Unified Voice Vaccination Toolkit Objection Handler + Conversation Guide

Learning objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:

  • Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to:
  • Describe common patient-level and system-level barriers that contribute to delayed or missed adult vaccinations across intake, pharmacy, primary care, and inpatient settings.
  • Implement coordinated and unified evidence-based vaccination messaging across diverse points of care that supports confident adult vaccination decisions.
  • Apply simple, actionable approaches to identify high-yield vaccination opportunities during routine and unplanned encounters in diverse clinical settings.
  • Use structured, non-confrontational strategies to respond to common adult vaccination concerns and support confidence-building conversations.
  • Implement workflow and care-process adjustments that reduce missed vaccination opportunities and support more equitable adult vaccine access across diverse care settings
Specialities: Infectious Disease
Estimated time: 15 minutes
Credit types: AMA, ANCC
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This activity is supported by an independent education grant from GSK. This online education program has been designed solely for healthcare professionals in the US. The content is not intended for healthcare professionals in any other country.

Credits: 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Who Should Participate
This program is designed for healthcare professionals in the US, involved in preventative care, immunization advocacy, and patient education, including:

  • Primary Care Clinicians (Physicians, PAs, and NPs)
  • Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
  • Infectious Disease Specialists
  • Hospitalists and Inpatient Teams
  • Public Health Professionals
  • Nurses and Care Coordinators

Faculty
Dr. Corey Kershaw, M.D. is a Professor at the Department of Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Kershaw is Clinical Services Chief for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at UT Southwestern, specializing in interstitial lung diseases. He earned his medical degree from the University of Texas–Houston and completed his residency and fellowship at Emory University. Board-certified in pulmonary and critical care medicine, Dr. Kershaw leads clinical research in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and related interstitial lung diseases, contributing to multiple industry-funded trials advancing PF therapies.

Disclosures
Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) requires every individual in a position to control educational content to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies that have occurred within the past 24 months. Ineligible companies are organizations whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All relevant financial relationships are mitigated according to Partners policies.

Corey Kershaw, MD, faculty for this educational activity, has the following relevant financial relationships: Consultant for Boehringer Ingelheim, Grant/Research Support from Avalyn Pharma, Bristol Myers Squibb, Daewoong Pharmaceutical, PureTech Health/Celea Therapeutics, United Therapeutics, Speaker for Boehringer Ingelheim

Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Partners for Advancing Clinical Education (Partners) and MedAll. Partners is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physician Continuing Education
Partners designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development
The maximum number of hours awarded for this Nursing Continuing Professional Development activity is 0.25 ANCC contact hours.

Fee Information
There is no fee for this educational activity.