BBO Training

Course Overview

This two-day Introduction to Travel Health course is designed for healthcare professionals who wish to develop the knowledge and confidence required to deliver travel health advice and vaccination services within Primary Care.

Travel medicine requires clinicians to assess individual patient risk based on destination, planned activities, medical history and vaccination status. This course provides a structured introduction to travel health consultations, focusing on comprehensive risk assessment, vaccine-preventable travel diseases, malaria prevention and health promotion strategies.

Participants will explore both NHS and private travel vaccine considerations and develop an understanding of how travel health services can be delivered safely and effectively within Primary Care. Teaching reflects current travel health guidance and promotes the use of recognised resources and competency frameworks.

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for healthcare professionals involved in travel health consultations or planning to introduce travel vaccination services within Primary Care, including:

• Practice Nurses
• Nurse Associates
• Pharmacists providing vaccination services
• Other healthcare professionals involved in travel health advice

Participants should ideally have completed basic immunisation training or be involved in vaccination services.

What This Course Covers

Day One – Foundations of Travel Medicine

• Introduction to travel medicine
• Principles of travel health risk assessment
  • The traveller
  • The destination
• Vaccine-preventable travel diseases
• Immunisation theory refresher
• Cold chain management and vaccine safety
• Anaphylaxis recognition and management
• Health promotion for non-vaccine preventable diseases

Day Two – Travel Health Practice

• Travel vaccine risk assessment
• Travel vaccination schedules
• Mosquito-borne diseases and malaria prevention
• Managing complex travellers and special patient groups
• Case-based learning and shared discussion
• Delivering a safe travel health service within Primary Care

Learning Outcomes

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Describe the principles of travel medicine
• Conduct structured travel health risk assessments
• Identify vaccine-preventable travel diseases and appropriate vaccination schedules
• Understand malaria transmission and prevention strategies
• Provide health promotion advice for non-vaccine preventable diseases
• Recognise the needs of complex or higher-risk travellers
• Identify key resources and competency frameworks for delivering travel health services within Primary Care

Course Format

Duration: Two full days

Delivery: Virtual or face-to-face

Format includes:

• Structured teaching sessions
• Case-based discussion
• Group work and shared learning
• Interactive Q&A

Certification

Certificate of attendance provided for CPD and revalidation purposes.