Credit Hours: 1.00

Target Audience:

Physicians, Nurses, Public Health Personnel, and other professionals working in the area of immunizations.

Educational Objectives:

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

Interpret and apply new and updated vaccine information in clinical decision-making

Communicate vaccine-related information effectively with patients and their families to support informed decision-making

Identify and provide evidence-based resources to patients and families seeking additional vaccine information

Analyze key drivers of trust in healthcare and their impact on patient acceptance of vaccination

There is no educational content to this course. This course is designed to supplement training that has already occurred. This course is designed to collect CME evaluations and administer the brief post-test.

Authors:

Faculty Presenter: Paul A. Offit, MD — Director, Vaccine Education Center at CHOP, Division of Infectious Diseases and Professor of Pediatrics and Maurice Hilleman Professor of Vaccinology; U of Penn School of Medicine
No members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Planning Committee: Annette Myarick — Executive Director · PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Planning Committee: Charlotte Moser — Co-Director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Planning Committee: Kira Kuhn — Nurse Practitioner, Division of Infectious Diseases, CHOP
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

Planning Committee: Lori Handy — Associate Director of the Vaccine Education Center at CHOP
No relationships with industry relevant to the content of this educational activity have been disclosed.

No other members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships with any companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Each physician should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.

The University of Pittsburgh is an affirmative action, equal opportunity institution.