Travel Preparation for the Primary Care Physician
Nonmember Price: 30.00
Member Price: 20.00
30.00
This session will provide an interactive update for primary care physicians on the management of the traveling patient, specifying what vaccines and items are required for travel as well as management of common tropical diseases if they present. In the end, participants should be able to conduct a visit to counsel patients on common travel vaccines and prophylaxis needed for travel to certain areas and identify the presentation of common tropical diseases.

Learning Objectives:
Identify basic pre-travel evaluation to help identify risk factors based on geographical areas traveling patients are visiting.
Analyze management and prevention of potential infections traveling patients may be exposed to overseas.
Evaluate treatment and prophylactic options for common traveler’s infections.
Assess preventative safety travel tools for traveling patients.
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credit and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

This program is sponsored by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Attendees participating in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

This enduring activity is designated for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™.

To access this course please visit: https://www.pathlms.com/acofp/courses/53391/sections/60763