always possible.  This online platform has been created by Jane Chiodini to help the learner update, but at their own pace and at a time suitable to them.   The learner can also revisit lectures and resources as often as needed, within the timeframe allowed on the platform.  This learning includes videos, vibrant interactive e learning sections, reading, resources, time out activities and so much more - all created by Jane !  

Topics addressed within this learning programme: 

1. Climate change and the impact on travel health
2. Arboviral infections (malaria, dengue, Zika and TBE)
3. The Challenging traveller (older and last minute travellers) 
4. Test your vaccine knowledge (including travel vaccines and immunisation issues )
5. Travel health news - past and present (including measles and polio)
6. Best practice in delivering travel health (including FAQs)
7. Case studies (four complex cases)
8. How do I? 

The course comprises 8 hours of learning but you will have 4 weeks in which to complete it.  If you finish before this timescale you continue to have access to the platform until the date of expiry.  The opportunity to ask questions and engage with an online forum to answer your questions is available but no online meetings are required for this course - you can study it at your own pace when it suits you.  There is also a facility to e mail Jane directly within the platform if you have any queries arising from the training.  

PLEASE NOTE: the four weeks to complete the course starts when you purchase the training so please time this for when you want to begin.   

If you are a Manager booking this course on behalf of one of your employees, you should now be able to purchase the course on behalf of someone else by adding it to the shopping basket.  At this stage, you will see a message that says 'If you are purchasing for someone else or require bulk purchasing click here' which leads you to instructions to have the option to choose how many places you want and include users names.  Upon payment, you wiil receive an e mail with a link and login codes for each place on the course, to share with learners.  If you have any problems please contact me at janechiodini@icloud.com 

Details about the author and course creator - Jane Chiodini MBE

Jane was the first nurse in England to obtain a the Masters degree in travel medicine.  She is a leading figure in the UK in this field of practice, was Chair of the RCN Travel Health Forum 2000 - 2006 and one of the key authors on the RCN guidance: Travel health nursing, career and competence development.  Jane was Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine from October 2018 – October 2021.  Until the COVID-19 pandemic Jane was seeing travellers in a primary care setting where she has worked since 1990 and has always supported General Practice Nurses. Jane started training healthcare professionals over 25 years ago and is passionate about teaching and developing tools for healthcare professionals to use in a travel consultation.  Her website Jane Chiodini - Travel Health Specialist Nurse has a wealth of resources to support all practitioners working in this field of practice.   In the 2022 New Year Honours, Jane was awarded an MBE for services to training and development in travel medicine. 

For further details regarding Jane’s background see http://www.janechiodini.co.uk/about/