General practice · Explanation & counselling

Travel vaccines

Medium

15 min station · 2 min reading · Recommended for Curtin Year 5 students

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2 min reading · 15 min station · reminders at 2 min

Instructions

You are a medical student on placement in general practice. Hannah Wexford, 34, and her partner are travelling for six weeks through Vietnam, Cambodia and rural Kenya, leaving in five weeks. She has brought the itinerary.

  1. Take a focused pre-travel history

  2. Counsel Ms Wexford on vaccines and malaria prevention

  3. Give lifestyle advice for the trip and agree a management plan

  • You do not need to examine the patient

Itinerary

Weeks 1 to 3: Hanoi, Hoi An, rural homestays; Siem Reap and rural Cambodian villages. Weeks 4 to 6: Nairobi, Masai Mara safari, volunteering near Kisumu.

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