Immunization: You Call the Shots-Module Five-Influenza
WB1858
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FACULTY/CREDENTIALS:
Dale Babcock, BS, Technical Information Planner, CDC/NIP/ISD/EIPB
Jennifer Hamborsky, MPH, MCHES, Public Health Educator, CDC, NCIRD
Donna Weaver, RN, MN, Nurse Educator & Target Audience Content Expert
CDC, NCIRD
DATE/TIME:
9/1/2011
ORIGINATION/EXPIRATION DATES:
9/1/2013
LOCATION:
URL: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/youcalltheshots.htm
HARDWARE/SOFTWARE:
Computer and Internet access
MATERIALS:
None
TARGET AUDIENCE:
Physicians, nurses, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, DoD paraprofessionals, pharmacists, health educators & their colleagues who either administer vaccines or set policy for their offices, clinics, communicable disease, or infection control programs. Both private & public healthcare providers, including pediatricians, family practice specialists, residents, medical assistants, and medical and nursing students.
PREREQUISITES:
Participants should have a basic educational background in science including general knowledge in the subject areas of biology, immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases.
FORMAT:
Web-based
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
This module is the fifth in a series titled Immunization: You Call the Shots and focuses on influenza and its related vaccines.
The series has been available since the mid-nineties in various formats. Previously available as a CDrom, it is now presented in web-based format. The series is designed to provide key immunization knowledge in a very basic step-by-step manner. It presents practice-oriented content about immunization. It does not discuss the denser more complex material regarding epidemiology, disease transmission, etc.
It addresses an important audience for immunization training: the new provider or the medical or nursing student. It is also an excellent review for a seasoned healthcare provider. It has often been used by nursing schools to introduce their students to the comprehensive core knowledge about immunization.
Since it presents a simpler version of the core knowledge about immunization it is a needed alternative to the faster-paced denser core course that NCIRD provides, titled Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases. It is a multi-session course of 12 to 15 hours. Evaluation of that course revealed that immunization providers sought a primer or more basic course for newcomers to the immunization field. The You Call The Shots series directly responds to that evaluation feedback.
OBJECTIVES:
At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following:
For influenza, describe this disease, including the causative agent.
For influenza, list the groups at highest risk.
For influenza, identify those for whom routine immunization is recommended.
For influenza, describe characteristics of the vaccine used to prevent this disease. (Characteristics may include schedule, contraindications and/or adverse reactions.)
Locate resources relevant to current immunization practice.
Obtain, assess and apply patient information to determine the need for immunization.
CONTACT INFORMATION:
For content-related questions, please contact NIPInfo@cdc.gov
For CE-related questions, contact MBarnett2@cdc.gov
To receive credit
Access CDC’s online system at http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/
Login as a participant
(Note: The first time you use the online system you will need to login as a new participant and create a participant profile.)
Register for this specific course, by entering the Course Number WB1858 into the keyword search.
Select the type of credit you wish to receive (Available credit types include CME, CNE, CHEC, CEU, CPE, or AUDIT if you prefer a certificate of attendance) and click Submit to complete your registration.
Complete the evaluation online.
Print your continuing education certificate.
At the time you complete the online evaluation, you will be required to provide a verification code. Watch for this verification code which is provided during the module. You must complete this process by September 1, 2013, when the credit expires.
For assistance with the online system, call (800) 41-TRAIN Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM Eastern Time or send an e-mail to CE@cdc.gov.
ACCREDITATION STATEMENTS:
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME®) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this Enduring Activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Non-physicians will receive a certificate of participation.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited as a provider of Continuing Nursing Education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.
This activity provides 1 contact hours.
CEU: The CDC has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean, VA 22102. The CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.1 ANSI/IACET CEU's for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designed for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) to receive up to 1 Category I CECH in health education. CDC provider number GA0082.
CPE: 
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 1 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is .
Course Category: This activity has been designated as Knowledge-Based.
DISCLOSURE: CDC, our planners, and our content experts wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters.
Presentations will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use with the exception of the discussion of influenza vaccine used in a manner recommended by Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, but not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.
There is no commercial support for this activity.
SUPPORT/FUNDING:
This course is sponsored by CDC and is provided at no cost to participants.
METHOD OF PARTICIPATION:
You may participate in this course by viewing the program information above.
To evaluate the course, receive a certificate, and be able to print-out an on-going transcript of all your TCEOnline CE activities for credits/contact hours, please go to: www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline.
To evaluate this educational activity, receive a certificate, and be able to print-out an on-going transcript of all your TCEOnline CE activities for credits/contact hours, please go to: www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline.
FEES: No fees are charged for CDC’s CE activities.