Travel Clinic

Student Health Services (SHS) offers personalized nurse travel consultations for students traveling abroad and for personal travel. Call SHS at (951) 827-3031 to schedule your travel visit appointment. Please schedule your appointment at least two months before your departure date.

Travel visit appointment includes:

Review of required and recommended immunizations based on your personal history of immunizations, itinerary, and trip activities.
Review of prescription medications as needed for prophylaxis such as traveler's diarrhea, malaria, altitude illness prevention.
Advice regarding safe food and water practices, prevention of illnesses, health and safety precautions.
Detailed, computerized traveler’s report that is personalized and country specific based on your itinerary.
*Please be advised multiple appointments may be necessary to obtain travel clearance for Education Abroad Programs.

All University of California Education Abroad students must follow UCR Education Abroad requirements for travel clearance. Please begin this process at least three month before travel. If you are being followed by a medical specialist and/or mental health provider, make an appointment with them to obtain travel clearance before making an appointment for a travel visit with Student Health Services. Many immunizations must be given weeks prior to travel, we recommend scheduling your travel clinic visit at least two months before your departure date.

Please make sure to have completed these required steps prior to scheduling appointments for travel:

Complete the appropriate travel course.
• UCEAP students must complete UCEAP Health and Safety Course and save the certificate to be uploaded to your patient portal. (It will take approximately 60 minutes to complete.)
• FLEAP, OAP, and ALL other students including personal travel must complete the UC Abroad Risk and Safety Training and save a screenshot of the test completion and score to be uploaded to your patient portal. (It will take approximately 20 minutes to complete.)
Complete your confidential health form if traveling in any UCEAP, FLEAP or OAP programs and upload a copy of your completed form.

UCEAP students need to complete the UCEAP Confidential Health History form they received from the UCR Education Abroad office.
FLEAP and OAP students need to complete the Confidential Health History form they received from the UCR Education Abroad office.

3. All Travelers complete all of the following in the patient portal

Log into patient portal, scroll to find Download/Upload Forms Tab.
Scroll to find “Travel Documents Required”. Download the Travel Questionnaire and upload completed questionnaire as instructed in patent portal

4. Please upload in "Travel Documents Required"

Completed travel questionnaire
The travel course certificate or test completion screenshot with score
A copy of the completed Confidential Health History form if a UCEAP, FLEAP, or OAP traveler
A copy of immunization records

5. EAP Travelers

In the patient portal scroll to find "Student Travel Visit Documents (EAP)" to complete Confidential Health History form

After uploading your completed travel course certificate, required health history form and immunization records in the patient portal, please call (951) 827-3031 to schedule an appointment with the travel clinic nurse. Thank you.

Vaccines and Medications

All vaccines, including travel vaccines, are offered at our travel clinic. It is important to get vaccinated at least two months before you plan to travel in order to give the vaccines time to start protecting you and to allow adequate time for you to complete vaccines that require more than one dose. Medications are also discussed to ensure safe and healthy travel. Some travel destinations may require prescriptions.

Vaccinations prices will vary based on the cost of purchasing the vaccine.

A Note to Students from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS)
Students often present at CAPS requesting clearance to study abroad. Generally speaking, students are encouraged to seek services as soon as mental health concerns arise. Students who need a clearance form signed to study abroad are encouraged to present their request to their CAPS clinician at the earliest possible moment. Please note that CAPS clinicians can only sign off on clearance forms for students with whom they have established a professional relationship and who they know well enough, in a clinical sense. Please also note for this reason clearance forms for studying abroad cannot be signed off on during a same-day/walk-in visit.