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Infectious Disease, Screening & Prevention
Travel Medicine: Roadmap for Primary Care – Mainpro+
A traveller’s health and wellbeing while abroad will often rely on the practitioner’s level of competence in providing the pre-travel primary care consultation. Travel health is a complex and dynamic medical specialty. Healthcare providers must understand this responsibility and be aware of the necessary elements of an appropriate pre-travel consultation, including in which situations to refer travellers to a specialty travel health clinic.
DURATION
1 hr
PROFESSION
Physician
# OF CREDITS
1
ACCREDITATION
Mainpro+
EXPIRY DATE
2019-10-15
A traveller’s health and wellbeing while abroad will often rely on the practitioner’s level of competence in providing the pre-travel primary care consultation. Travel health is a complex and dynamic medical specialty. Healthcare providers must understand this responsibility and be aware of the necessary elements of an appropriate pre-travel consultation, including in which situations to refer travellers to a specialty travel health clinic.
Faculty
Brian Aw (MD, CCFP, CTH®), Darin Cherniwchan (MD), Dominique Tessier (MD, CCFP, FCFP, FISTM), Tim Kelton (BSc, MD CCFP (E.M.) FCFP CTropMed, CTH)
Learning objectives
On completion of this program, participants will be better able to:
- Appreciate the prevalence of poor adherence to asthma medications
- Identify reasons for poor adherence to prescribed asthma regimens
- Recognise the benefits of new technologies to help improve asthma control and adherence to medications
- Counsel patients on how to use smart inhalers safely