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Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine (PGDipTravMed)

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Online, On-Campus

Level of Study

Postgraduate Certificate or Diploma

Next start date

Expected Feb 2025

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The Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine (PGDipTravMed) builds on the PGCertTravMed. It adds to the foundations of travel medicine by exploring tropical infectious diseases in greater depth. Elective papers cover wilderness and expedition medicine and migrant and refugee health. As such, the diploma is an advanced nationally-recognised qualification for health professionals who practise in the field of travel medicine.

Graduates of the programme will have in-depth knowledge of the epidemiology, diagnosis and management of tropical infectious diseases. Depending on elective paper choice they will have skills in advising travellers planning extreme travel to resource poor and/or wilderness environments. The health needs of refugees and migrants and their management within the New Zealand context is covered in another elective paper.

Students come from differing professional backgrounds (including medical, nursing and pharmacy), as a consequence of this interprofessional nature of the course, the graduate will learn skills with respect to their individual disciplines

The Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine (PGDipTravMed) is available through Distance Learning.

The programme of study shall comprise papers to the value of 120 points; three core papers, GENA713, GENA 714 and GENA 719 are compulsory. The remaining paper shall be selected from GENA 720, HASC 417, PRHC 702.

A candidate who has completed the requirements for the Postgraduate Certificate in Travel Medicine shall be credited with those papers in the programme for the diploma which have been previously passed for the certificate.

Note: Students should normally enrol initially for the Postgraduate Certificate programme before proceeding to the diploma.

Entry criteria

Admission to the programme shall be subject to the approval of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Health Sciences). Every candidate shall be a graduate or possess an appropriate health professional qualification requiring at least three years’ full-time tertiary study.

English language requirements

  • IELTS (Academic module) (including IELTS Online) - Overall score of 6.5, no individual band below 6.0.
  • TOEFL iBT - Overall score of 90 and a writing score of 21.
  • C1 Advanced (previously Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE)) & (previously Cambridge English Proficiency (CPE)) - Overall score of 176 (with no individual band below 169).
  • Pearson Test of English (PTE) Academic - Overall score of 58 with no communicative skills score below 50.
  • Language Cert - International ESOL: C1 Expert (LRWS) with a high pass overall and no less than a pass in each skill OR C2 Mastery (LRWS) with a pass overall and no less than a pass in each skill.
  • NZCEL - NZCEL 5 Academic endorsement
  • English New Zealand's Accredited Pathway Assessment - Assessment Level 3 (with no skill lower than Level 2).
  • APIEL Advanced Placement International English Language Examination - Grade 4 or higher.

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A new era for travel medicine education

The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant impact on travel medicine practice and practitioners alike with many individuals leaving the field altogether. Yet, when travellers return for advice in abundance, good care will be more important than ever. The standard of care and the quality of travel medicine trainers is vital as the Faculty of Travel Medicine highlighted in their Good Practice Guidelines for Providing a Travel Medicine Service in October 2020 found at https://rcpsg.ac.uk/travel-medicine/good-practice-guidance-for-providing-a-travel-health-service .

In the UK, formal education in travel medicine began at the University of Glasgow in 1995 with a Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine, which subsequently led onto a Master of Science degree in the subject – I was one of the students in this cohort to progress through the courses. It was the first course of its type in the world. I recall the experience was hard and given we had no internet access at that time or use of e mail, course work was returned for marking by postal service; for me, a 50 mile train journey to London to the Bristish Library and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to gather any required references; there were few text books on the subject and I had to learn how to use a computer to develop the many assignments! On reflection the course was possibly overassessed, but the programme rigorous, work thorough, very comprehensive and provided me with an excellent base from which I have subsequently developed my full time career in travel medicine since! Many specialists in the field were involved and the inaugural meeting had a keynote speech from the late and dear Prof. Jay Keystone, who travelled over from Canada to deliver his lecture – the first time I had ever heard him and was blown away. Those who recall Jay speak will understand that emotion. Specialists in the field who have since taken the training include Dr. Dipti Patel, Director of the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC) and Prof. Gerard Flaherty, President Elect of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM), but there are many former diplomates around the world who undertook this ground breaking training – the initial idea created by the late Dr Cameron Lockie MBE.

But time moves on, the Diploma moved to Health Protection Scotland and then to the Royal College of Physicians of Surgeons where it now still resides. Many other courses have been developed over time including ones in the UK in Sheffield (no longer available), Liverpool and abroad for example in South Africa, but of shorter duration.

