Goals
To improve immunization knowledge and practices in the United States.
Objectives
After this program, participants will be able to:
- Locate resources relevant to current immunization practice.
- List procedures for appropriate vaccine storage and handling and emergency preparedness.
- Name a strategy for communicating about immunization risks and benefits.
- List critical issues involved in patient screening and vaccine administration.
- Describe recommendations for post-vaccination care and record keeping.
- (For Pharmacists) Select and implement strategies to prevent or detect disease in the target population.
Target Audience
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, DoD paraprofessionals, pharmacists, health educators & their colleagues who either administer vaccines or set policy for their offices, clinics, communicable disease, or infection control programs. Both private & public healthcare providers, including pediatricians, family practice specialists, residents, medical assistants, and medical and nursing students.
Webcast Information
To access the webcast, go to http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/imm-encounter2008/
A replay of this program will be available through this same URL shortly after the December 18 webcast. There will NOT be a satellite broadcast of this program, as in previous years.
For additional questions regarding program content, e-mail nipinfo@cdc.gov.
Faculty
Donna L. Weaver, RN, MN, Andrew T. Kroger, MD, MPH, and lyabode Akinsanya-Beysolow, MD, MPH, National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention & other guest experts.
Continuing Education Credit
Continuing Education will be provided. For more information, go to http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/ after December 18, 2008. This is course number WC1434. Continuing Education for this activity will expire on January 20, 2009.
Continuing Medical Education
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity for a maximum of 2 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
Continuing Nursing Education
This activity for 2 contact hours is provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
Continuing Education Contact Hours in Health Education
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES to receive 2 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
Continuing Education Units (CEU)
The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC has awarded 0.2 CEUs to participants who successfully complete this program.
Continuing Pharmacy Education
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 0.2 CEU's in pharmacy education. The Universal Program Number is 387-000-08-026-L04-P
Self-Study After the Webcast
This program will become available as a self-study program 4 to 6 weeks after the webcast. It will be available as a DVD and in an Internet-based format. To obtain these enduring materials, check back in January 2009 at the NCIRD website at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/.
Sponsors
This program is produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. There are no commercial supporters.
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