Release date: November 1, 2005
Expiration date: October 31, 2006
Accreditation:
This CME activity was planned and produced in accordance with the Essential
Areas and Policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical
Education (ACCME) through sponsorship of New York State Academy of Family Physicians Foundation. Accreditation is provided by the American Academy of Family Practice, which is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Education (ACCME) to provide
continuing medical education for physicians.
This activity has been reviewed and is acceptable for up to 4.0 hours in Category 1 (Prescribed or Elective) credit(s) by the American Academy of Family Physicians. All sessions must be completed by each physician to
claim any credit for this activity. Application for CME credit has been filed with the American Academy of Family Physicians. Determination of credit is pending.
Faculty Disclosure:
The Faculty Disclosure Policy of New York State Academy of Family Physicians
requires that faculty participating in a CME activity disclose to the
audience any relationship with a pharmaceutical or equipment company which
might pose a potential, apparent or real conflict of interest with regard
to their contribution to the activity. Any discussions of unlabeled or
investigational use of any commercial product or device not yet approved
in the United States must be disclosed.
The Faculty discloses no relationships which might pose
a conflict of interest.
Goals:
Our main goal is to improve immunization practices of Family Practice Physicians, and other providers of primary immunization services. We also wish to connect Family Physicians and others to internet based resources that can help make immunization of all children and adults easier, as well as to expose immunization providers to helpful system changes for their work.
Objectives:
We expect that at the end of this internet based training, participants will be able to connect to resources to help them.
- Create an evidence based immunization plan for each patient
- Take advantage of appropriate opportunities to immunize
- Answer their patients’ difficult questions
- Provide up-to-date vaccine information statements
- Follow guidelines for proper immunization use
- Create call back logs
- Work with Registries and other public health immunization initiatives
We will ask participants to enroll in a survey to see which of the measures we discuss will be incorporated in their own practices. We hope you the learner will reflect on the issues raised by the immunization dialogues, select helpful tools for your practice, and allow us to ask you two months from now which of these tools have indeed found a home in your office.
