The
Travel Doctor Associate
The Associate option for general practice allows
interested medical practices to enhance and promote
the delivery of travel medicine within their own
practice, in association with The Travel Doctor Group.
The Travel Doctor (TMVC) has been providing high quality
travel medicine services in Australia and New
Zealand and South East Asia since the mid 1980’s. In
the last few years it has developed a number of strategic
relationships overseas which allow for better communications
and services to the corporate sector. Busy general
practitioners, seeing a significant proportion of travelling
patients require access to up-to-date travel health information
and best value travel health products. I feel the Travel
Doctor Associate option meets these needs.
General practices that choose to become a Travel Doctor
Associate receive:
Either
Their own general practice version of Walkabout
2000© ver 3.1, a fully computerised Travel
Medicine Clinic Management system - the only data base
designed and developed in Australasia, for travellers
and their doctors.
This program provides important information for the
medical practitioner and traveller including relevant
destination information, current vaccination and
malaria prophylaxis recommendations and Foreign Affairs
"Travel Advisories".
Updated on a regular basis, Walkabout 2000©
ver 3.1allows the medical practitioner to provide
country-specific health risk printouts on the spot as
well as instantly generate all their travel health
requirements.
Walkabout 2000© ver 3.1 has a number of
innovative features to help the physician promote his/her
expertise in the field of travel medicine while at the
same time providing a permanent travel record on all
their travelling patients.
The database also allows you to track your travelling
patients and be part of a TMVC group research
project. This enhances excellence of service and
provides an opportunity for primary care practitioners
to be involved in many aspects of public health
research. A post travel component will be available
in version 4 of the programme.
Or
Their own general practice version of Walkabout MD©.
This cut down version of Walkabout 2000 has been developed
by the Travel Doctor Group in consultation with a large
number of primary care medical practitioner. It does not
retain patient records but provides important information
for both traveller and doctor including relevant destination
information as well as details on all recommended vaccines
and antimalarials. Updated on a regular basis via the TMVC
Group Website (www.tmvc-group.com), Walkabout MD
© allows the medical practitioner to provide
health risk printouts on the spot as well as instantly
generate all their travel health requirements.
Plus
- A copy of the TMVC Vaccination Manual for Travel Medicine
Practitioners. This is also available in a web browser format
on CD. A number of other travel medicine applications are
also available on the CD.
- Access to the full range of TMVC healthy travel products.
Our range of healthy travel products includes
tropical strength repellents, nets, permethrin and
a wide range of TMVC travellers medical kits suited
to all types of travel.
- Your own Front Page on internet – linked to the TMVC
Website at www.tmvc-group.com and a mention on the public
information site at www.tmvc.com.au.
- An invitation to participate at Travel Doctor Group’s
annual clinical conference. This week-end conference
covers the more controversial issues of travel medicine with the
intention of determining group prescribing policy.
- Email access during business hours to an experienced Travel
Doctor Group travel medical specialist for clarification of
difficulties and assistance with complex travel
itineraries, vaccine concerns and pre-existing medical
problems.
- Promotion and advertising of your service
as a Travel Doctor Associate, including
the right to use the Travel Doctor logo in
approved practice promotional material and
advertising.
- Initial 'starter-pack', including 50 International
Certificate of Vaccination books, Walkabout 2000©
ver 3.1and a training manual or Walkabout MD ©
(depending upon the option selected), Product Order forms,
30 International Health Guides and 10 Travelling Well
Books.
- One hundred (3 months supply) of the TMVC Travel
Medicine Record (TMR).
The benefits to your practice as a Travel Doctor Group Associate are:
- Easy access to up to date travel medicine advice.
Advice, which is provided by an international travel
medicine group with a proven track record over many years
- Support from the leading practitioners in the field
- Time savings to you and your patient
- Promotion of your practice as part of the Travel Doctor (TMVC) network
- Participation in relevant research programmes
- Happy and healthy travellers
- Corporate recognition of your services
Requirements for Selection as a Travel Doctor Group Associate:
- Recognition as a quality general practice with
an active interest in travel and tropical medicine/ public
health medicine and a desire to enhance the level of
service provided.
- A willingness to work in partnership with
Australasia’s only international travel medicine
group, TMVC to promote your services to your travelling
patients.
- Acceptance of the terms of the license to use
the service- provider version of Walkabout 2000©
ver 3.1 including an annual license fee.
- A minimum number of travel services provided each
3 month period- suggested minimum is 40 per month, ie 120
travellers every 3 months. This is necessary to maintain
a level of expertise in the field of travel medicine. An
annual figure 400 – 600 travel patients equates to a
small provider of travel medicine services
internationally.
For those medical practices that become Associates,
the link between the practice and the Travel
Doctor Group will strengthen the resources available
and add significant service benefits to the travelling
clientele of that practice in the local area.
As a Travel Doctor Associate your practice will
have the dual benefits of informative and current travel
medicine information from Walkabout 2000 ©
ver 3.1 and the know how to develop a "one-stop shop"
service for all the required vaccines, anti-malarials
and healthy travel products recommended for the traveller.
It is anticipated that the Travel Doctor Associate
will become the leading service provider for travel
medicine services in the area.
The Travel Doctor secretariat would be most interested in your views
and comments and welcome any feedback regarding this new entity.
Should you require further information or if you would like to become
a Travel Doctor Associate please complete the following
and submit it. You can also fax, post or phone.
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