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.
This module is designed to introduce you to travel vaccines and the vaccine-preventable diseases that are relevant to consider for people leaving the U.S. It will focus on travel vaccine recommendations against endemic diseases such as yellow fever, typhoid, rabies, and Japanese encephalitis, as well as other key considerations when discussing international travel with your patients.
Vaccines routinely given in the U.S. (e.g., influenza) will be briefly mentioned as they pertain to travel. For more information, please see the CoVER modules that discuss these specific vaccines.
Note: This module does not mention COVID-19 vaccines. Please see this CDC website for information on travel and COVID-19.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Describe a major clinical sign/symptom of infection for at least four vaccine-preventable diseases associated with international travel.
- List other diseases for which there are prophylactic medications or environmental precautions that should be discussed before travel to certain countries.
- Utilize the CDC Yellow Book to select appropriate vaccines for travel internationally.
- Recommend appropriate routine immunizations before travel.
