Speaker

Albie de Frey
Chief Medical Officer
Travel Doctor Johannesburg
Johannesburg, South Africa

Moderator

Tullia Marcolongo 
Executive Director
International Association for Medical Assistance to Travellers (IAMAT)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Summary 

The prevention and management of vaccine and non-vaccine preventable infectious diseases attract the lion’s share of the attention of many travel health providers, often to the detriment of their travelling clientele. Many other important aspects of travel health are at least as important, including medical evacuations (“medevacs”) – and how to  pay for them... 

Albie de Frey started his career in travel medicine as the medical director of an air ambulance company based in Africa, converting a few years later to  travel medicine when he realized that many of his air ambulance patients should not have fallen ill or have gotten  injured in the first place – and that travel insurance and medical evacuation has a series of short comings and pitfalls for the unwary. His presentation will provide a concise overview of important factors to  consider when choosing travel insurance and a sober overview of the pitfalls of medical evacuations in practice.

Course objectives

By the end of this webinar, the attendee should:

1. Grasp that travel insurance is a non-negotiable part of safe travel.
2. Understand that not all travel insurance is equal.
3. Have an understanding of the practical implications of medevac from (remote) locations. 

Who should attend

• Travel Health Practitioners – Doctors and Nurses 
• Family medicine practitioners
• Infectious disease specialists
• Public health professionals
• Any others who care for international travellers
• Human Resources Managers of multi-national companies
• Health and Safety Managers of multi-national companies

Travel Insurance and MedEvac: You see only what you look for...

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