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Global Health PRN Focus Session — ​Prescription for Travel: Pharmacists Role in Travel Medicine and Global Health​

Saturday, October 18, 2025 from 1:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m. CDT at Great Lakes C, 4th Floor

Available for 1.50 hours of CPE credit
Activity Number: 0217-0000-25-139-L06-P
Activity Type: A Knowledge-Based Activity

This session aims to equip pharmacists with essential updates on travel vaccines, strategies for travel medicine practice integration, and comprehensive tools to support collaborative healthcare initiatives. Special attention will be given to the vaccination needs of vulnerable populations such as immigrants and migrants, enhancing the scope of pharmacists' involvement in global and local health services.

Learning Objectives

1. Review an in-depth update on pre-departure vaccine needs and clinical pearls (focus on yellow fever, typhoid, hepatitis A and B).

2. Discuss strategies for expanding vaccination services to meet the needs of diverse patient populations.

3. Describe successful models that incorporate pharmacists into travel health services and global healthcare initiatives.

4. Discuss collaborative practice agreements, pre-travel consultations, and post-travel follow-ups that pharmacists can manage.

5. Identify strategies for pharmacists to engage in collaborative practices in international healthcare missions.

6. Recognize how pharmacists can contribute to vaccine accessibility and education for immigrant/migrant populations and global health initiatives.

Rhea S. Soltau, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Moderator:Rhea S. Soltau, Pharm.D., BCCCP
Critical Care Clinical Pharmacist
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
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Integrating Pharmacists into Travel Medicine Models

1:45 p.m. to 2:15 p.m.
Jeffery A. Goad, Pharm.D., MPH
Speaker:Jeffery A. Goad, Pharm.D., MPH
Chapman University School of Pharmacy
Harry and Diane Rinker Health Science Campus
Irvine, California
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Updates and Insights on Vaccines

2:15 p.m. to 2:45 p.m.
Susie J. Crowe, Pharm.D., MPH
Speaker:Susie J. Crowe, Pharm.D., MPH
Co-founder and Chief Pharmacist
Alchemy
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Collaborative Practice Abroad

2:45 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.
Emily K. Flores, Pharm.D., BCPS
Speaker:Emily K. Flores, Pharm.D., BCPS
Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
Bill Gatton College of Pharmacy
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
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