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Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Health: Navigating Vaccines, Complex Cases, and Malaria Prophylaxis
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Title: Empowering Pharmacists in Travel Health: Navigating Vaccines, Complex Cases, and Malaria Prophylaxis
Date: Thursday, 10 July 2025
Time: 4.30 PM EDT UTC-04 (The webinar is approximately 90 minutes)
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Summary:
This webinar will explore the evolving and increasingly vital role of pharmacists in delivering comprehensive travel health services. As frontline providers, pharmacists are uniquely positioned to assess travel-related risks, recommend preventative measures, and guide patients through complex clinical decisions. This global webinar will feature case-based presentations on travel vaccines (including routine, recommended and required vaccines), as well as malaria prophylaxis, and real-world consultations that highlight the nuances of patient-centered care. Come and discuss with our experts on real-life dilemmas that require pharmacist judgment beyond guidelines.
Webinar Faculty:
Planning Chairs:
Dr Darvin Scott Smith, Chair, PEC, ISTM
Dr Aisha Khatib, Co-Chair, PEC, ISTM
Atsushi Sato, Webinar Lead, PPG, ISTM
Dr Yen Bui, Counsellor, ISTM Executive Board
Moderator:
Dr. Sherilyn Houle, Chair, PPG, ISTM, Canada
Speakers:
Dr. Jeff Goad, Chapman University, U.S.A
Dr. Sarah McGuinness, Monash University, Australia
Mr. Brian Stowe, Secretary-Treasurer, ISTM, Canada
Course Objectives:
By the end of this webinar, the attendee should be able to:
- Identify key vaccine recommendations for travelers and tailor immunization schedules based on destinations, risk profile, and evolving global travel trends.
- Evaluate appropriate malaria prophylaxis options considering drug resistance, patient-specific factors, and provide practical guidance for choosing the safest and most effective regimens.
- Address complex considerations such as use in pregnancy, pediatric populations, and immunocompromised travelers.
- Apply clinical reasoning to complex and challenging travel consultations where multiple prevention strategies intersect.
Who Should Attend:
- Infectious Disease Practitioners - Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists
- Travel Health Practitioners - Doctors, Nurses, and Pharmacists
- Occupational Health Practitioners
- Public Health Practitioners
- Family Medicine Practitioners
- Any others who care for travelers
Jeff Goad
PHD
Dr. Jeff Goad is a tenured Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Chapman University School of Pharmacy. For 30 years, Dr. Goad has maintained an active practice in Travel Health clinics and immunization services. He coordinates and teaches travel medicine, immunization, epidemiology, and parasitology courses. He is a national faculty and advisory board member for the American Pharmacists Association Pharmacy-Based Immunization Training Program and developer of >span class="apple-converted-space"> APhA Travel Medicine Advanced Competency Training Course. He has presented at over 350 pharmacy and medical conferences and published more than 90 articles and book chapters. Dr. Goad is President of >span class="apple-converted-space"> >span class="apple-converted-space"> Chair and co-founder of >span class="apple-converted-space"> Pharmacist Professional Group.
Dr. Sarah McGuinness
MBBS, MD
Dr Sarah McGuinness, MBBS MPHTM PhD, is an infectious diseases physician based in Melbourne, Australia with a special interest in travel medicine. She leads the Travel Medicine service at The Alfred Hospital and is a Senior Research Fellow at Monash University. Sarah is an Associate Editor for the Journal of Travel Medicine and chairs the Digital Communications Committee of the International Society of Travel Medicine. She’s also a member of the ISTM Travel Unravelled podcast team. Her research focuses on reducing preventable infections in travellers and other at-risk populations.
Brian Stowe
Brian Stowe, (Pharmacist, M.B.A.) is the pharmacist and owner of The Prescription Shop pharmacy and travel clinic located on the campus of Carleton University in Ottawa, Canada.
The clinic is part of a collaborative health care team providing care to students and staff of the university.
Brian is a long-standing member of ISTM and has provided a travel clinic services as part of his pharmacy since 2001.
Brian has extensive experience in professional volunteer positions and committees including as past-President of the Canadian Pharmacists Association and as a member of the ISTM examination committee.
He is currently the Secretary-Treasurer of ISTM.
Brian was one of the first pharmacists in Canada to provide pre-travel clinic services to patients and is a frequent speaker on this topic.
His research interests include practice change management and professional competency.
Sherilyn Houle (Moderator)
Dr.Sherilyn Houle is an Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo Schoolof Pharmacy (Ontario, Canada), with research and teaching expertise in pharmacypractice to full scope, particularly in the clinical areas of immunization andtravel medicine. She is an ISTM Fellow and the current chair of the ISTMPharmacist Professional Group. Her practice experience spans hospital, homecare, and community pharmacy settings, as well as an international travel andimmunizations clinic within a primary care team.
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