Travel Vaccination at the Pharmacy
United States citizens are increasingly traveling to international destinations, with Americans making 38 million visits abroad in 2017, and pharmacists are well-placed to assist patients with their travel health needs.
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citizens are increasingly traveling to international destinations, with Americans making 38 million visits abroad in 2017, and pharmacists are well-placed to assist patients with their travel health needs.
An article published in the December 2018 of
reviewed studies on
pharmacy-based travel services.
The outcomes of the studies support the role of pharmacists in the travel-health services setting.
Pharmacy
Pharmacists interested in travel health services can complete the APhA Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery Certificate Training Program as a prerequisite for the APhA Advanced Competency Training Pharmacy-Based Travel Health Services program. The gold standard in travel health information is the International Society of Travel Medicine’s (ISTM’s) Body of Knowledge, which forms the basis for the society’s Certificate of Knowledge Examination. Those who pass earn a Certificate in Travel Health by the ISTM that must be renewed every 10 years.
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