We have been delivering high quality travel health training for a number of years to health professionals across the UK and beyond. As an organisation, we are always looking for ways to improve our content but also how we deliver our courses. With clinical professionals having busy schedules, we understand that taking out two days […]
Phlebotomy is a skill that you are likely to find useful throughout your clinical career, it may even be the main focus of your role. We often hear the terms ‘venepuncture’ and ‘phlebotomy’ used interchangeably. There are subtle differences: Venepuncture – Accessing a vein through puncturing it with a needle for any medical purpose. Phlebotomy […]
Those of you who have done a Travel Health course delivered by me will probably have heard me recount the story about my 2006 South Africa trip when I’m discussing how to approach the question of ‘what vaccines do I need?’. I tell the story because it is a very fitting example for: Many people […]
[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||” theme_builder_area=”post_content”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}” theme_builder_area=”post_content”] World Immunisation Week aims to highlight the collective action needed and to promote the use of vaccines to protect people of all ages against disease. One of the major challenges faced by […]
The World Health Organisation (WHO) have consistently emphasised the need to strengthen the healthcare workforce globally through lifelong learning opportunities. Today I want to explain what that means, why it’s important, and what you can do about it for your healthcare workforce. What is lifelong learning anyway? Lifelong learning is the concept of pursuing further […]
Surely we can’t be talking about flu already. I know, it is only April and for some of you reading this, you will still be seeing patients poorly from this years flu season. The UK has had one of the latest flu seasons in decades with cases peaking in February & March. In a normal […]
Today at Health Academy we are delighted to announce that we are partnering with Mission Rabies. This charitable partnership will mean that every time a rabies course is purchased on our site, Health Academy will donate £3 to Mission Rabies. With donations like this we can help support the invaluable work across the world. Every […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] With the recovery of international travel, one of the most common enquiries that we are getting at the moment is asking us if a pharmacy dispenser can administer travel vaccines. At first glance this may seem like quite a simple question, but actually when you explore it further […]
After a decade of being a travel health nurse and doing a bit of teaching ‘on the side’ alongside it, I made a big decision last year. I decided to switch the balance and concentrate more fully on teaching and make my clinical role the ‘side-project’. These days I tend to spend my days drawing […]
[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] This post is all about Cardiovascular Disease and Hypertension and has been selected from a lesson from our brand new Hypertension course. In this lesson we’ll be looking at cardiovascular disease, its effects on the population and the health service, and its relationship to hypertension. Cardiovascular Disease Cardiovascular […]
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