Physician Education - Immunizations

 

IAFP Online Education

 

Adult Immunization Update - New recommendations and Overcoming barriers & hesitancy
Free online on the IAFP YouTube Education Library  (link to cme credit claim, accreditation and disclosure information is in description under video)

Presented by: Corinne Kohler, MD, FAAFP, Promise Healthcare, Champaign and  Safiya McNeese-Ruffin, MD, FAAFP, Associate Program Director SIU Alton Family Medicine Residency Program, Director of SIU Alton Family Medicine Obstetrics & Women's Health

 Learning Objectives:
 - Analyze CDC guidelines and information on specific vaccines to best serve adult populations
- Utilize the I-CARE vaccination registry and other resources to increase vaccination coverage
- Recognize barriers to vaccination and construct tactics to overcome them in your practice
- Implement communication strategies to address vaccine hesitancy, misconceptions, and concerns with patients

 

Funding for this activity was made possible by funds received from the Office of Disease Control, through the Illinois Department of Public Health.

 

2023 Adult Immunization Recommendations CME
View online on YouTube (link to cme credit claim in description under video)
 
Learning Objectives:
 -Understand CDC adult immunization recommendations, including special populations.
-Identify strategies to increase vaccine rates in your community and practice, including standardizing office procedures.
-Learn the different vaccine types
-Evaluate the safety and efficacy of adult vaccines

 Supported by the Illinois Department of Public Health through the Adult Vaccination Coverage Level Grant

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Vaccine Administration Resource Library Last Updated: Aug 2024
View vaccine administration resources for health care professionals such as job aids, web-based training, and videos

Note: The materials listed on this page might be more current than vaccine administration information in previously published CDC documents, including the 13th edition of Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (the Pink Book). Always follow the most up-to-date guidelines in the Vaccine Storage and Handling Toolkit or more recently dated materials.

Web-based Training Courses

  • Vaccine Administration e-Learn A self-paced vaccine administration course that provides comprehensive training using videos, job aids, and other resources.
  • You Call the Shots Note: You Call the Shots is updated regularly to include the latest guidelines and recommendations in vaccine practice. The latest modules are below.

You Call the Shots is an interactive, web-based immunization training course. It consists of a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use. Each module provides learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and resource materials, and an extensive glossary.

Beginning January 1, 2024, many activities that offer CE from CDC will be listed in CDC TRAIN. Older modules will continue to use the TCEO system throughout 2024 to provide CE. Specific instructions are provided at the end of each module to guide you to the appropriate system.

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