CDC Pink Book Series
CDC offers a series of weekly one-hour web-on-demand videos that will provide an overview of vaccination principles, general best practices, immunization strategies, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. Each video will include updated information from recent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) meetings and votes.
Immunization Resource Center
In collaboration with Medscape, NFID offers online CME activities and accompanying resources to help increase vaccination rates among adolescents and adults, decrease disparities, and discuss strategies to maximize vaccination opportunities for healthcare providers and healthcare teams.
Each activity is half an hour, and offers 0.50 CME. Cost: Free
AMA Education Hub
Trustworthiness & Vaccines.
Explain how COVID-19 and other determinants of health uniquely impact marginalized communities, public health, and health equity; distinguish both short-term and long-term implications on our health care and public health systems; reimagine the vision and actions that ensure equity and justice; and examine strategies to handle vaccine hesitancy among patients and health care professionals due to misinformation and trust. 0.75 credit CME available.
National Academies
COVID-19 learning sources from the National Academy of Medicine can be found here. Scroll down to find upcoming events!
Learning Source
Browse the JAMA Network COVID-19 collection, including a Q&A with NIAID’s Anthony Fauci, an interactive map of the outbreak courtesy of The Johns Hopkins Center for Systems Science and Engineering, and past publications on vaccine development, infection control, and public health preparedness.
General Best Practices for Immunization Course
The General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization publication is intended for clinicians and other healthcare providers who vaccinate patients in varied settings, including hospitals, provider offices, pharmacies, schools, community health centers, and public health clinics. The field of immunization is marked by constant change, including licensing of new vaccines, new vaccination recommendations, and new findings on how vaccines work and their adverse events. General Best Practice Guidelines for Immunization provides clinicians and other health care providers with ACIP’s best practices guidance on immunization.
Self Study
You are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention
This webinar is intended to support healthcare workers in making effective recommendations and answering parents’ questions. This presentation provides up-to-date information on HPV infection/disease, HPV vaccine, and ways to successfully communicate with parents about HPV vaccination.
Communicating about Vaccines – COVID-19 & More
Development of this free module was led and supported by the Vaccine Education Center and the Office of Community Engagement at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), in partnership with the Pennsylvania Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics (PA-AAP), Pennsylvania Immunization Coalition (PAIC), and Philadelphia Department of Public Health (PDPH). This free web-based interactive session offers a two-hour training divided into three parts:
- Part 1: Details the dangers of COVID-19 disease, explains the U.S. system to authorize and approve vaccines, and highlights the safety & effectiveness of COVID-19 vaccines.
- Part 2: Explores best practices in vaccine communication.
- Part 3: Reviews the module, offers additional resources and explains how to receive continuing education credit or a certificate of attendance.
To learn more about the module or access versions “For credit” or “No credit,” visit chop.edu/vaccine-online-learning.
Online Training: Implementing Standing Orders Protocols for Adult Immunization
The content for this six-part webinar series will help healthcare settings implement SOPs for adult immunizations. The Executive Summary, provided by IAC executive director, Dr Deborah Wexler, gives a concise overview of the entire series presented by Drs William Atkinson and Litjen Tan. Attending this series does not earn Continuing Education (CE) credit. The series is developed and provided by IAC, IDCareLive, and Pfizer.
Registration is free but is required in order to view any session. The link will bring up a short registration form to create a free IDCareLive account if you don’t already have one. After signing up, you will be transferred directly to the intended page.
Access the Executive Summary