Be Vaccine-question Ready

Continuing Education on Immunization

Immunization Certificate Course

The Immunization REACH Certificate Course (CE: 6.0, certificate and digital badge) is designed to develop the skills of healthcare professionals who want to learn more about managing, administering, and documenting vaccinations. The course will add value for healthcare professionals who wish to grow their knowledge of immunizations and increase their fluency in the topic with patients and providers.

Learning Objectives:

• Describe the importance of vaccinations in controlling infectious diseases and how the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program works
• Define the importance and specifics of proper vaccine storage and handling
• Address vaccine myths and discuss vaccine hesitancy and confidence
• Explain proper vaccine preparation, administration, disposal and use of the Vaccine Information Statement (VIS)
• Define immunization-related adverse events and describe the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS)
• Describe proper vaccination documentation and the use of an immunization information system (IIS)

AMT offers a variety of additional education and training on immunization from webinars and articles to online courses:

Recorded Webinars

• Improving Immunization Rates During COVID-19 (CE: 1.0)
• Preventing HPV Cancer (CE: 1.0)
• Measles Disease & Vaccination (CE: 2.0)
• Vaccine Conversations (CE: 1.0)

STEP CE Articles

• Recognizing Cytokine Storm Syndrome in COVID-19 Patients: STEP 477 (CE: 1.0)
• Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and Human Immunodeficiency Virus: STEP 298 (CE: 1.0)
• Human Papillomavirus Vaccine & Cancer Prevention: What You Can Do to Protect Your Patients: STEP 463 (CE: 1.0)
• HPV Infection to HPV Vaccine: A Preventive Medicine Breakthrough or Political Polemic: STEP 327 (CE: 1.0)

Online Courses

• Adult and Pediatric Immunization Case Studies (CE: 1.0)

Additional Immunization Resources

• CDC COVID-19 webpage
• Immunization Action Coalition