SHaW Travel Medicine
SHaW Travel Medicine provides a personalized, comprehensive and affordable consultation serving the needs of UConn students traveling internationally.
Your journey begins with gathering information about your trip to help us create a plan that meets your specific needs based on both your health and travel itinerary.
Our use of travel specific technology assures that you are receiving the most current travel information and advisories from the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization, the International Society for Travel Medicine and other agencies.
SHaW Travel Medicine
- Personalized consultations with members of the SHaW travel medicine team.
- An assessment of required and recommended medications and vaccines.
- Travel focused expert advice and health information.
- Up-to-date country-specific handouts on travel-related medical issues and advisories.
- International Certificates of Vaccination/The World Health Organization Card required for regions with yellow fever.
- Knowledgeable business office staff to explain and help navigate your insurance coverage and out-of-pocket expenses.
Start Early! Vaccines need time to become effective.
We recommend you complete the Travel Information Form at least six to eight weeks prior to your departure.
Step 1 → Call (860) 486-4700 to have a Travel Information Form published to your SHaW health portal.
Step 2 → Complete and submit the Travel Information form.
Step 3 → Once you submit the completed form, our travel medicine nurses will contact you to start the process prior to your departure.
Appointments:
- Travel consultations are required prior to receiving any travel vaccines or medications.
- Plan on appointments lasting 60 to 90 minutes, 45 minutes for the medical travel consultation and 15-30 minutes for vaccine administration.
- Review Travelers’ Health | CDC for your destination(s).
- Review immunization records on your portal myhealth.uconn.edu and upload any missing vaccines.
- If you have a printed travel itinerary for your trip, please bring that to your visit.
- There is much you can do to improve the quality of your travel experience and prevent unwanted illness and injury. We encourage you to carefully read and consider our Travel Preparation.pdf .pdfinformation prior to your consultation.
