Short Course on Travellers' Health

Course Content
The Travellers’ Health course prepares health professionals and travel industry staff to give relevant health information to travellers and to assess travel-related problems occurring during and after travel, with a special focus on tropical diseases. At the end of the course, participants will be able to provide up-to-date information in travel medicine.

Learning objectives, training objectives
3 Parts: Pre-Travel Advice, Health Problems Abroad, Returning Traveller

Target Audience
medical doctors, senior nursing staff, pharmacists and other health professionals, but also to travel industry staff with a strong interest in travel medicine

Qualifications
At least two years of professional experience English language skills: TOEFL paper 550 / computer 213 / internet 79 - 80 or IELTS 6.0 or native speaker or completed higher education in English (with written proof)

Certifications
Within the tropEd Master of International Healthcurriculum this course counts for 1.5 credit points (ECTS)

Local Organizer
Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut

Notes
A multiple choice question test at the end will be used to assess the individual performance of the participants. Certificates confirming successful completion and/or attendance will be issued.

Completed application form Current CV Proof of English language skills (see above) Applicants from the MAS in International Health must give a short overview of their previous Master studies

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