Parents often have questions and concerns about vaccines and they look to pediatricians and other medical professionals for answers. Yet 87% of physicians have encountered parents who have refused a vaccine for their child. How can you better understand and address common parental concerns? This course provides strategies to promote vaccine confidence in vaccine-hesitant parents in a time efficient but effective manner, including case studies on infant vaccination and MMR vaccination.
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Our list of favorite educational content providers is growing steadily – stay tuned as we are reviewing and adding content continuously. Examples of trust-worthy vaccine education providers can be found below (in alphabetical order):
Challenging cases, Vaccine hesitancy
Parents often have questions and concerns about vaccines and they look to pediatricians and other medical professionals for answers. Yet 87% of physicians have encountered parents who have refused a vaccine for their child. How can you better understand and address common parental concerns? This course provides strategies to promote vaccine confidence in vaccine-hesitant parents in a time efficient but effective manner, including case studies on infant vaccination and MMR vaccination.
Adolescent Immunisation Course
Adolescent Immunisations: Office Strategies delivers effective tactics that boost immunisation rates. It educates about implementing prompts, describes cost-effective ways to bring adolescents into the office, explains what pediatric practices need to do prior to adopting standing orders for adolescent immunisations, and provides methods to manage conversations with parents.
Pharmacy-based Immunization Delivery Certificate
APhA’s Pharmacy-Based Immunisation Delivery certificate training program is based on national educational standards for immunisation training from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This practice-based curriculum represents a fusion of science and clinical pharmacy. The program, which emphasizes a health care team approach, seeks to foster the implementation of interventions that will promote disease prevention and public health. The purpose of this certificate training program is to prepare pharmacists with comprehensive knowledge, skills, and resources necessary to provide immunisation services to patients across the life span.
ECDC Learning Portal
The ECDC Learning Portal provides training courses and materials primarily for public health professionals working in infectious diseases. Topic areas include among others: epidemiology, microbiology, bioinformatics, prevention, preparedness and response. This is a portal for learners and trainers. Training courses and materials are free of charge. Learners can complete or browse a training course and select relevant content. Trainers can reuse or adapt the materials to develop their own training courses. Browse the catalogue and find a course that suits you
Communicating effectively around the benefit and risk balance of vaccination
This course provides insights into factors that make communication around the benefit and risks of vaccination challenging. In particular, it describes how risk perceptions related to vaccines and infectious diseases can influence vaccination acceptance. It then explores the strategies that can enhance communication on the safety and effectiveness of vaccines. The course is designed for professionals involved in communication on vaccination in national public health institutes and Ministries of Health, as well as in other organisations in the field of public health.
ECDC Vaccination and Communication Toolkit
The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) has developed editable communication materials to raise awareness of EVIP and ensure that people have the information they need to make informed vaccination decisions
HMX Pro Immunology
Viral infections are responsible for many human diseases, from common diseases like the flu to emerging infections such as Zika virus and SARS-CoV-2. Understanding how the immune system works to prevent and remove viral infections is essential for anyone working to develop or distribute vaccines that can protect against these diseases.
HMX Pro Immunology – Vaccines and Viral Immunology offers a unique way for professionals to learn from leading Harvard Medical School faculty about cutting-edge developments in the creation of vaccines to protect against viral infections.
Vaccine Science and Policy Certificate Program
The JHU Vaccine Science and Policy Certificate Program provides a comprehensive introduction to vaccine research, development, regulation, policy, financing, and implementation in both U.S. and global contexts. Participants gain practical knowledge of vaccine development pathways, clinical trials, regulatory requirements, immunization programs, and the policy frameworks that shape vaccine access and use worldwide.
Key topics include: vaccine development and evaluation, clinical research and Good Clinical Practice (GCP), vaccine policy and regulation, global financing and procurement, immunization program implementation, and stakeholder engagement in vaccine decision-making.
