Travel Medicine for Traveling Patients
Travel medicine online CME course
With the globe more accessible than ever before, international travel can present a variety of potential health concerns. Recommendations from medical professionals can help patients enjoy safe travels while avoiding preventable diseases or risks.
This CME course on travel medicine is designed to equip family physicians with the latest evidence and tools. It covers preventive strategies, as well as tips to help travelers return to optimal health.
- Preventing illnesses via vaccinations and food safety
- Making recommendations for travelers with chronic disease
- Common travel-related illnesses
- Safety tips for traveling patients
- Management strategies for patients returning with disease
- Long-term travel health tips for diplomats, missionaries and beyond
With the globe more accessible than ever before, international travel can present a variety of potential health concerns. Recommendations from medical professionals can help patients enjoy safe travels while avoiding preventable diseases or risks.
This CME course on travel medicine is designed to equip family physicians with the latest evidence and tools. It covers preventive strategies, as well as tips to help travelers return to optimal health.
- Preventing illnesses via vaccinations and food safety
- Making recommendations for travelers with chronic disease
- Common travel-related illnesses
- Safety tips for traveling patients
- Management strategies for patients returning with disease
- Long-term travel health tips for diplomats, missionaries and beyond
Learning Objectives
Develop protocols to identify destination and patient-specific risk factors for travel, including when to refer for subspecialty consultation.
Construct appropriate behavioral and pharmacological prevention strategies for travel-related infections.
Develop and evaluate an appropriate differential diagnosis for common post-travel complaints.
Create strategies to recognize neglected tropical diseases, including their diagnosis and treatment, and both biological and social determinants contributing to them.
Establish management strategies for emerging infections, including outbreaks and insidious spreading.
Recognize the complementary role of clinical care and public health efforts in attaining health for all.
Additional details
A Hot Time in the Old Town: Fever
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Bumps and Rashes and Ulcers, Oh My! Dermatologic Issues in the Returning Traveler
Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, FAAFP
Dizzying Heights: In-flight Medical Emergencies
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP
Ethics of Travel
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP; Calvin Wilson, MD
Globetrotting in a Pink Bunny Suit: Queer and Solo Female Travel
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP
Guarding the Gut: Preventing Foodborne Illnesses
Jeff Hall, MD, FAAFP
Guts and Globetrotting: Navigating GI Distress in the Returning Traveler
Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, FAAFP
Incidents Abroad I: Safety While Traveling
Mark Shaffer, MD
Incidents Abroad II: Getting Help
Mark Shaffer, MD
International Adoptions
Brent Burket, MD, FAAFP
Intro to Care of Returning Travelers—When to Treat, When to Turf
Jeff Hall, MD, FAAFP
Loneliness and Liquor: Sex and International Travelers
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP
Long-term Travelers: Diplomats, Missionaries, Business, etc.
Brent Burket, MD, FAAFP
Malaria
Brent Burket, MD, FAAFP
Mountains and Oceans: Environmental Hazards
Jeff Hall, MD, FAAFP
Needles, Nebulizers, Pups and Chairs: Travel With Chronic Conditions
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP; Patient Voice
On Different Soil: Working Thoughtfully With Refugees
Benjamin Silverberg, MD, MS, FAAFP; Fern Hauck, MD, FAAFP
Other Travel-related Illnesses
Mark Shaffer, MD
Stranger in a Strange Land: Primary Care and Travel Medicine
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP
The Trip and the Traveler: The Foundation of a Pre-travel Consultation
Jeff Hall, MD, FAAFP
Travel in The Era of Pandemics
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Travel Medicine—Translation to Practice® (T2P)
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Travel With Children, In Utero or Ex Utero
Brent Burket, MD, FAAFP
Vaccinations: Safeguarding Travelers From Preventable Threats
Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, FAAFP
What Else Is Bugging You? Other Vector-borne Diseases
Mark K. Huntington, MD, PhD, FAAFP
Who is this course for?
This course is intended for medical professionals who have patients that travel internationally. Physicians, nurses other health care professionals and nonmembers can take this course.
Does this course cover preventive tips?
Yes. This course covers malaria, vaccines and other common travel-related illnesses. It also covers other preventive tips, such as safety recommendations while traveling and how to get help in a different country.
Does this course cover treatment for the returning traveler?
Yes. This travel medicine CME course covers how to treat travelers with dermatological conditions, GI tract issues, fever and more after returning from travel.
How do I access this course?
You can access this course after purchase by logging into your account. You’ll have through January 23, 2027, to complete the course and earn your CME credits.