Basic travel medicine
Code
11216
Academic unit
NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas
Department
SP
Credits
3
Teacher in charge
Prof. Doutor João Luis Baptista
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
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To understand the concept of travel medicine and the global and individual implications of the international traveller health To understand the role of health professionals in the travellers protection To identify potential risks associated with international travel To recognize the aspects of prevention as a way of reducing risks to the health of the traveller To learn how to individualize the recommendations according to the trip and the traveller |
Prerequisites
Subject matter
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Globalization, international travel, health and safety Prepare the traveller: understand and communicate the risk Travel medicine and zoonosis - "one world, one health" Malaria Genetics and Communicable Diseases Other vector-borne diseases Risks associated with the environment and their prevention Vaccines and vaccination in the international traveller Special travellers (children, the elderly and pregnant women) Other special travellers Emerging and re-emerging diseases and travel medicine The traveller health kit Post travel assessment Available tools and resources in travel medicine |
Bibliography
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Teaching method
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Classes with theoretical exposition, discussion of clinical cases, individual and group work. |
Evaluation method
The evaluation consists of an individual work: 2000 to 3000 words review paper on a travel medicine topic