Health & Safety Overview
All international travelers at 自慰视频 should make the following three health- and safety-related preparations before leaving 自慰视频:
- Ensure you have coverage from 自慰视频鈥檚聽international health insurance;
- Arrange for a聽travel health consultation聽with a medical provider;
- Register your travel with 自慰视频鈥檚聽travel assistance聽partner. Faculty, staff, and students making flight arrangements through the university鈥檚 travel agency are automatically enrolled.
It is also highly recommended that you register with the embassy of your host country.聽US聽citizens will register with the Department of State鈥檚聽.
Students, including graduate and professional students, who are traveling abroad independently are聽听迟辞听, a process which includes purchasing 自慰视频-approved international health insurance and registering travel with the university鈥檚 travel assistance partner. (Students studying abroad through 自慰视频 Study Abroad are automatically registered.)
International Health Insurance
The Global Safety and Health Team, in partnership with 自慰视频 Study Abroad and the Office of Risk and Insurance Management, has selected a robust, comprehensive, and low-cost international health insurance plan for 自慰视频 community members. This plan is available to any 自慰视频 traveler, including faculty and staff, who go outside of the United States for education-related purposes on 自慰视频 University business, and is required for all students听(蝉别别听policy).
自慰视频鈥檚 international health insurance plan is聽more comprehensive than most plans聽and includes coverage for mandatory evacuation, preexisting conditions, and mental health and substance abuse treatment. Unlike many international insurance plans, it also covers injuries that involve substance use. Very few聽US health insurance plans offer coverage overseas at this level. For coverage details, refer to the , while the 聽provides an overview of services and how to access them.
This international health plan does not, however, cover any services within the United States, so聽travelers must maintain their stateside insurance. Faculty and staff may purchase coverage for their dependents accompanying them on 自慰视频 University travel.
Students who study abroad on 自慰视频 Study Abroad programs, including Maymester Abroad courses, will be enrolled in 自慰视频鈥檚 insurance for the duration of their abroad programs (i.e., between the posted start and end dates of the program). All other travelers will need to enroll themselves.
Instructions for Self-Enrollment
In order to ensure that all students are adequately covered overseas, and to further ensure that 自慰视频 can effectively aid students in the event of critical need, all students are聽required to carry 自慰视频鈥檚 international health insurance. (Students who study abroad through 自慰视频 Study Abroad will be automatically enrolled and do not need to take any action.) Faculty and staff are welcome to enroll, and GeoBlue is a reimbursable expense.
How to Purchase
You will purchase your insurance as part of 自慰视频鈥檚 group plan. Go to the聽, then enter the Group Access Code聽KXP-37915聽in the box provided and submit.
You will be guided through the process of signing up for coverage. The minimum enrollment time is two weeks.
Once eligible participants receive their Medical Insurance ID card from GeoBlue, they should visit聽聽and, using the certificate number on the front of the card, sign in to the site for comprehensive information and services relating to this plan. Participants can track claims, search for a doctor, view plan information, download claim forms and read health and security information.
Detailed information on eligibility requirements, period of coverage, and details of coverage can be found in the .
GeoBlue Pre-Departure Program
Before travel, consider participating in which provides important pre-trip health guidance and answers to questions based on each traveler's specific health needs. Their pre-departure program offers:聽
Consultations with clinicians before you depart to help you understand what to expect in your new host country
Assistance with planning healthcare needs in your new host country
Guidance to quality healthcare professionals to avoid any disruption of care
What to Do If You Need Help
The 聽has information on how to find a provider, submit claims, request payment and more. If you need help, you can contact 自慰视频 Incident Response for Travel: In an emergency, dial聽+1 615-322-2745聽and tell the Public Safety dispatcher that you are calling for VIRT. In a non-emergency situation, email聽virt@vanderbilt.edu.
Travel Health Consultation
All 自慰视频 travelers should seek out a travel health consultation. Students as well as faculty and staff have low-cost options available on campus; see below. Students and faculty are also free to use their own clinicians.
Travel consultation appointments should be made at least聽4-6 weeks in advance聽of the departure date, in order to allow any vaccinations time to take effect. Some vaccines may require a series of shots, so it is important to allow enough time for series completion.
We also recommend reading the Centers for Disease Control鈥檚 information and guidelines for the country you plan to study or visit. Search for a destination at the CDC聽.
Students
罢丑别听聽provides students with to ensure that students understand health risks of their travel destination, as well as providing a physical and helping students to construct a care plan for managing health away from home. This appointment is a particularly good opportunity to discuss medication plans, including questions such as whether needed medications are available overseas, whether they can be carried with you, what their equivalents in other countries might be, and so on.
Students should plan to book their appointment at Student Health as soon as possible. Due to the high rate of study abroad at 自慰视频, there is a rush on appointments toward the middle and latter part of each semester.
Staff and Faculty
聽provides pre-travel consultations for faculty and staff. These visits help travelers prepare a customized health care plan, providing destination-specific vaccinations and prescription medications, a medical travel kit, and health and safety advice. 自慰视频 Occupational Health Clinic services are offered without cost to 自慰视频 faculty and staff traveling on 自慰视频 business. For those not traveling on 自慰视频 business, equivalent services are available through the聽.