Program Overview

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Travel Medicine Masterclass

The Travel Medicine Masterclass aims to provide practical guidance on the management of travellers before and after travel, with a focus on pre-travel vaccines, management of malaria chemoprophylaxis, and other common travel-associated health issues.

Overview

This course will focus on practical management aspects of common pre-travel health care issues. It will include discussion of indications for travel vaccines; management of travellers’ diarrhoea and malaria chemoprophylaxis; and aspects of non-infectious issues such as jet lag and altitude medicine.

Who Should Attend

This course is designed for GPs, nurses, infectious disease trainees, and other health professionals providing pre- and/or post-travel healthcare to travellers.

What You Will Learn

On completion of this course participants will be able to:

• Identify the key presenting features of the most common travel-related health issues.
• Outline the assessment, management, and possible outcomes measures that can be used in travel medicine.
• Understand the essential involvement of the healthcare team in the management of travel-related health issues.

Program Structure

Day 1

• Introduction to travel medicine
• Travellers' diarrhoea
• Vaccines
• Non-infectious risks
• High-risk travellers: pregnancy, immunosuppressed

Day 2

• Vector-borne risks, including Japanese encephalitis, Yellow fever, Malaria
• Unwell returned travellers
• Case studies

Testimonials

Excellent course. Really informative, well delivered and will enable me to provide better care and advice to my patients. Very informative lectures with outstanding speakers. I learnt a lot and will recommend to colleagues. Loved the relaxed and interactive format. Great presenters – relevant to everyday work and practical advice.

Instructors

Professor Karin Leder

Professor Karin Leder (MBBS, FRACP, FAAHMS, PhD, MPH, DTMH) is co-lead of the Planetary Health Division and Head of the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit in the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University; co-Director of the transdisciplinary Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program; Director of Monash’s Health and Climate Initiative; and an infectious diseases physician running the Travel Medicine and Immigrant Health Services at the Victorian Infectious Disease Service, Royal Melbourne Hospital.

Dr Sarah McGuinness

Sarah is an academic infectious diseases physician. She currently holds dual positions as Consultant Physician in the Department of Infectious Diseases at the Alfred Hospital (Travel Medicine Clinic) and Senior Research Fellow in the Infectious Diseases Epidemiology Unit within the School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine at Monash University. Her research focuses on improving strategies to combat preventable infections in at-risk populations (including travellers, immigrants and refugees, healthcare workers, and those living in resource-constrained settings), both locally and globally, with a focus on the Asia-Pacific region.

Associate Professor Mike Starr

Associate Professor Mike Starr is a highly experienced Paediatric Infectious Diseases Physician and Consultant in Emergency Medicine at the Royal Children’s Hospital in Melbourne. With over 30 years of expertise as a general paediatrician and infectious diseases specialist, Associate Professor Starr brings deep clinical insight and compassionate care to children and their families, providing comprehensive care for a wide range of paediatric health concerns, including infectious diseases and travel-related health needs. In addition to his clinical roles, he serves as the Director of Paediatric Education at Royal Children’s Hospital, where he leads initiatives to advance paediatric training and education.