Today one similar selection of courses is available from the University Otago in New Zealand at Certificate, Diploma and Masters level in Travel Medicine studied within the Department of Health Care and General Practice. The courses are led by the well known travel medicine specialist Dr Jenny Visser and Claire Wong (herself a student of the Diploma in Travel Medicine at the Royal Free and University College London, then the Masters at Sheffield Hallam University). These opportunities have been runing for a while as online courses, but with some compulsory residential attendance. However due to COVID restrictions, online or hybrid options have been offered. For more details see https://www.otago.ac.nz/courses/qualifications/mtravmed.html .

A Graduate Certificate of Travel Medicine is also available from the James Cook Univeristy in Australia with current President of the ISTM, Prof. Peter Leggat a lecturer. Studied over one year, this part time 12 month course is accredited as an approved qualification by The Faculty of Travel Medicine of the Australasian College of Tropical Medicine (ACTM) for their fellowship program. To see details of the course go to https://www.jcu.edu.au/courses/graduate-certificate-of-travel-medicine and https://secure.jcu.edu.au/app/studyfinder/?subject=TM5512 . Details of progression through the ACTM can be found at https://www.tropmed.org/faculty-of-travel-medicine/

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Progressing the concept of this key document, Good Practice Guidance for Providing a Travel Health Service , and taking the opportunity to completely reconsider the provision of training in the new digital era with the progress we've all made in 2020/2021, the Faculty of Travel Medicine have launched two new courses to prepare practitioners, with a third course at Masters level in the pipeline.

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The Professional Development Certificate in Travel Medicine is a course completely online with four modules studies on a modern e learning platform. Modular tutorials are provided over Teams and the support of a personal adviser to each student helps to create the missing elements a face to face course may offer, whilst making the study far more accessible for students around the world. Assessments within the course are deliberately pitched not only to demonstrate understanding and knowledge in the subject, but to also develop some practical tools for the students to use in future practice. A certificate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow is awarded to successful students. The course is designed to be one of enjoyment and ideal preparation to progress onto the more academically demanding RCPSG Postgraduate Diploma in Travel Medicine.

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This course has eight modules with two residential components – with the possibility to attend these as a hybrid option although face to face is recommended. The course commences in January 2022 with the first residential being held online on this occasion due to the pandemic. This course has a credit rating from Glasgow Caledonian Univeristy (GCU) for 120 credits at Masters level 11 on the Scottish Credit Qualification Framework (SCQF), and the Diploma is awarded by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Assessment is through stimulating academic pieces of work submitted at the end of each module and although there are no written exams required, there will be Objective Structured Clinical Examaminations (OSCEs) towards the end of the study to assess practitioners’ clinical skills and knowledge. The course covers a broad range of subjects designed to cover all areas of travel medicine practice as highlighted in the brochure at https://rcpsg.ac.uk/documents/etpd/1786-postgrad-tm-a4-0621/file . Students will be supported by advisers, attend monthly online seminars and have access to an extensive range of interactive materials on a modern e learning platform. Successful students will also be eligible to be admitted to the College as Members of the Faculty of Travel Medicine and able to use post nominals MFTM RCPS(Glasg). Work is also in progress for successful students to progress onto a Masters degree in the subject at GCU if they so wish, where they would undertake a dissertation, but would also have a supervisor from the Faculty of Travel Medicine as well.

Travel Medicine is a fascinating and important subject, little understood by the travelling public or indeed by many of our professional colleagues in the medical world. Having just demitted from a three year term as Dean of the Faculty of Travel Medicine at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, I hope the courses and opportunities we've developed through my term in office, inspire some potential students to study this exciting subject, just as it did me at the start of my career 26 years ago!

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Professional Diploma in Travel Health (ONLINE)

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PART TIME ONLINE PROGRAMME 

The programme can be started at different points throughout the year, with the opportunity to sit for the final written assessment and final MCQ exam in either May or September each year.

Dr Rima Makarem, Chair of NaTHNaC, is keen to stress the benefit that the course can bring to professionals. She said: “The course has been designed to work alongside professional commitments and offers a unique opportunity to benefit from interaction withtravel health experts from the UK from  any part of the world. We look forward to our first students beginning the modules, which will set them up to further develop their career in an exciting area of medicine.” 

Programme Outline

The Diploma in Travel Health (DipTH) is awarded by LSTM as a Professional Diploma that aims to equip new experienced practitioners with knowledge, skills and competencies in travel health.

