Short Course on Travellers' Health

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.

3 Parts:

• Pre-Travel Advice
• Health Problems Abroad
• Returning Traveller

• medical doctors
• senior nursing staff
• pharmacists and other health professionals
• also travel industry staff with a strong interest in travel medicine

At least two years of professional experience English language skills:

• TOEFL paper 550 / computer 213 / internet 79 - 80 or IELTS 6.0 
• native speaker or completed higher education in English (with written proof)

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

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.