4. Nuggets of Knowledge - Hepatitis A Vaccines

ABOUT THIS COURSE

• Nuggets of Knowledge is a comprehensive course for healthcare practitioners.  The course material takes the learner through the knowledge of hepatitis A disease, the vaccines designed to protect against this viral infection (including some past history of products), explanation of the different hepatitis A containing vaccines available in the UK, and the pitfalls in administration, which can lead to errors unless fully understood. 
• This important information occurs through a variety of learning methods, including verbal explanation, videos, some reading, self assessment questions, engaging with case studies and exploring and appreciating the value of many useful resources and tools. 
• The course intends to help you understand why is it so important to have such knowledge, thereby improving patient care.  Pre course testing revealed learners took on average an hour to complete the course.

IMPORTANT ADDITIONAL INFORMATION INCLUDING TIME ALLOWED FOR THE LEARNING

• This course is recommended particularly for all nurses and pharmacists undertaking travel health.  Hepatitis A prevention advice should form part of the pre-travel consultation as this vaccine is an NHS provision to all travellers 
• PLEASE NOTE: you will have ONE WEEK TO COMPLETE THE COURSE which starts when you enrol on the training - this is being given to you free of charge.  So please time this for when you want to begin the education
• ON COMPLETION: a certificate for one hour of learning will be provided.  Please note, the platform monitors the progress of the learner journey so please only take this course if you genuinely want to study the materials.  If you complete the training in less than the one week, you will continue to have access to it until the expiry date.  Many downloadable resources are provided within the training for use in the future, in addition to multiple resources on Jane Chiodini’s website.

Details about the author and course creator - Jane Chiodini MBE

Jane was the first nurse in England to obtain a the Master’s degree in travel medicine. She is a leading figure in the UK in travel health practice, was Chair of the RCN Travel Health Forum 2000 - 2006 and lead author 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, and more recently, pharmacists. Jane started training healthcare professionals over 25 years ago and enjoys teaching and developing tools for healthcare professionals to use in a travel consultation.  Her website 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.  And in 2024 she was made an Honorary Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow.  This was a most unusual privilege for a nurse in a medical Royal College, about which she wrote a blog in December 2024.  

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

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