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.
In this module, you will get a brief introduction to vaccine safety in the U.S. This module should increase your confidence in vaccine recommendations to accurately answer questions from patients and families.
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Describe how vaccines are developed, licensed, and recommended for use in the immunization schedule.
- Describe the U.S. vaccine safety monitoring system.
- Differentiate contraindications and precautions for specific vaccines.
- Identify parents’ and patients’ most common concerns about vaccines and relevant facts related to these concerns.
