Continuing Medical Education Information
Course Description:
This activity will discuss the current status of vaccine rates and trends in Kentucky. Discussion will also explore approaches to communication with patients to overcome misinformation and hesitancy.
Statement of Need:
In May 2023, the Kentucky Health News reported on the Immunize Kentucky Coalition’s Immunization Summit which identified the following data:
“Kentucky’s kindergarten two-dose MMR rate of 86.5% ranks in the bottom five states nationally. The national rate is 93.5%. The National Immunization Survey by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which runs behind school data, shows that Kentucky’s decline in immunization is similar to a national decline.”
“In addition, the HPV vaccine can prevent more than 90% of cancers caused by it, including cervical cancer. But only 57% of Kentucky teens have taken it.”
Objectives:
- Discuss and explore current vaccination rates in Kentucky.
- Discuss and explore considerations for lower rates
- Describe communication strategies to promote confidence in vaccines
- Describe approaches to communicating with patients.
Disclosure: The following planners disclose that they have no relevant relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:
Miranda Mosley
Rachel Crouch
The following speakers disclose:
Speaker Ruth Carrico PhD DNP APRN FNP-C CIC FSHEA FNAP FAAN discloses:
Advisory Boards—Sanofi [influenza vaccine], Pfizer [meningococcal vaccine, COVID-19 vaccine, Paxlovid], Moderna [COVID-19 vaccine], Valneva [travel vaccines], Seqirus [influenza vaccine], Novavax [COVID-19 vaccine]
Speakers Bureau —Sanofi [influenza immunization], Pfizer [pneumococcal immunization, RSV immunization]
Consultant- VaxCare [vaccination logistics]; American Hospital Association [environmental infection control]
The following speakers disclose that they have that they have no relevant relationships with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients:
Michael Kuduk, M.D.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Commercial Support: There is no commercial support associated with this activity.
Accreditation and Designation:
This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) through the joint providership of the Kentucky Medical Association and The Foundation for Medical Care. The Kentucky Medical Association is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Kentucky Medical Association designates this enduring material activity for 1.oo AMA PRA Category 1 credit.™ Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Estimated Time to Complete: This module will take approximately 1 hour to complete.
Method of Participation Used: Participants will view and listen to a recorded lecture while simultaneously viewing slides.
Hardware/Software Requirements: High speed internet connection
Meeting Planner: Miranda Mosley, Rachel Crouch
Faculty: Michael Kuduk, M.D., Ruth Carrico, DNP
Moderator: NA
Provider Contact Information: Miranda Mosley, Kentucky Medical Association
Copyright: There is no copyright associated with this activity
Release Date: June 2024
Termination Date: June 2025
Click here to access the activity
