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.
Social media has introduced a host of problems regarding misinformation. In this module, we will discuss:
- The crisis of misinformation as it relates to vaccines and the diseases they prevent
- The steps that providers can take to combat this problem
Objectives:
Upon successful completion of this module, learners will be able to:
- Describe two ways in which social media is used to spread misinformation
- Develop an example response to a vaccine concern using the key elements of an effective message.
