Goal
Prepare clinicians to recognize, report, and clinically
manage adverse reactions to smallpox vaccination.
Objectives
- Explain the rationale for smallpox vaccination
- Define the vaccination risks
- Recognize mild and serious vaccine complications
- Describe diagnosis, management, and treatment strategies for patients with vaccine adverse events
- Explain the procedures for adverse event reporting
Target Audience
Clinical specialists, including infectious disease
specialists, dermatologists, critical care specialists,
neurologists, ophthalmologists, allergists, and immunologists.
Primary care clinicians, including emergency room clinicians,
internists, pediatricians, and family medicine physicians
State and local health department staff involved in adverse event
assessment and reporting
Faculty
Inger Damon, MD, PhD, Chief, Poxvirus Section, Division of Viral
and Rickettsial Diseases, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
J. Michael Lane, MD, MPH,
Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
Gina Mootrey, DO, MPH, Co-Chief,
Smallpox Vaccine Adverse Events Monitoring and Response Activity,
National Immunization Program, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Lisa Rotz, MD, Chief, Epidemiology Surveillance and Response
Branch, Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Registration and Continuing Education Information
Participants are encouraged but not required to register and evaluate the
broadcast/webcast on the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing
Education Online System at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/.
A certificate of attendance will be
awarded to participants who complete the evaluation. Although
continuing education credit is not available for the
broadcast/webcast, registration and evaluation will provide
valuable feedback to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Course numbers are listed below:
Satellite Broadcast - SB0126
Webcast - WC0026
Questions about registration should be directed to
800-41-TRAIN, 404-639-1292, or email ce@cdc.gov.
When emailing a request, please indicate
Clinical Management of Adverse Events Following Smallpox Vaccination
in the subject line.
Media
The program is available on videotape, archived webcast, and CD-ROM.
A print version of the training materials and a slide set will
also be available for downloading at
http://www.cdc.gov/smallpox.
Webcast Information
The program is available for viewing at the program website.
Videotapes and CD-ROMs
The Public Health Foundation (PHF) will distribute videotapes and
CD-ROMs. Contact the PHF by calling 877-252-1200, visiting
http://www.phf.org, or emailing them at info@phf.org.
When emailing a request, please indicate
Clinical Management of Adverse Events Following Smallpox Vaccination
in the subject line. Please include your name, mailing address, phone number and
specify which module(s) and media type you prefer.
Partners
Public Health Foundation and others.
(It is through the support of many dedicated public
health, clinician and medical organization partners that this training program is possible.)
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