Healthcare providers (HCPs) encounter significant challenges in vaccine acceptance. A critical need exists among primary care providers (PCPs) to remain abreast of the continuously evolving vaccination landscape. As such, PCPs need to be able to evaluate the burden of vaccine-preventable diseases, provide well-founded recommendations for vaccine measures, and apply appropriate strategies to address vaccine hesitations.
Explore the 3-part on-demand Community Collective Chapter Series, titled Moving the Needle in Vaccinations of Older Adults: A Provider Townhall to Enhance Vaccine Uptake. This collaborative effort, in conjunction with local AAFP Chapter meetings, provides expert guidance and clinical best practices to understand the burden of vaccine-preventable disease, the impact of prevention and updates in vaccine development, and effective strategies for improving vaccine uptake.
Key topics in Part 3: Effective Strategies for Improving Vaccine Uptake include:
- Correctly applying evidence-based approaches to address patient-level challenges, barriers, and perceptions related to vaccines in older adults, especially among individuals from historically marginalized communities, to support vaccine uptake and completion by:
- Overcoming barriers in vaccine uptake for older adults
Don't miss the opportunity to join this series and learn in person, gaining valuable insights into effectively treating vaccine- preventable diseases. Be sure to take part in part 1 and part 2 to maximize your education and impact!
- Part 1: The Burden of Vaccine- Preventable Disease: Assessing Risk in Older Adults
This activity covers comprehension of the health burden of vaccine-preventable disease and evaluating risk or older adults. - Part 2: Impact of Prevention: Updates in Vaccine Development
This activity covers updates on the latest vaccine development and emerging vaccine science and integration of recommended vaccines in clinical workflows
Speakers
Pamela G. Rockwell, DO
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Myron J. Levin, MD
Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
University of Colorado Schol of Medicine
Aurora, CO, USA
Myron J. Levin, MD is a Professor of Pediatrics & Medicine at the University of Colorado School of Medicine (UCSOM) in the section of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Epidemiology and is the Associate Director of the Pediatric HIV Clinic. He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1960, and completed a residency in Internal Medicine at the Bronx Municipal Hospital Center (Einstein Medical School). He spent the next three years at the National Institutes of Health; the last two years devoted to research in molecular virology. He returned to Harvard in 1969 to complete a fellowship in Infectious Diseases, and remained as the first Chief of Infectious Diseases at the Sidney Farber Cancer Center (now the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute).
From 1982 to 2000 he was Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at UCSOM and the Children’s Hospital Colorado, and Director of the Clinical Virology Laboratory at the University of Colorado Hospital. Dr. Levin directs a clinic for research on investigational vaccines and antiviral drugs, and is Associate Director of the HIV clinic for children and pregnant women at Children’s Hospital Colorado.
Dr. Levin’s clinical interests are in antiviral therapy, the immune response to herpesvirus infections, and vaccine science. Clinical studies focus on the immune response to established and experimental vaccines and correlates of protection, especially in older vaccinees. Dr. Levin was a member of the United States Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (CDC) for 4 years, serving as its Chair for the last 2 years. Dr. Levin has authored 460 original articles and edited 14 books
Julio Alberto Ramirez, MD
Chief Scientific Officer
Norton Infectious Diseases Institute, Norton Healthcare
Emeritus Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY, USA
Julio Ramirez, MD, FACP is the Chief Scientific Officer at the Norton Infectious Diseases Institute at Norton Healthcare, in Louisville, Kentucky. He is also an Emeritus Professor of Medicine, Divison of Infectious Diseases at the University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, and a Fellow of the American College of Physicians and the Infectious Diseases Society of America.
Dr. Ramirez received his medical degree and internal medicine training at La Plata National University School of Medical Science in Argentina. He trained in critical care medicine at the National Institute of Respiratory Diseases and Thoracic Surgery at the University of Chile; completed a residency in internal medicine at Lincoln Medical Center, New York Medical College; and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the University of Louisville School of Medicine. He is board-certified in internal medicine and holds subspecialty certification in infectious diseases.
Dr. Ramirez’s areas of clinical and translational research include community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), influenza, and emerging respiratory pathogens. Dr. Ramirez is directing the research activities of the Norton Infectious Diseases Institute. Dr. Ramirez’s research activities have received funding from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Department of Defense (DoD), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Dr. Ramirez has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications. He is also a reviewer for several journals including the New England Journal of Medicine and Annals of Internal Medicine. Dr. Ramirez is the Section Editor on pulmonary infections for the evidence-based clinical decision support UpToDate, and is the current president of the International Respiratory Infections Society.
Dr. Ramirez served as a member of the American Thoracic Society (ATS) committee for the development of national guidelines for the management of CAP, and more recently, on the ATS International Task Force guidelines for the management of COVID-19. He also served as a member of the Food and Drug Administration advisory committee for the approval of anti-infective drugs. Dr. Ramirez is the recipient of the 2013 European Respiratory Society Presidential Award in recognition of his outstanding contribution to research in the field of respiratory infections. Dr. Ramirez is the co-chair of the current ATS-IDSA national guidelines committee for the management of CAP.
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U.S. primary care physicians, NPs, and PAs including those who are community-based, practice in large ACOs; in rural communities; and who serve patients in underserved areas.
Educational Objective
After completing this CE activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Correctly apply evidence- based approaches to address patient-level challenges, barriers, and perceptions related to vaccines in older adults, especially among individuals from historically marginalized communities, to support vaccine uptake and completion
Agenda
- Overcoming Barriers in Vaccine Uptake for Older Adults
- Case Study
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Chair/Planner/Presenter
Pamela G. Rockwell, DO
Professor of Family Medicine
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
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Professor of Pediatrics and Medicine
University of Colorado School of Medicine
Aurora, CO, USA
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