Vaccine Trust Project
The Vaccine Trust Project was created by IPA with UNICEF to improve the training of trainers (ToT) and the education of paediatricians around the world. It has the following Course Modules:
Module 1 | Infodemiology
Module 2 | Behavioral Science behind Vaccine Acceptance Interventions
Module 3 | Interpersonal Communication
Module 4 | Social Media Engagement
Module 5 | Dealing with Vocal Vaccine Deniers
Module 6 | Interacting with Media
Module 7 | Building Vaccine Value – Advocacy & Messaging to Effect Change
Immunisation Administration Certificate
A comprehensive understanding of how to safely deliver immunisations and carry out related tasks not only results in safe patient care, but it addresses the public health need to protect communities from the spread of disease. The Immunisation Administration Assessment-Based Certificate requires completion of a PTCB-Recognized Education/Training Program. Earning this certificate demonstrates your advanced skills and commitment to patient and community care by minimizing the spread of disease in your community, especially as vaccines are delivered in massive quantities to prevent the spread of COVID-19.Complete the Immunisation Administration Certificate to demonstrate your competency in:
- Understanding immunisation schedules
- Proper management and storage of immunisation supplies and vaccine doses in your pharmacy
- Safe delivery of immunisations directly to patients
- Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) and other supplies to protect health care workers and patients.
Boost Community
The Boost Community, developed by the Sabin Vaccine Institute, connects immunization professionals worldwide through a global network of peers, learning opportunities, and professional development resources. The program supports vaccine and immunization leaders working in diverse and often challenging settings by strengthening both technical expertise and leadership skills.
Key topics include: immunization programme leadership, community engagement, life-course immunization, peer learning, professional networking, capacity building, and training-of-trainers approaches that enable participants to share knowledge within their own communities and organizations.
"Train the trainers” video
IMMUNION partner University of Antwerp hosted a Train the Trainers session with the goal of improving vaccine confidence, with a focus on knowledge and communication about vaccines. This 3 h training provides information on the role of the healthcare professional in the vaccination process, vaccine hesitancy in Europe, and ways to improve health and vaccine literacy. It also contains an extended module on communication about vaccines, introducing techniques such as motivational interviewing, pre- and debunking of misinformation. The final part provides tips and tricks for teaching. You will find tags for each of these sections in the video’s description.You can also read the Background Document where you will find the “why” behind this training session and the Final Report.
You Call the Shots
You Call the Shots is an interactive, web-based immunization training course. It consists of a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and explain the latest recommendations for vaccine use. Each module provides learning opportunities, self-test practice questions, reference and resource materials, and an extensive glossary.
Current Issues in Immunisation Webinar (CIW)
Immunisation Webinars are 1-hour presentations with question and answer sessions to reinforce presentation content. Internet access is needed to participate. These presentations, collectively titled “Current Issues in Immunisation,” are scheduled 4 to 5 times per year. Specific topic(s) will be announced prior to each occurrence. Each presentation is presented by the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD) and designed to provide clinicians with the most up-to-date information on immunisation.
Pink Book Education Series
The CDC’s Pink Book Education Series is a collection of on-demand training modules for healthcare professionals covering the principles of vaccination, immunization best practices, vaccine safety, and vaccine-preventable diseases. The series incorporates current recommendations and updates from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
Key topics include: vaccine administration, storage and handling, immunization strategies, vaccine safety, and vaccines for diseases such as hepatitis A and B, HPV, MMR, meningococcal disease, pneumococcal disease, polio, Hib, rotavirus, RSV, varicella, and zoster.
Vaccine Safety Training
This course introduces participants to the foundations of vaccine pharmacovigilance. The aim of this course is to provide healthcare professionals whose work involve vaccine safety issues, with essential knowledge about vaccines and their safety aspects. These professionals can include nurses, midwives, community health workers, as well as pharmacists, medical doctors and immunization programme or vaccine safety communication officers.
TECHNET-21
TechNet-21 is a global network of immunization professionals established by WHO and UNICEF to strengthen immunization services through knowledge sharing, collaboration, and professional exchange. The network brings together experts working across policy, programme management, supply chains, and service delivery at global, national, and subnational levels.
Key topics include: immunization programme implementation, vaccine supply chains, service delivery, policy development, operational challenges, and peer-to-peer learning through online resources, discussions, and the biennial TechNet Conference.
