WithinReach Event: Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases

Dates: Wednesday, September 16, 2015 - Thursday, September 17, 2015

Location: Hotel Murano 1320 Broadway Tacoma, WA 98402

Sep 16 2015

Buy your tickets today to attend the Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases Course (a.k.a. The Pink Book) presented by immunization experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). This two-day course will be held at the Hotel Murano in Tacoma, WA and will offer continuing education credits.

Course registrants are also invited to attend free pre-course workshops from 1:00-2:20pm and 2:40-4:00pm on Tuesday, September 15. The same four workshops will be offered during each time slot, so attendees will be able to attend up to two of them. Please visit www.withinreachwa.org/the-pink-book-course for full workshop descriptions. NOTE: The pre-course workshops are not a shorter course or update for the two-day training.

Course Overview:

Faculty from the CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases will present a live two-day comprehensive overview of the principles of vaccination, general recommendations, immunization strategies for providers, and specific information about vaccine-preventable diseases and the vaccines that prevent them. The course will be held on September 16 & 17 from 8:00am-5:00pm both days.

TARGET AUDIENCE: Physicians, nurses, nursing students, medical assistants, pharmacists, and other health professionals who provide immunizations.

OBJECTIVES: At the conclusion of the session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following:

Describe the difference betweeen active and passive immunity.
List two characteristics of live attenuated vaccines.
List two characteristics of inactivated vaccines.
For each vaccine-preventable disease, identify those for whom routine immunization is recommended.
For each vaccine-preventable disease, describe characteristics of the vaccine used to prevent the disease.
Describe an emerging immunization issue.