Course Information
Immunisation is one of our most successful public health interventions, protecting children and adults and saving thousands of lives every year. Ensuring ongoing public and professional confidence is critical to the success of these programmes. As the incidence of vaccine preventable diseases declines due to the success of immunisation programmes, healthcare practitioners need to be able to explain why vaccinations are still so important.
Learning Outcomes
Immunisation Update Training
The aims of immunisation, national vaccine policy and schedules
Brief overview of immune response to vaccines and how vaccines work
Recent epidemiology of vaccine preventable disease
Current issues in immunisation
Update on vaccine ordering, storage and administration
Communicating with patients, parents and carers about vaccines
Review of current practice, recent vaccine incidents and identification of areas for improvement
Refresher
Target Audience
0-19 staff who advise on and/or administers immunisations and have previously completed initial immunisation foundation training and require their annual update
LD Prospectus Event Category
Role Specific Mandated Training (Classroom/Virtual)
Trainer or Facilitator