Launch Your Pharmacy-Based Travel Medicine Practice: Practical Education for Pharmacy Professionals

Transform Your Pharmacy into a Trusted Community Travel Health Hub

The numbers tell the story: 30+ million baby boomers are planning international trips in 2025, with 42% taking both domestic and international trips. These travelers spend 20-50% more on travel than younger generations and are actively seeking convenient, professional health services. As a travel medicine guide, you'll be positioned to capture this growing market while providing essential health vaccine services your community needs.

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What You'll Learn:

Risk Assessment Expertise

Confidently evaluate patient travel plans and health profiles to recommend appropriate vaccines.

Trusted Travel Health Practice Guidelines from International Resources

Navigate complex guidelines based on clinical expert committees and literature.

Clinical Implementation

Step-by-step protocols to establish and operate a profitable pharmacy travel vaccine clinic.

Patient Consultation Skills

Deliver professional travel health consultations that build trust and drive revenue.

Pharmacy-Based Travel Health Medicine

Why This Education Matters

With 80-90 million Americans taking international trips, travel health medicine represents a massive growth opportunity for community pharmacies. With proper training, you'll differentiate your practice, tap into this high-value market, while making a meaningful impact on public health.

Are you ready to become your community's go-to travel health expert?

Travel Vaccine Education Highlights:

✓  Evidence-based travel medicine protocols

✓  Practical clinic setup and workflow optimization

✓  Patient assessment and documentation strategies

✓  Regulatory compliance and safety standards

✓  Marketing and business development for travel services

Pharmacist Travel Medicine Advanced Course

4-Hour Course Content Outline:

  • Module 1
  • Module 2
  • Module 3
  • Module 4
  • Module 5
  • Module 6
  • Module 7
Module 1

Module 1: Introduction to Travel Medicine

Learning Objectives:

  • Define travel vaccines and differentiate them from routine immunizations.   
  • Explain the public health importance of travel vaccines.   
  • Discuss the role of pharmacy teams in supporting travel health initiatives.   
Module 2

Module 2: Resources and Guidelines for Travel Medicine

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify authoritative resources for travel vaccine guidelines.   
  • Demonstrate the use of digital tools and apps to locate country-specific requirements.   
  • Summarize the purpose and content of two key resources (i.e., CDC, WHO, ACIP, etc.). 
Module 3

Module 3: Overview of Travel Medicine

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe the indications, schedules, and administration techniques for common travel vaccines.   
  • Explain the nuances of side effects, storage, and handling of travel vaccines.   
  • Recommend appropriate vaccines based on a traveler’s destination and activities. 
  • Support the pharmacist recommending appropriate vaccines based on a traveler’s destination and activities. (Technician)
Module 4

Module 4: Patient Assessment and Workflow

Learning Objectives:

  • List steps for conducting a comprehensive pretravel patient assessment to determine travel vaccine needs.  
  • Integrate immunization history and travel plans into vaccine recommendations for patient case scenarios.   
  • Describe an efficient workflow for travel vaccine consultations.   
  • Use immunization history and travel plans to assist the pharmacist in recommending vaccines for patient case scenarios. (Technician)
Module 5

Module 5: Implementing a Travel Medicine Clinic

Learning Objectives:

  • Outline the steps to establish a travel vaccine clinic in a community pharmacy.   
  • Apply strategies for marketing and pricing clinic services effectively.   
  • Discuss strategies for common challenges in clinic implementation, such as vaccine shortages or hesitancy.   
Module 6

Module 6: Initiating Travel-Related Services

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify common travel-related medications and their indications.  
  • Discuss prescribing or collaborative practice agreement (CPA) opportunities for travel-related medications.  
  • Recommend over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription products to address common travel-related health concerns.  
  • Discuss a technician’s role in prescribing or collaborative practice agreement (CPA) opportunities for travel-related medicines. (Technician)
  • Support the pharmacist in recommending over-the-counter (OTC) and prescription products to address common travel-related health concerns. (Technician)
Module 7

Module 7: Summary, Scenarios, and Next Steps

Learning Objectives:

  • Analyze a patient scenario to determine appropriate travel-related vaccine or medication recommendations. 
  • Summarize key concepts of operating a travel vaccine clinic and/or travel-related services. 
  • Describe strategies for maintaining up to date knowledge about travel-related medications and vaccines. 

Join pharmacy professionals who've already expanded their practice with our comprehensive Travel Health course.

Expert Faculty

Real Pharmacists. Real Reviews.

"This course gave me the confidence to launch a travel medicine clinic in my community pharmacy. The step-by-step protocols, real-world case scenarios, and marketing tips were exactly what I needed to get started. Within two months, I had my first ten consultations booked!"

Jessica M., PharmD Iowa

"As someone who had no prior experience in travel health, I found this course incredibly approachable and practical. The guidelines and vaccine breakdowns are easy to follow, and now I feel prepared to offer high-quality, evidence-based care to my patients heading abroad."

Samuel K., RPh Texas

"This training transformed how I practice. Not only do I feel like a trusted travel health expert, but I’ve added a valuable revenue stream to my pharmacy. Patients are grateful to receive everything they need—from vaccines to meds—in one stop."

Latasha B., PharmD New York

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