The programme provides a platform for confident practice through interactive online learning, an opportunity for reflection, and continuing professional development with subject specialists and peers. It is open to registered doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and travel and expedition health professionals who wish to further develop their travel risk assessment and problem-solving skills in clinical practice.

The programme has been jointly developed by the LSTM and the National Travel Health Network and Centre (NaTHNaC), and is delivered through a series of four online modules, each with a corresponding summative assessment, culminating in a final online MCQ exam and online structured knowledge examination (OSKE).

The four modules are: 

  • Travel Vaccination Principles and Practice (TVPP) 
  • Governance and Safety in Travel Health (G&STH) 
  • Malaria Prevention in Travel Health (MPTH)
  • Hazards in Travel Health (HITH)  

The DipTH is based around the successful completion of four core modules plus  the four summative assessments must be successfully completed over 6-24 months in order to undertake the OSKE and MCQ exams for award of the diploma.  More information can be found on the programme specification which includes details on all assessments.

All components are delivered via on-line distance learning.

Online Learning

We are using an  Asynchronous  learning model.  Asynchronous e-learning involves recorded material, individual exercises, group work and online discussion boards delivered via the virtual learning environment (VLE). Each of the four separate modules that make up the diploma is delivered in a series of weekly blocks, two of the modules are 3 week courses, two are four week courses. Students can complete each weekly block at their own pace (expected 10-15 hours per week, each module), by using the internet as a support tool rather than having to “attend” online classes at a specific 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. 

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If you would like to discuss something confidentially, perhaps disclose a disability, etc… please email  [email protected] (link sends e-mail) . 

EXTERNAL SCHOLARSHIP OPPORTUNITY

The Royal College of Nursing as a Needmakers Grant :

If you use needles in your work and are doing postgraduate study or a professional short course, you could be eligible for up to £1,000 through this grant. Please note that to apply for this grant individuals must use needles in their role however the proposed activity does not have to directly relate to the use of needles but should instead improve the individuals' overall practice and patient care.

To apply for funding, you’ll need to be:

- A UK registered nurse or midwife

- Doing a UK accredited course that starts between January 2024 and January 2025

- Able to demonstrate how you use needles in your work

Other RCN funding opportunities for professional development up to £1600 are also available for UK registered nurses and midwives.

Qualified health care professional; including: General Nurse, or Pharmacist, or Doctor, or travel/expedition medicine Medic. For those candidates where there is a requirement to register as a qualified health care professional in their country of practice, then the candidate must also be able to provide proof of registration.

Students who have already successfully completed one/two of the existing modules within the last two years, and who wish to go on to complete the diploma, will be able to submit their assignment for the completed module(s) retrospectively (at the next available assessment date) and go on to complete the remaining modules and submit for the diploma.

Students should have some previous experience of giving vaccinations/immunisations and ideally will have completed the national minimum standards for immunisation training for the country in which they are practising or will be undertaking this during their course of study for the Professional Diploma in Travel Health.

The programme is taught in English. Professional Diploma applicants whose first language is not English must normally provide evidence of an IELTS (International English Language Testing System) score of at least 6.5 with a minimum of 5.5 in all learning components, or a TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) score of at least 88 for the Internet-based Test (iBT), with minimum scores of 21 for Listening and Writing, 22 for Reading and 23 for Speaking. Tests should be within their validity period of 2 years. Other English Language Tests and country specific English Language qualifications are also accepted - a full list with details of levels required can be found on the LSTM website ( http://www.lstmed.ac.uk/study/how-to-apply/english-language-requirements ). Applicants who have recently completed a degree level qualification taught in a majority English speaking country (as defined in UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI), may also be accepted at the discretion of the Director of Studies.

Must have an interest in travel health and wish to extend and develop their knowledge further.

The programme is designed to enhance participants' knowledge base, experience, and competencies in the field of travel health to increase employment options through the travel health field.

The Royal College of Nursing lists formal post graduate travel health training within core competency 3 of its Competencies: Travel health nursing: career and competence development document.

At present this course is the only Professional Diploma qualification available within the UK.

