

Presented by
John A. Molinari
Ph.D.
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Course Description
Health and Safety, Vaccines
This live webinar will consider vaccination as one of the most effective public health approaches for protection of both the general population and health care professionals. The most recent recommendations for vaccine-preventable infectious diseases, including influenza and other respiratory infections, pneumococcal pneumonia, shingles, human papilloma viruses (HPV), and pertussis (i.e., whooping cough). Important information also will be included describing unfortunate widespread efforts to misrepresent vaccine success and promote myths which damage control against vaccine-preventable diseases. Measles will be used as an important disease example of this emerging public health threat.
A major portion of this presentation will discuss appropriate scientific and clinical evidence for development of available vaccines and emerging technologies, in order to provide participants useful information when considering: 1. their own protection;
2. protection of their patients (general public); and
3. vaccine requirements for individuals diagnosed with immune compromising conditions and diseases.
“The educational teaching methodology used in this course is live, interactive lecture presented via Zoom webinar with an accompanying PowerPoint presentation. Both the live webinar and the PowerPoint presentation incorporate a variety of audio and visual cues to enhance audience members’ understanding and retention of key concepts. In addition, question and answer periods are provided for at the conclusion of each section of the live webinar.”
Course Objectives
At the completion of this course the participants should be able to:
- Comprehend the overall impact vaccinations have had in protecting the population against many infectious diseases.
- Understand updated public health information concerning vaccine-preventable diseases.
- Discuss the latest CDC vaccine recommendations for health care professionals.
- Describe the dangers of public misperceptions, myths, and resistance against proven vaccines.