The Comprehensive Vaccine Education Program - From Training to Practice is a combined educational offering to help combat vaccine misinformation and address vaccine hesitancy in two ways.
- Enhancing vaccine knowledge and confidence in having discussions with patients and parents through a web-based education curriculum (CoVER)
- Enhancing access for medical providers to reliable, up-to-date and accurate vaccine information through The Vaccine Handbook: A Practical Guide for Clinicians, also known as The Purple Book. Everyone from physicians and advanced practice providers on the front lines to trainees, nurses, and pharmacists, as well as the patients and parents of patients who receive them, will find value in this resource. To access The Purple Book: https://books.pcimed.com/view/vaccine-handbook.
Hepatitis B vaccine has long been a part of routine vaccination for children and adults of all ages with high-risk conditions. Importantly, in the United States, the new goal is to decrease rates of hepatitis B through the addition of universal vaccination of adults through age 59 years.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Outline key clinical background facts that explain the rationale for the recent ACIP hepatitis B vaccination recommendations.
- Integrate the most recent ACIP recommendations into your practice.
- Choose 2-3 reliable resources to which you can turn for answers to hepatitis B questions in the future.
Most of this module is based on The Vaccine Handbook by Gary S. Marshall, MD.
