4. Dengue Course

This short elearning is part of the arboviral infections module from the current Travel Health Update course offered by Jane Chiodini. 

WHY IS THIS COURSE FREELY AVAILABLE? 

On 15th October 2024, Dengue: the green book, chapter 15a was published.  This introduced a new vaccine for dengue, called Qdenga ®.  Jane said 'for those of you who have studied my 'Travel Health Update' course recently, I felt it was useful to allow you to access this learning material, which wasn't available when you studied the course.  And if you didn't take the course, but would like to learn about this topic, the course is made available for a short period of time free of charge, if you wish to enrol'.  

WHY IS THIS LEARNING IMPORTANT? 

The elearning introduces you to the knowledge surrounding the use of Qdenga ® as described in the national guidance, which has taken a precautionary approach at the current time.  It is very important for travel health practitioners though, to understand the importance of dengue illness, and particularly for those of you working in general practice, to allow you to advise travellers and refer on, if vaccination is an option and appropriate, in addition to providing mosquito bite avoidance advice.     

WHO IS THIS COURSE MOST SUITABLE FOR? 

The course is most suitable for practitioners working in primary care who may not be giving private travel vaccines (which would include Qdenga ®) but need to refer travellers to a private travel clinic setting for such protection, following a thorough pre-travel risk assessment.  It may also be helpful to the many pharmacists who provide travel health as well.  If you already work in a specialist private travel clinic setting, then this learning may not fulfill your expectations in answering the many grey areas which remain about the use of Qdenga ® in the UK.  The subject is complex and this probably requires a thorough clinical conversation to formulate a suitable policy within your workplace. 

WHAT ARE THE RESTRICTIONS AND BENEFITS FROM STUDYING THIS COURSE?

You will have one week to complete the course which starts when you 'purchase' the training - this is being given to you free of charge.  So please time this study for when you want to begin the education.  On completion, a certificate for 1 hour of learning will be provided.  

DETAILS ABOUT THE AUTHOR AND ELEARNING 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, when she led on other important publication - Good Practice Guidance for Providing a Travel Health Service.  Until the COVID-19 pandemic, Jane was seeing travellers in a primary care setting where she has worked since 1990 and one of her key priorities has always been to support General Practice Nurses. Jane started training 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/

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