Introduction to Travel Medicine
Objectives
To understand the concept of travel medicine and the global and individual implications of the international traveller health
To understand the role of health professionals in the travellers protection
To identify potential risks associated with international travel
To recognize the aspects of prevention as a way of reducing risks to the health of the traveller
To learn how to individualize the recommendations according to the trip and the traveller
General characterization
Code
11216
Credits
3
Responsible teacher
Prof.ª Doutora Ana Glória Fonseca
Hours
Weekly - Available soon
Total - Available soon
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
Bibliography
WHO International Travel and Health 2012 e Updates http://www.who.int/ith/en/
CDC Yellow Book 2020 - Health Information for International Travel. Oxford University Press, 2019. https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2020/table-of-contents
Outros
Teaching method
Teaching methodologies include theoretical and practical classes, discussion of clinical cases, individual and group work.
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists of an individual work: review paper on a travel medicine topic. If the constraints associated with the SARS Cov2 / COVID 19 pandemic prevail, teaching will be conducted in an e-learning format with synchronous sessions, and if necessary, with asynchronous sessions, to the detriment of the face-to-face format.
Subject matter
Globalization, international travel, health and safety
Prepare the traveller: understand and communicate the risk
Travel medicine and zoonosis - "one world, one health"
Malaria
Genetics and Communicable Diseases
Other vector and non vector-borne diseases
Risks associated with the environment and their prevention
Vaccines and vaccination in the international traveller
Special travellers (children, the elderly and pregnant women)
Other special travellers
Emerging and re-emerging diseases and travel medicine
Traveling on a humanitarian mission
The traveller health kit
Post travel assessment