Voyager Medical: Pharmacists ACP & GP Led Pharmacy Training Provider, Specialist Level Travel Vaccinations Training Programme & ‘Low Pain' Vaccination Clinic Training

Voyager Medical Junior Specialist Travel Vaccinations Training Programme

 

We have educated more than 10,000 pharmacists and allied healthcare professionals via our online PGD training programme and 3,000 pharmacists in our Specialist-Led Travel Vaccinations Training Programme. Alex Leung, Clinical Director and CEO, is the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow's London advisor for Travel Medicine and a specialist in Immunisation. He is the only UK pharmacist who has served as the Clinical Lead for NHS Childhood Immunisations Clinic in GP practices and the only specialist clinical trainer to teach and offer BCG vaccination and Mantoux Test.

 

Low Pain Vaccination Technique (Unique to Voyager Medical)

Alex is specialised in Low Pain Vaccinations Techniques focusing on using the correct speed, angle, location and distraction strategies, as a primary cause of a patient's disinclination to have a vaccination is because of the potential pain they will experience.

We conducted a study of 100 patients on the level of pain they experienced immediately after being vaccinated. By applying  our unique Low Pain techniques:

• 91 out of 100 patients reported a pain score of 0 to 2
• 7 out of 100 patients reported a pain score of 3 to 4
• 1 out of 100 patients reported a pain score 7
• 1 out of 100 patients reported a pain score 9

With 10 being the most painful and 0 being no pain at all.

Overall, by applying Low Pain vaccination techniques, we have successfully created a positive experience for patients who are willing to return to our clinic for their next foreign travel visit or the next season.

Voyager Medical has a comprehensive accrediting process for Low Pain vaccination techniques. If you are interested in learning these techniques, please get in touch via the contact details at the end of this article.

 

Voyager Medical Junior Specialist Travel Vaccinations Training programme. 

Voyager Medical trains practitioners to reach a gold standard and achieve the highest level of knowledge and skills in Travel Health, enabling practitioners to solve problems associated with complex clinical cases. Our Specialist Travel Vaccinations Training programme comprises three components:

 

1. Travel Medicine Webinar Day 1 and Day 2

Specialist knowledge and skills in Travel Health are presented for two and a half hours via Microsoft Teams/Zoom face-to-face training.

Day 1: Basic Knowledge of Travel Medicine and Vaccine Chart.

Day 2: Risk Assessment, Consultations and Sharing of Complex Travel Health Case Studies.

 

2. Junior Specialist-Level of Vaccinations Training

Voyager Medical provides Junior Specialist-Level Vaccinations Skill training (including ‘Low Pain' methods), GP Childhood Immunisations Vaccinations Skills and Techniques training, and Intramuscular, Subcutaneous, Intranasal and Intradermal Vaccinations (BCG-Class or Specialist-Level only).

 

3. Online PGD-Accredited Training

A comprehensive Travel Vaccinations PGD online training and assessment (including Yellow Fever PGD), providing a solid foundation and training record for a Pharmacist Travel Health Practitioner.

 

An in-depth, online training programme combined with virtual and practical, face-to-face sessions, Voyager Medical Junior Specialist Travel Vaccinations Training programme provides a gold standard for UK pharmacists wishing to specialise in Travel Health.

If you are interested in our training programme, please call 0207 993 2544 / 07985 763888 or email  koh.phoon@nhs.net (Sean), alexleung@nhs.net (Alex) or visit https://www.voyagermedical.com/courses .