The course has been designed to work alongside professional commitments and offers a unique opportunity to benefit from interaction withtravel health experts from the UK from  any part of the world. We look forward to our first students beginning the modules, which will set them up to further develop their career in an exciting area of medicine. Dr Rima Makarem, Chair of NaTHNaC
I chose to study the Diploma in Travel Health to enhance my knowledge of the risks that travellers face and learn how to provide advice on staying healthy whilst abroad. The course covered a wide variety of subject areas and followed a structured online teaching format. The written assignments reinforced the content taught within each module with a focus on evidence-based medicine. In my role as coordinating doctor at International SOS, which provides remote medical assistance to clients across the globe, it is essential to have a broad knowledge of diverse environments and their ever-changing health threats.  I now feel well equipped to assist clients prior to, during and following travel and hope to pursue further studies with LSTM in the future. Karisha, Doctor.
Worked well for me, working flexibly and from home.  The tutors were very understanding of my other commitments, particularly due to COVID-19 pandemic, and able to apply pragmatic allowances when deadlines couldn’t be made. anonymous feedback
A course such as this would normally involve regular travel, significant accommodation costs and adding even more time commitment.  The programme had already been set up, well before the pandemic, so it ran very smoothly. anonymous feedback
This course has provided me with the confidence to step out of my normal clinical role and provide advice and epidemiological information to allow Defence healthcare staff and Commanders to appreciate the difficulties associated with serving overseas or deploying on military operations, particularly during the pandemic.   Alun, Army Dentist.
The Travel Health Diploma was a valuable learning experience for myself as it challenged my evidence based practice at work. I have been delivering Travel Heath services for 18 years but have never had a formal qualification and learnt new things!.  This course suited me as it was all online and that meant I could study when I wanted. It was split into 4 modules which helped keep everything methodical.    Philippa and Kath (tutors) were very friendly easy to approach and always emailed back promptly and advised us as necessary, I felt very supported by them.  Having contact with students from around the world who were also on the course made it more interesting and you learn from them also. If you have an interest or passion for travel medicine then this the course for you. Jas, Nurse.
Coming from an infectious disease background, it was only natural to apply for this course. The course layout is well thought out, interactive and provides enough time and space for personal development in the subject of travel health.  The staff are extremely helpful, very responsive to your questions and eager to teach. Most of them have many years of experience in travel related health under their belt and this was very evident during the entire duration of the course. This diploma helps you to focus on the essentials of this emerging new specialty but at the same time equip you with enough information to further your knowledge and feel comfortable providing advise to prospective travellers. I would recommend this course to any one willing to expand on their travel health knowledge and those who are managing prospective travellers or returned travellers in their clinics. From personal experience this has helped me to manage travel related questions better and provided opportunities for global networking with other travel medicine experts. Ramon, Doctor.
I very much appreciated the Professional Diploma in Travel Health and its online format was perfect for my needs. The tutors were extremely supportive and the written assessments particularly useful to consolidate and enhance learning. Although UK travel health guidelines formed the core of the curriculum, the course and assessments were designed to be appropriate for practitioners from non-UK settings; contributions from other contexts were actively encouraged. I am regularly using the knowledge and skills I learned on this course. This qualification has given me the skills and confidence to make policy change in both of my roles and has enhanced the quality of the travel health advice I give in my practice. The course also developed my skills in reflective practice, which is an essential requirement of my professional regulator. Carolyn, Doctor

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  • Start date: 4 July 2024 End date: 12 December 2024 Home fee: £2,595 Overseas fee: £2,595 Apply

International Society of Travel Medicine

Travel Medicine Review and Update Course

Interested in attending the 2024 Course?

Please register here

Full scholarships are available for those who live in LMIC or are member student/trainees! To learn more, click on Please register here and then click on Fee or email [email protected] for details. The Travel Medicine Review and Update Course dates are 23-24 February 2024

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Course Speakers

Chair: Sheila Mackell Organizing Committee: Yen Bui, Lin Chen and Henry Wu

  • Elizabeth Barnett
  • Gerard Flaherty
  • Eric Halsey
  • David Hamer
  • Aisha Khatib
  • Camille Kotton
  • Sheila Mackell
  • Scott Norton
  • David Shlim
  • Natalie Prevatt
  • Steve Schofield
  • Darvin Scott Smith

International Panel on Yellow Fever Vaccines

Leo Visser (the Netherlands), Aluisio Segurado (Brasil), Salim Parker (South Africa)  Elizabeth Barnett (United States of America),  Moderator: Yen Bui (Canada)

International Panel on Malaria

Dipti Patel (United Kingdom), Albie de Frey (South Afirca), Francesca Norman (Spain), Mike Starr (Australia), Joon Sup Yeom (South Korea), Moderator: Edward Ryan (United States of America)

