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Course details

Course type:

Online course

Director of studies:

Ms Kathryn Nott

Director of studies email:

mylstm@lstmed.ac.uk

Duration:

3 weeks (online)

Home fee:

£360

Overseas fee:

£360

3 good reasons to study

You will develop your theoretical and practical knowledge and skills of travel health using a variety of 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.

This is also a module within the Professional Diploma in Travel Health

Course Outline

Travel health medicine is a fast-growing and fast-moving area of clinical practice. All health professionals providing travel health advice need to be familiar with current travel health issues, and be able to deliver correct advice using reliable information resources tailored to the individual needs of each traveller. More people with pre-existing illnesses or other special needs are travelling, so delivering advice is becoming more complex.

This online course aims to equip new and experienced practitioners in the development of their vaccination knowledge and skills within a travel health setting. It will provide a platform of confident practice, reflection and continuing professional development through interactive learning with subject specialists and peers.

This 3-week module is split into weekly blocks and students can complete the activities within each weekly block at a time that suits them. Students are expected to spend 10-15 hours per week completing the course activities and recommended further reading.

The course covers:

Travel vaccine preventable diseases
Travel vaccinations in detail
Immunology
Application of knowledge using vaccine travel scenarios

Online Learning

We are using an Asynchronous learning model. Asynchronous e-learning involves recorded material and group work delivered via web (virtual learning environment), email and message boards that are then posted on online forums. In such cases, students ideally complete the course at their own pace by using the internet as a support tool rather than at specific online classes in real time.

Studying online is a first for many people. This course will help you discover the skills required for online study and evaluate your own study skillset. You’ll also experience online communities and how you benefit from flexible study arrangements while still being supported by dedicated tutors. Studying online takes advantage of technology to simulate or improve upon traditional methods of teaching.

We use a number of innovative tools to support your learning, whilst studying with us, at the centre of which is Brightspace. Brightspace brings together learners, tutors and learning materials in a simple to use web based learning management system which many students tell us is the easiest study platform they have used. Brightspace is designed to give you easy access to everything you need to complete your studies whilst enabling you to interact with your fellow learners and be part of the wider LSTM community. Brightspace is mobile friendly and supports you even in low bandwidth settings.

LSTM also has a number of other technologies available which enable you to access video based learning resources (Panopto), easily study on your tablet device even whilst offline (Binder) and work effectively online with your peers (Wiggio). Each of these technologies has been designed to be user friendly and intuitive to use and you will have a dedicated team of staff to support you in the use of these. You will also have an Office 365 account and be able to download the latest version of Microsoft Office for the duration of your studies.

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, including:

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

Health professionals have had backgrounds in Singapore, the UK, British Virgin Islands, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy and Australia.

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 - http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements

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 connection sufficient for streaming online video content or two-way communication. This will require a minimum stable internet speed of 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 online to determine your internet speed, for example www.speedtest.net/

You will need headphones or speakers connected to your computer. Standard earbuds will work fine. If you are unable to use audio devices, as part of LSTM policy we will make reasonable adjustment to the course such as providing transcripts of audiovisual media.

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.

If Javascript and Cookies need to be enabled see http://enable-javascript.com/ and http://www.whatarecookies.com/enable.asp

Aims

This course aims to:

Explain the basic principles of the immune response to live and non-live vaccines

Describe the key features of the vaccine preventable diseases studied

List the vaccines relevant to your travellers in your practice setting and be able to summarise the schedules and efficacy of these vaccines

Demonstrate the application of your learning in travel health consultations

Testimonials

Beverley Gratwohl - Nurse Practitioner in the UK.

I really enjoyed the online lectures and being able to study at my own pace was great, this meant I could listen to them a couple of times if I didn't get all the info I needed the first time. The info given was relevant and up to date, I really enjoyed the complex traveler section. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend this course

The lectures were well structured, easy to follow, right amount of information to take in 1 week. Having the 1 week limit was a great idea as it helped and encouraged to keep up with everyone and not to fall behind. (January 2017 student)

Learning more about vaccine schedules, especially about those vaccines I'm not very familiar with was very useful. I found lectures very useful. Kept simple to give just to right amount of information (January 2017 student)

The best immunology lecture I have ever had (January 2017 student)

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