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Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients

Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients

Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients is a two-hour, application-based learning activity designed to prepare state-licensed immunizing pharmacists to meet the education requirements for administering vaccinations to children 3 - 18 years of age, in compliance with new guidelines issued by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS).

The program, created in partnership with Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, provides a thorough review of topics related to immunizing pediatric patients including parent and patient preparation, immunization administration techniques for children and documentation of pediatric vaccinations.

Pricing
  • Member Price: $39
  • Nonmember Price: $59

If your company or organization is interested in offering this program to your pharmacists, student pharmacists or pharmacy technicians, please contact Chris McKerrow.


Learning Objectives & Module Details
This module contains the following contents:
  • Pharmacy-Based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients Presentation
  • Comfort and Restraint Techniques
  • Subcutaneous (SC) Injection: Administration
  • Intramuscular (IM) Injection: Sites
  • IM Injection: Supplies (Children 0-18 years)
  • Pediatric Immunization Cases
Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients

At the completion of this Application-Based activity, participants will be able to:

  • List common vaccines indicated for the pediatric population.
  • Review CDC’s pediatric vaccination schedule including its utility and importance.
  • Identify common concerns of parents who are vaccine resistant and propose effective strategies to overcome their resistance.
  • Demonstrate correct injection techniques for pediatric immunization including comforting techniques, injection site, needle size, and length.
  • Discuss effective management strategies for vaccine adverse events.
  • Review best practices for documenting the provision of pediatric vaccines.
  • Identify the most current and reliable immunization resources for pharmacists immunizing the pediatric population.

How to Obtain a Certificate of Completion
  • Complete all learning activities and exercises.
  • Complete the program assessment and evaluation. Participants must achieve a passing score of 70% or better on the assessment for successful completion.
  • Credit must be claimed in order to obtain credit.
  • Participants will need to have a valid APhA (pharmacist.com) username and password, as well as a CPE Monitor account to claim credit. After credit has been claimed, please visit CPE Monitor for your transcript.
  • APhA continuing pharmacy education policy provides you with two opportunities to successfully complete a continuing pharmacy education assessment. Please note that you will not be permitted to submit an assessment a third time. The current policy of the APhA Education Department is not to release the correct answers to any of our CPE tests. This is intended to maintain the integrity of the CPE activity and the assessment.
Accreditation Information

The American Pharmacists Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. APhA's Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients is approved for a total of 2 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education (CPE) credit (0.2 CEUs). The ACPE Universal Activity Numbers (UAN) for this activity are listed below.

  • ACPE UANs 0202-0000-23-324-H06-P and 0202-0000-23-324-H06-T
  • Target Audience: Pharmacists in all practice settings
  • Release Date: October 1, 2023
  • Expiration Date: October 1, 2026 - PLEASE NOTE: NO Home Study credit granted after this date.
Technology Requirements and Tips

Computer and Internet access are required to complete this activity. If you experience technical difficulties, try a different web browser.

Please be aware that if the system detects no activity for an extended amount of time while the screen is open in the interactive activity, the Next button may freeze, and you will need to Restart that activity again.

The recommendation is that if you cannot complete the activity within one sitting and need to step away, close the activity so that your place is bookmarked.

If you continue to experience difficulties, please reach out to education@aphanet.org with the name of course, details of your experience, which web browser(s) used and if possible, screenshots.


Faculty

Kimberly McKiernan, PharmD

Clinical Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacotherapy
Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Spokane, Washington

Disclosure: Author has nothing to disclose

Jennifer C. Miller, PharmD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacotherapy
Washington State University College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Spokane, Washington

Disclosure: Author has nothing to disclose

Development

Pharmacy-based Immunizations for Pediatric Patients was developed by the American Pharmacists Association and Washington State University. Copyright © 2024 by the American Pharmacists Association and Washington State University.
APhA's Education staff involved in the review of this content declare no conflict of interest or financial interest in any product or service mentioned, including grants, employment, gifts, stock holdings, and honoraria. For a full listing of APhA Staff Disclosures, please see the APhA Disclosure Statement webpage at APhA Staff Disclosures.
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