Course Description

The Travel Medicine Review and Update Course is designed to review the  ISTM Body of Knowledge  for the Practice of Travel Medicine and to highlight recent developments in Travel Medicine. The curriculum will cover topics relevant to physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals who provide medical care and advice to travelers, expatriates, and migrants. The expert faculty will present topics including adventure travel, bites, and envenomation, cases, food and water exposures, ill returning travelers, risk assessment, malaria, special travelers, vaccines, and vectors. The care of special groups such as pregnant women, pediatric travelers, immigrants, VFR travelers, and immunocompromised hosts will also be discussed. Recent developments and advances in travelers’ diarrhea, immunizations, malaria medications, and emerging infectious diseases will be highlighted.  Participants will have ample opportunity to interact with the faculty through interactive sessions and informal discussions.

Course Schedule

The Course is scheduled as follows: 08.00 to 17.15 US Est on Friday, 23 February 2024, and 08.00 to 17.30 concluding on Saturday, 24 February 2023. This course will be hybrid in that some of the presentations will be live while others will be prerecorded. This entire course will be recorded and available online on ISTM’s Learning Management System (LMS) for 12 months for all who register.

Review the Course Details and Course Description here .

Course Objectives

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Describe the current epidemiology of common health risks affecting travelers
  • Choose which travelers should receive vaccines relevant for travel
  • Discuss the prevention and self-treatment of common travel-related illnesses such as travelers’ diarrhea
  • Identify current malaria epidemiology and discuss chemoprophylaxis regimens
  • Advise travelers on the prevention of disease, including being able to advise pregnant women, pediatric travelers, immigrants, VFR travelers, diabetics, and immunocompromised hosts
  • Recognize illness in travelers returning from overseas travel

Accreditation Statement

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ISTM has applied for accreditation support with Amedco LLC and will post credit designation details for Physicians, Nurses and Pharmacist as soon as credit hour details are finalized. 

Who Should Attend

Health care professionals interested in Travel Medicine who require a thorough review and update of Travel Medicine to enhance their knowledge, and health care professionals preparing to take the Certificate of Knowledge in Travelers’ Health TM  Examination (CTH ®  Program):

  • Travel Medicine Practitioners
  • Primary Care Physicians
  • Family Physicians
  • Infectious Disease Specialists
  • Occupational Health Specialists
  • Mid-level practitioners
  • Pharmacists
  • Anyone who wants to learn more about Travel Medicine

Registration and Payment

The following fees apply for the 2024 Course. All Fees are in U.S. Dollars.

Online Registration for the live course closes 23 February 2024. On Demand Registration will be available after the live registration closes.

Registration fees are payable only in U.S. Dollars and payment must be made by VISA, MasterCard or American Express through the electronic registration program. All credit card payments will be charged in U.S. Dollars. Currency conversions will be handled through the credit card company’s billing arrangement with the cardholder. If you are unable to use a credit card when submitting your registration, please contact the ISTM Secretariat at  [email protected]  to make alternate arrangements. ISTM members must log in to their member account to receive the member discount on registration fees.

Registration Fee Inclusions

The registration fees include admittance to the course, continuing education application fees, electronic course materials, and access to the full course recording 12 months after the course.

Force Majeure

The ISTM reserves the right to cancel the course without notice or compensation in the case of an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the ISTM, such as a war, terrorist attacks, riot, crime or an event described as an “act of God” (e.g. earthquake, fire, flooding, breakout of disease, tornado). In such cases the ISTM is free of all responsibility because of such an incident. In the event of it being impossible for the course to take place due to force majeure cases, so long as it arises from a cause not attributable to the ISTM, the ISTM shall only be obliged to reimburse the payments received subject to the deduction of any costs it has incurred in preparation for the course. This liability only extends to payments made directly to the course and not to payments made by the delegates to hotels or airlines.

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Graduate Certificate of Travel Medicine

Advance your professional skills and develop specialist knowledge in travel medicine. This Graduate Certificate is designed to equip you for a career that spans domestic and international health. You’ll gain practical and technical experience in appraising travel risks, investigating and mitigating travel-related diseases, and promoting health education to travellers.

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Enhance your expertise.

This course may require some on-campus attendance

  • Online: February, July

$17,052.00 ^

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Plus Student Services and Amenities fee Fee deferral and scholarships available if eligible

1 year part-time

Entry Requirements

AQF level 7 bachelor degree in a relevant Health discipline; or equivalent

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Course detail.

