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Vaccination Strategies and Promotion

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Course overview

The Vaccination Strategies and Promotion course is a half-day workshop that equips attendees with specific knowledge of vaccination practices. Covering pneumococcal disease, pneumococcal vaccines, and dosing schedules, the course delves into community impacts and strategies for improving disease prevention. It explores optimal contexts for vaccine discussions and trains participants to identify eligible clients using practice software and other extraction tools. 

The course empowers attendees to design and present effective marketing or promotional strategies to boost vaccine uptake, through interactive activities and real-world case examples. With a comprehensive agenda and hands-on learning, students are set to leave with practical insights and skills for implementing successful vaccination programs.

Course outline

The Vaccination Strategies and Promotion course comprehensively overviews effective vaccination practices. The course begins with an exploration of pneumococcal disease and vaccines. Attendees will learn about different vaccine types, dosing schedules, and common side effects. The course emphasises the impact of disease on communities, fostering discussions on community demographics and the clinic's role in disease prevention. 

Additionally, the training focuses on identifying optimal opportunities for vaccination discussions during health assessments and care plans consultations. Techniques for using practice software to identify eligible clients for vaccines and crafting effective promotional strategies to increase vaccine uptake are covered. 

Course content

Students engage in interactive group exercises, and the course concludes with presentations of innovative marketing or promotional campaigns.

Entry Requirements

Entrants to the course must provide evidence of a relevant professional role. Relevant roles would include: 

  • Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Workers 
  • Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners 
  • Registered Nurses 
  • Enrolled Nurses 
  • Allied Health Professionals
  • General Practitioners 
  • Others on application.
Learning outcomes

Upon successful completion of the course students should have the ability to: 

  • Identify Pneumococcal, current vaccines available, dosing, timetables and co-administration.
  • Discuss the burden of disease and how this can impact your community and how your clinic can improve this. 
  • Establish which client visits best allow for opportunistic vaccination discussions.
  • Determine from practice software or the Australian Immunisation register extraction tools, clients eligible for Pneumococcal vaccines.
  • Produce a promotional or marketing strategy to increase the uptake of clients receiving the Pneumococcal Vaccine.
Delivery

Half day face to face workshop.

Assessments

There are no formal assessment requirements for this course.

Value for Organisations

Vaccination Strategies and Promotion is a half day workshop that builds knowledge on vaccination practices and developing comprehensive health protection for patients. This includes pneumococcal disease and vaccine protection, dosing schedules, and development of community impact from the strategies learned toward disease prevention and health protection. This course explores opportunistic conversations for vaccine discussion, explores the use of practice software and other extraction tools to identify patient eligibility, and design effective local strategies to boost vaccination update. This course is a face-to-face workshop with hands-on learning and networking opportunity to share and learn with real-world case examples.

What we expect

Students enrolled in The Benchmarque Group courses should adhere to the following principles:

  • Display a commitment to learning and to achieving success
  • Be responsible and accountable for their own learning, behaviour and decisions
  • Actively participate in all workshop activities and learning experiences
  • Attend all scheduled sessions and be punctual at all times
  • Complete all online assessments and workplace practice activities
  • Work in harmony and respect the rights and opinions of staff and other students
  • Treat others as they themselves would like to be treated
  • Use acceptable language at all times.

Key Information

1/2 Day
Workshop
$0.00 inc GST
per student
4 hours study
CPD hours

As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning have been completed. The hours of active learning estimated above should act as a guide to CPD hours.

Suitable Professions

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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Worker
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Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioner
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Enrolled Nurse
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Registered Nurse
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General Practitioner
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Allied Health Worker

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

How many CPD hours will I receive?

This workshop is approximately 4 hours of active learning. The hours of active learning should act as a guide to CPD hours. It is the responsibility of the individual student to calculate how many hours of active learning they have completed. As a general guide, one hour of active learning equates to one hour of CPD. 

Is there an assessment?

There are no associated assessments with this program. All learning is completed in your workshop.

What do I receive at the completion of the course?

At the completion of the course, successful students will receive a Certificate of Attendance.