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American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP)-Using an Immunization
Registry to Improve Vaccination Rates
Read the online version of this bulletin from the AAFP and take the
corresponding quiz on the AAFP website (CME quiz is available for AAFP
members only). After reading this CME Bulletin, you should be able to
identify and apply one intervention designed to enhance immunization
coverage in your practice and identify benefits and barriers to utilizing
an immunization registry to reduce disparities in vaccination rates. |
American
Pharmacists Association
Regular continuing education on immunizations is available from
APhA. Check out current offerings on its website and click on "Education" or
call (202) 628-4410. |
Hepatitis
B Foundation Expert Speakers Forum
The Hepatitis B Foundation
(HBF) has added an Expert Speakers Forum to their website. This
ongoing feature offers a series of presentations from hepatitis
B research and clinical experts. The Forum includes both audio/video
and printer-friendly text versions of each presentation. These
presentations are for informational purposes: no credit is available. |
Hepatitis
Web Study (The Seattle STD/HIV Prevention Training Center and the
University of Washington)
Hepatitis Web Study is a website designed
for healthcare workers who provide clinical care to persons with viral
hepatitis. This project was funded by CDC's Division of Viral Hepatitis.
The website features: fourteen interactive, clinically-relevant case studies,
each with a discussion, high quality illustrations and graphics, and links,
which highlight and illustrate key recommendations from national guidelines;
free continuing education credits, including an easy way to print CME/CNE
documentation and an electronic CE tracker; numerous high quality figures
that the user can easily download into PowerPoint slides. |
How
Can You Promote Vaccine Safety (Nursing2007)
Published in
the April issue of the journal Nursing2007, it provides nursing
professionals with the latest information and resources for preventing
adverse events related to immunizations and for managing them if
they occur. Nurses can earn 2.0 hours of continuing education credit
by taking a free online test. The test can also be completed and
mailed to the publisher for a discounted registration fee of $9.95. |
Immunization
Training Materials for Office Clinic Staff (Michigan Department
of Health)
These case-study-based educational modules are available
for three different types of medical practices: pediatric medicine, family
medicine, and adult medicine. Information covers immunization schedules,
recommended vaccines, permanent and temporary contraindications, etc.,
and includes handouts for participants. The cost is $30 per module. For
more information about content, call Michigan Department of Community
Health, at (517) 335-9423. To request an order form, call the Health
Promotion Program at Michigan State
University at (517) 353-2596. |
Medscape
Medscape
offers free, continuously updated continuing education activities for
physicians and other health professionals. These activities have been planned
and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and Policies of
the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), and
have been developed by ACCME-accredited organizations. |
Pennsylvania
Immunization Education Program
The "Let's Talk" teleconferences
by the Pennsylvania Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics
in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh includes online
CME-accredited courses on immunization topics. |
Public
Health Training Network (PHTN)
The Public Health Training
Network (PHTN) is a distance learning network of people and resources
that takes training and information to the learner. PHTN uses a
variety of instructional media ranging from print-based to videotape
and multimedia to meet the training and information needs of the
health workforce nationwide. |
Teaching
Immunization Delivery and Evaluation (TIDE)
This web-based
curriculum developed by the Academic Pediatric Association (www.ambpeds.org)
uses clinical scenarios and problem-solving methods to improve
providers' knowledge, attitudes and skills. The curriculum has
three modules related to immunization delivery: immunizing pediatric
patients, analyzing clinical practice, and improving office routines
and immunization rates. |
Teaching
Immunization for Medical Education (APTR)
These innovative
teaching materials on immunizations for medical students, residents,
and practicing physicians are available in various disease modules.
The TIME Resource continuing medical education (CME) materials
are case-based modules that use two teaching formats: Multistation
Clinical Teaching Scenarios (MCTS); and Problem-Based Learning
(PBL). For more information, call (540) 380-5883. |
Vaccine Quarterly
First published March 2007, this quarterly periodical (Lippincott Williams
& Wilkins) is intended to provide an authoritative, academic,
evidence-based review of timely vaccine-related issues of interest to
practitioners. Each issue contains three section: literature reviews,
editor's section, and invited guest article. Offers free continuing
education credit; financial support comes from unrestricted CME grants
from vaccine manufacturers. |
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