Our Hepatitis A Short Course provides clinicians with the essential travel health and immunisation knowledge needed to safely and confidently deliver hepatitis A vaccines and advise travellers visiting high-risk regions. This focused programme covers hepatitis A disease, global risk, vaccine recommendations, administration considerations, and best-practice prevention strategies.
Overview and learning objectives
Causative organism (HAV)
Transmission through contaminated food/water
Global distribution and high-risk regions
Symptoms and recovery patterns
Traveller type, accommodation, eating habits, duration of stay
VFR travellers and long-stay workers
UK recommendations for vaccination
Eligibility for adults, children, and risk groups
Dosing schedules including monovalent and combined HepA/HepB or HepA/Typhoid vaccines
Contraindications and precautions
Administration and storage
Expected adverse reactions
Food and water hygiene
Personal hygiene education
NaTHNaC, UKHSA, Green Book
Multiple-choice assessment
Yes, you will receive a certificate upon successful completion of the course.
Assessment is completed through integrated quizzes and a final online assessment.
This course aligns with UK travel health and immunisation guidance. However, clinicians must complete supervised practice in their workplace and should only deliver Hepatitis A vaccinations independently when both they and their employer are confident in their competence.
Welcome to this Hepatitis A vaccine course which is part of the ‘Health Academy Short Course’ series that provides clinicians with specific information relating to the full range of vaccines available in the UK.
This course is suitable for any experienced vaccinators who’s role will involve administering Hepatitis A containing vaccines. This could include immunisation nurses, practice nurses, travel health nurses, pharmacists or any healthcare professional administering vaccines.
We have designed the vaccine short courses to cover all the key information for understanding the fundamentals of the disease, and the available Hepatitis A vaccines. You should complete the course in approximately 60 minutes.
Course content:
Please note: This is a stand alone ‘Hepatitis A Course’.
Therefore this is not a Foundations of Immunisation Course for those new to immunising or an Annual Immunisation Update Course.
Basic Life support and Anaphylaxis are also available in separate courses.
We also recommend completing a comprehensive Fundamentals of Travel Health course if you are going to be delivering a travel health service. This is in line with Good Practice Guidance for Providing a Travel Health Service (RGPSG, 2020).
Further travel health related short courses are also available here.
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Jastinder Singh –
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dr_saumya_das (verified owner) –
Very informative