2017 Travel Medicine Symposium
 
  Learning Objectives  
         
  What Are The Real Risks of Travel Abroad?
(Risk & Epidemiology of Travel Illness)
  Discuss travel itineraries in the context of low, medium or high risk travel. Be able to assess relative risk of medical conditions in the ill traveler upon their return based on travel itinerary.  
Vaccine Updates   Update routine vaccines and offer additional vaccines based on destination.
Point of Care Ultrasound in Global Health
(Repeated)
  Be able to determine scenarios when point of care ultrasound would aid diagnosis and treatment.
Destinations (Repeated)   Assess destinations where medical work abroad is being done regularly by fellow providers
Travel Dermatology (Repeated)   Treat common travel related dermatologic conditions and be familiar with red flag symptoms for more complex cases.
Organizing Medical Mission Trips (Repeated)   Develop an organizational plan for both routine medical work abroad and disaster relief work abroad.
High Risk Traveler - Elderly & Immune Compromised (Repeated)   Advise travelers if they are healthy enough for routine travel or adventure travel as well as offer resources and availability of specialty vaccines.
Water Purification & First Aid Kits   Be able to advise travelers what to pack in a first aid kit.
Medical Clearance for Adventure Travel   Advise travelers if they are healthy enough for routine travel or adventure travel as well as offer resources and availability of specialty vaccines.
Traveler's Diarrhea   Evaluate and offer standby treatment of traveler’s diarrhea.
Novel Respiratory Viruses   Be able to answer general questions about novel respiratory viruses.
Preparing for Disaster Relief   Develop an organizational plan for both routine medical work abroad and disaster relief work abroad.
Case Studies in Cultural Humility   Be comfortable asking members about the cultural context of their trip and offer risk behavior counseling. Examine their own biases when traveling abroad.
Illness In The Returned Traveler   Discuss travel itineraries in the context of low, medium or high risk travel. Be able to assess relative risk of medical conditions in the ill traveler upon their return based on travel itinerary.
Entomology - Everything you wanted to know about vectors
(Repeated)
  Be able answer general questions about how to distinguish among Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika infections. They will also be able to speak to mosquito patterns putting us at risk of new topical illnesses in the United States.
Case Studies in Cultural Humility (Repeated)   Be comfortable asking members about the cultural context of their trip and offer risk behavior counseling. Examine their own biases when traveling abroad.
Immigrant Care (Repeated)   Screen immigrants for common infections when coming from an area of high endemicity.
High Risk Traveler - Long Stay Traveler
(Repeated)
  Advise travelers if they are healthy enough for routine travel or adventure travel as well as offer resources and availability of specialty vaccines to long stay travelers.
Travel Medicine Overview Jeopardy   Assist with simple travel medicine cases and update vaccines as well as triage complex travel medicine to the travel advisory service.
Malaria   Counsel and offer malaria prophylaxis to patients at risk.
Arbovirus Update - Dengue, Zika, Chikungunya   Be able answer general questions about how to distinguish among Dengue, Chikungunya and Zika infections.
     
     
  Accreditation Designation Statement
The Kaiser Permanente National CME Program is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

Credit Statement
The Kaiser Permanente National CME Program designates this live activity for a maximum of 12 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education.

Day 1:  6 credits
Day 2:  6 credits

Nurses and Physician Assistants – Attendees may report up to 12 hours toward continuing education requirements for license renewal. ‘CME’ can be written in lieu of the provider number on all licensure renewal applications.

Target Audience:
Physicians, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Pharmacists and Public Health Partners in the departments of: Dermatology, Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine, Geriatrics, Internal Medicine including Subspecialties and Pediatrics.

PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, all reasonable efforts will be made to accommodate persons with disabilities at the meeting. If you have any special dietary or accommodation needs, please notify the meeting planner listed, prior to the symposium in the Department of Physician Education at (626) 405-4630 or tie-line 8-335-4630. This advance notice will help us serve you better.