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Summary

Course details

Course type:

Online course

Director of studies:

Kathryn Nott

Director of studies email:

mylstm@lstmed.ac.uk

Duration:

4 Weeks (online)

Home fee:

£425

Overseas fee:

£425

3 good reasons to study

You will develop your theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of travel health using interactive online education tools to facilitate learning with other health professionals.

The course is delivered by experienced clinical professionals from LSTM and NaTHNaC who have a wide experience of advising global travellers and teaching health professionals about travel health.

This interactive online learning with subject specialists and other students enables flexible study to suit your needs, and inlcudes practical case studies from travel health consultations and discussion forums.

In an increasingly globalised world, and with international travel on the rise, the need for experts in travel health is at an all-time high. Coupled with escalated health-awareness and more stringent health requirements post-pandemic, travel health is an exciting and evolving area of medicine.

Hazards in Travel Health will give you the tools you need to support, inform and advise people so they can stay healthy and travel safely.

What will I get out of it?

In just four weeks, you’ll explore a range of common health hazards encountered while travelling (excluding vaccine preventable disease and malaria which are covered in separate modules), and discover how these can be prevented and managed through practical case studies. This new knowledge will empower you to support clients through meaningful and impactful travel consultations.

High-quality interactive learning complemented by opportunities for reflection will set you up for a rewarding career supported by continuous professional development.

Is Hazards in Travel Health for me?

This online course has been designed to fit around a busy working life, so you can boost your professional skills and knowledge conveniently and efficiently.

Wherever you are in the world and whatever your level of experience, whether you’re a doctor, nurse, pharmacist, or travel or expedition health professional, this course will equip you with the knowledge and practical skills to make a meaningful contribution to health services for travellers.

Hazards in Travel Health is also a module within the Professional Diploma in Travel Health.

Why LSTM?

Complete the short course in just four weeks
Study online, whenever you want, from anywhere in the world.
Take it as a standalone course, or combine it with other modules for a Diploma.

Course Content

Developed by subject specialists and enhanced by interaction with international peers, Hazards in Travel Health covers a range of core topics, including:

Accidents and injuries
Vector-borne disease
Travellers’ diarrhoea
Altitude illness
Sexual health
Sun care
Long haul flights
The returned traveller
Application of knowledge using traveller scenarios

There are no formal assessments for the Hazards in Travel Health short course.

Delivery

Hazards in Travel Health is delivered entirely online, and can be accessed on-demand, without having to ‘attend’ sessions at specific times.
Course content is taught by experienced clinical professionals from LSTM and NaTHNaC (National Travel Health Network and Centre).
This four-week short course is split into four weekly blocks. Complete each block at your own pace within its allocated week), with activities and reading taking around 10-15 hours per week.
Benefit from a rich e-learning package, including video lectures, individual and group activities, online discussions, scenario-based learning, quizzes and reflective practice.
Access course resources and interact with peers and tutors through your personalised virtual learning environment (VLE). It’s mobile friendly and functions well in low-bandwidth settings – perfect for remote learning.

Entrance Requirements

Academic requirements:

This course is suitable for anyone who works in the fields of travel health, nursing or travel medicine. GPs, practice nurses, travel health advisors, pharmacists, specialist infectious disease doctors in training and other related disciplines would find this course extremely useful.

Open to all health related disciplines, including medicine.

Work experience:

Students who have previously completed this course have a rich and varied background, inlcuding:

Doctors worldwide
NHS GP practice doctors and nurses
Travel Medicine Clinic staff worldwide

English language requirements:

The course is taught in English. Students whose first language is not English should be aware that to gain maximum benefit from the course, you should have English language proficiency at the equivalent of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5. More English language information can be found on our website

However, applicants will be considered if English Language competence is demonstrated by alternative means to the IELTS test. For example, this may include published papers in English, a work setting where English is the language of operation, or successful attendance on other courses held in English.

Other requirements:

IT system requirements for study.

To enable you to participate and get the most out of the online course, we recommend the following:

You will need access to a functioning desktop computer or laptop, Mac or Windows. Aspects of the course may be undertaken on an internet enabled portable device such as an iPad or tablet, however core learning will require a full computer with a keyboard, mouse and screen. Any typical computer produced within the last five years should be sufficient.
The computer will need to have a reliable internet conection sufficient for streaming online video content or two way communication. This will require a mimimum stable internet speed ot 500Kbps (kilobits per second) usually provided through corporate LAN, broadband, ADSL, DSL, cable internet and most stable 3G connections. It is unlikely that dial-up modem connections will suffice. Internet speed tests may be undertaken onlien to determine your internet speed, for example, www.speedtest.net/
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You will need headphones or speakers connected to your computer. Standard earbuds will work fine. If you are unable to ue audio devices, as part of LSTM policy we will make reasonable adjusment to the course such as providing transcripts of audiovisual material.
To get the most out of the course you will need to use a modern and up-to-date web browser such as

Mozilla Firefox - Latest
Google Chrome - Latest
Apple Safari - Latest*

It is possible to use other browsers, but if you encounter problems we will ask you to try one of the freely available supported browsers listed above.

* If using Apple Safari, you may need to change your preferences to allow all third party cookies.

Your web browser will need to have Javascript and Cookies enabled. You can conduct an automated system check to determine if you are using a supported browser, and to check if Javascript and Cookies enabled, here: https://brightspace.lstmed.ac.uk/d2l/systemCheck.

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Aims

This course aims to:

The aim of this course is to explore non-vaccine preventable health hazards related to travel (excluding malaria) and how these can be prevented/managed when discussed in the travel consultation providing an opportunity for reflection and continuing professional development through interactive learning with subject specialists and peers.

Careers

This course is open to all health-related disciplines, and is suitable for anyone who works in the fields of travel health, nursing or travel medicine. GPs, practice nurses, travel health advisors, pharmacists, specialist infectious disease doctors in training and other related disciplines would this find this course extremely useful.

Testimonials

The contents on AMS prevention were amazing. Also, did enjoy the "more vector and parasites" group activity. The travel promotion consultation scenario was very engaging. Definitely loved the course. Made me want to do the DipTH in the near future! Congratulations! (Cohort 7, 2022)

Excellent resources especially the presentations - they were great! I also liked the interactive tests - helpful for learning. (Cohort 9, 2024)

This whole course just gets better and better, I really enjoyed Block 2 but I have really really enjoyed block 3, its relevant, interesting and stimulating - thank you. (Cohort 9, 2024)

Excellent clinical context, from expert practitioners. (Cohort 10, 2024)

I appreciate personal quality of instructors specially (Kathryn) she is very supportive, responds emails promptly and she is ready all the time to support. (Cohort 10, 2024)

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Start date	End date	Home fee	Overseas fee
12 January 2026	6 February 2026	£425	£425	Apply

Start date:
12 January 2026

End date:
6 February 2026

Home fee:
£425

Overseas fee:
£425

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Hazards in Travel Health