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  • Discuss appropriate pharmacotherapy and behavioral measures to prevent malaria.

  • Determine severity of altitude-related symptoms.

  • Evaluate patient fitness for air travel.

  • Determine which patients have significant immunocompromise that will affect vaccination decisions.

  • Summarize appropriate antibiotics to manage moderate to severe travelers diarrhea.

  • Discuss the most common causes of febrile illness in the region patients are visiting.

  • Determine the types of insurance a patient should consider before travel.

  • Recommend appropriate interventions to prevent altitude sickness.

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