Pharmacist Professional Group International Society of Travel Medicine
Founding Members:
Travel medicine is a dynamic field requiring expertise in a variety of practice specialties, from infectious diseases to political science. Millions of people travel annually from and to nearly all points of the globe. Unfortunately, travelers often do not recognize the associated health risks and thus may not seek consultation with an appropriate health professional prior to travel. In addition, there is a relative lack of travel medicine providers to serve this growing mobile population.
Pharmacists are the third largest healthcare profession and through community pharmacies have long been offering informal advice to the traveling public. In many countries, pharmacists are highly trained to provide medication therapy management, preventative health services and expert consultation. Increasingly, pharmacists are using these skills to provide pre-travel health in the community in some cases being directly involved in manning travel clinics.
The Pharmacist Professional Group (PPG) of the ISTM is a new group created to represent pharmacists around the world who practice in travel medicine. The mission of this group is:
To promote the role of the pharmacist in the practice of travel medicine and to serve as a resource for those pharmacists are interested or who are in the practice of travel medicine.
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The main goals of the PPG are to:
- Characterize the role the pharmacist plays in travel medicine globally
- Serve as a communication link to the ISTM executive committee and society at large
- Provide opportunities for networking and information exchange among pharmacists
- Promote the pharmacist in the area of travel medicine among other pharmacy organizations
- Create literature of interest to pharmacists and other healthcare professionals
- Promote collaboration among pharmacists in the area of research and education
- Plan educational sessions for pharmacists at the CISTM meetings
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PPG Board
Inaugural board to be announced. We would be interested in hearing from any pharmacist who would like to be involved with this new group. Please contact Prof. Larry Goodyer, Chair or Jeff Goad, Chair-Elect.
ISTM Members: Click here to go to manage my membership and join this group.