Program Description:
Increasing influenza vaccine coverage rates means offering influenza vaccination at every opportunity, particularly for high-risk children, and educating parents about options and dosing. Well visits for back-to-school and sports physicals are excellent opportunities for immunization, and a sick visit should not preclude vaccination. This monograph provides science-based information about influenza immunization, options, dosing, and high-risk patients as a foundation in increasing immunization rates.
INTENDED AUDIENCE:
This activity has been designed to meet the educational needs of pediatricians, pediatric nurse practitioners, pediatric clinical nurse specialists, registered nurses, and pediatric physician assistants.
MEDIUM:
Internet Activity
Activity Objectives:
After taking part in this educational activity, participants should be better able to:
- Describe the incidence and burden of disease of pediatric influenza infection
- Employ current recommendations for influenza vaccination in pediatric patients
- Evaluate the benefits and limitations of the live, attenuated influenza vaccine (LAIV) and the trivalent inactivated influenza vaccine (TIV)
- Implement strategies to improve parent education about common misconceptions about influenza vaccination
- For registered nurses only: Provide appropriate care and counsel for patients and their families
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Credits
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Type
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Accreditation Statement
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Designation Statement
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1.00
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AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM
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This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Haymarket Medical Education. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
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The Postgraduate Institute for Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
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1.00
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CE for Nurses
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Postgraduate Institute for Medicine is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
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This educational activity for 1.00 contact hour is provided by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine.
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Faculty:
Joseph B. Domachowske, MD
Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology and Immunology
State University of New York Upstate Medical University
College of Medicine
Syracuse, New York
Disclosures:
Disclosure of Conflicts of Interest
Postgraduate Institute for Medicine (PIM) assesses conflict of interest with its instructors, planners, managers, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of CME activities. All relevant conflicts of interest that are identified are thoroughly vetted by PIM for fair balance, scientific objectivity of studies utilized in this activity, and patient care recommendations. PIM is committed to providing its learners with high-quality CME activities and related materials that promote improvements or quality in healthcare and not a specific proprietary business interest of a commercial interest.
The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
Joseph B. Domachowske, MD, has received fees for non-CME/CE services from GlaxoSmithKline, MedImmune Biologics, Inc., Merck & Co., Inc, Novartis, and Sanofi.
Margaret A. Brady, PhD, RN, CPNP (Reviewer), has no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
The planners and managers reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CME activity:
The following PIM planners and managers, Laura Excell, ND, NP, MS, MA, LPC, NCC; Trace Hutchison, PharmD; Samantha Mattiucci, PharmD, CCMEP; Jan Schultz, RN, MSN, CCMEP; and Patricia Staples, MSN, NP-C, CCRN, hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.
The following Haymarket Medical Education planners and managers hereby state the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices with any commercial interest related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months: Mary Jo Krey, Senior Project Editor; Sharon Hill-Ingram, Program Manager; and Kathleen A. Moore, RN, Medical Writer, have no real or apparent conflicts of interest to report.
Disclosure of Unlabeled Use
This educational activity may contain discussion of unapproved and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, MedImmune, LLC, and Haymarket Medical Education do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.
The opinions expressed in the educational activity are those of the faculty and do not necessarily represent the views of Postgraduate Institute for Medicine, MedImmune, LLC, and Haymarket Medical Education. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.
Disclaimer
Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.
Accredited Provider:
Jointly sponsored by Postgraduate Institute for Medicine and Haymarket Medical Education.
If you have any questions relating to the accreditation of this activity, please contact information@pimed.com.
Commercial Supporter:
This activity is supported by an educational grant from MedImmune, LLC.
Instructions:
There are no fees for participating and receiving CME/CE credit for this activity. During the period October 3, 2012 through October 3, 2013, participants must read the learning objectives and faculty disclosures and study the educational activity.
To obtain credit, a score of 70% or better is required. This CME/CE is offered at no cost to participants. Please proceed with the activity until you have successfully completed this program, answered all test questions, completed the posttest survey, and received your digital copy of your credit certificate. Your online certificate will be saved on myCME.com within your Profile/Exam History, which you can then access at any time.
If you have any questions relating to your certificate or other issues with this activity, please contact myCME.Support@haymarketmedical.com.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
WINDOWS PC SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
266-MHz Pentium II; Windows 98 or higher; 64 MB RAM; 800 x 600 screen resolution
set for “High Color (16-Bit)”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.
MACINTOSH® SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Power Mac g3 at 300 MHz; System 8.5 or higher (excluding Mac OSX); 96 MB RAM; 20
MB minimum hard disk space available; 800 x 600 screen resolution set to “Thousands
of Colors”; Macromedia Flash Player 6 or higher.