Multidisciplinary travel health education: current status and rationale for standardized competencies
This perspective highlights the inconsistent integration of travel health education across medical, nursing and pharmacy educational programmes globally and calls for standardized travel health competencies based on the International Society of Travel Medicine’s (ISTM) Body of Knowledge to help improve patient care outcomes as global travel returns to pre-pandemic levels.
Authors
- Gerard Flaherty
- Sheila M. Seed (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5832-9533)
- Karl Hess (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-7617)
- Eva H. Clark (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0350-8753)
- Francesca Norman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0336-7767)
- Tara Lombardo
Institutions
- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Chapman University (US)
- Ollscoil na Gaillimhe – University of Galway (IE)
- Universidad de Alcalá (ES)
- Instituto Cajal (ES)
- Instituto de Salud Carlos III (ES)
- Dawson College (CA)
- Centro Nacional de Medicina Tropical (ES)
- Instituto Ramón y Cajal de Investigación Sanitaria (ES)
- COPE Galway (IE)
- Hospital for Tropical Diseases (VN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Travel Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jtm/taae130
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Travel-related health issues
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17