Ready to expand the horizons of your career in health and medicine? Build on your existing medical knowledge and experience with the Graduate Certificate of Travel Medicine at JCU. Gain specialist knowledge in the disciplines of travel and tropical medicine and their related areas. You will enhance your existing knowledge and skills to aid travellers coming and going from tropical regions.

As you study the Graduate Certificate of Travel Medicine, you will learn how to investigate and manage travel-related diseases, perform risk assessments and promote the health of travellers. You’ll learn about the current national and international practices of the travel medicine field, ensuring that your skills and abilities are applicable in multiple contexts. You will gain an in-depth understanding of epidemiology, pathogenesis, clinical presentation complications, differential diagnosis, and investigation and management of travel-related communicable and non-communicable diseases.

Study in state-of-the-art facilities with expert lecturers who are committed to your success. Benefit from JCU’s partnership with the Townsville University Hospital. Carve out your space in the field of travel medicine with a course that is accredited as an approved qualification by the  Australasian College of Tropical Medicine for their fellowship program within The Faculty of Travel Medicine.

Consult the handbook for further information.

Inherent requirements

Inherent requirements are the identified abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours that must be demonstrated, during the learning experience, to successfully complete a course. These abilities, attributes, skills, and behaviours preserve the academic integrity of the University’s learning, assessment, and accreditation processes, and where applicable, meet the standards of a profession. For more information please review the inherent requirements for the Graduate Certificate of Travel Medicine .

JCU Travel Medicine graduates have skills and knowledge that can be utilised in many settings within the healthcare industry. Graduates pursue careers in public and private hospitals, clinics and health-based organisations.

You can also go on to undertake the Graduate Diploma of Public Health and Tropical Medicine , Graduate Diploma of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene , Master of Public Health , or Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine .

Award Requirements

Admission requirements, academic requirements for course completion, inherent requirements, course structure, core subjects.

TM5501 :03 Tropical Medicine

TM5512 :03 Travel Medicine

Select 3 credit points of specified level 5 subjects

TM5503 :03 Human Parasitology

TM5508 :03 Diving and Marine Medicine

TM5540 :03 Public Health and the Workplace

TM5560 :03 Foundations of Aeoromedical Retrieval

TM5581 :03 Expedition and Wilderness Medicine

Select 3 credit points of specified  level 5 subjects

HS5102 :03 Qualitative Research Methods for Health Professionals

HS5555 :03 Infection Prevention and Control in Health Care Settings

TM5002 :03 Infectious Diseases

TM5502 :03 Tropical Public Health

TM5506 :03 Social Science in Public Health

TM5510 :03 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health

TM5513 :03 Public Health Management, Leadership, Planning and Policy

TM5514 :03 Environmental Health

TM5515 :03 Epidemiology for Public Health

TM5516 :03 Biostatistics for Public Health

TM5518 :03 Medical Entomology

TM5524 :03 Qualitative Research Methods for Tropical Health Practitioners

TM5525 :03 Communicable Disease Control

TM5526 :03 Public Health Economics

TM5527 :03 Project

TM5528 :03 Health Promotion

TM5529 :03 Applied Health Economics

TM5534 :03 Tropical Paediatrics

TM5536 :03 Public Health in Humanitarian Emergencies

TM5541 :03 Managing Effective Health Programs

TM5549 :06 Dissertation 1

TM5552 :03 Global Health and Development

TM5557 :03 Disaster Health Management

TM5560 :03 Foundations of Aeromedical Retrieval

TM5562 :03 Reproductive Health in Developing Countries

TM5563 :03 Public Health Leadership and Crisis Management

TM5569 :03 Health Promotion Strategies and Methods

TM5571 :03 Public Health Placement

Candidature

Progression, award details.

Estimated annual tuition fee: $AUD17,052.00

A  Student Services and Amenities fee is payable per subject up to a maximum amount per year.

A variety of Scholarships are available to suit different student types.

JCU offers multiple Pathways to University. If you do not meet the entry requirements for this course, consider exploring our available Pathways options .

Contact our friendly team today to discover which pathway is right for you .

Complete an online application through our  Online Application Portal.

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  • Master of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

I had a beautiful experience at JCU. The support was extraordinary and beyond my expectations. Now when I have the opportunity to work in the public health sector I can do things much more differently compared to when I was working without the knowledge gained in my Public Health and Tropical Medicine degree.

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