Typhoid Travel Health Short Course

Overview

This typhoid vaccine course is part of the ‘Health Academy Short Course’ series and provides clinicians with specific information related to the full range of vaccines available in the UK.

Who is it suitable for?

This course is suitable for any experienced vaccinators who’s role will involve administering typhoid containing vaccines. This could include immunisation nurses, practice nurses, pharmacists or any healthcare professional, or healthcare support worker administering vaccines.

What’s included?

The vaccine short courses are designed to cover all the key information required to understand the fundamental of the disease and the vaccines that are available. This course includes both injectable and oral typhoid vaccines. 

CPD Hours - 1 hour

Course content:

• Introduction to food and water borne diseases
• The 5 Ts of Typhoid: Type – Type of organism and type of disease, Transmission route – How does the traveller become infected, Treatment & prevention – What treatments and preventative measures are available pre and post infection, Traveller’s Risk – What factors increase a traveller’s risk & Take home message – Key message for the traveller
• Typhoid Vaccines

What’s not included?

Please note: This is a stand alone ‘Typhoid Vaccine Short Course’.

Basic Life support and Anaphylaxis are also available in separate courses.

This is not a Foundations of Immunisation Course for those new to immunising or an Annual Immunisation Update Course.

Other considerations

We also recommend completing a comprehensive Fundamentals of Travel Health course if you are going to be delivering a travel health service. This is in line with Good Practice Guidance for Providing a Travel Health Service (RGPSG, 2020).

Further travel health related short courses are also available here.

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