Infectious Disease
Best Practices for Catching up on Herpes Zoster (HZ) Vaccination in Primary Care
Clinicians play an important role in educating patients about Herpes Zoster (HZ) and by administering appropriate vaccines. The goal of this 25-minute Expert Brief video is to help clinicians identify individuals at high risk of HZ and its associated complications and to discuss strategies to implement NACI recommendations and to optimize HZ catch-up immunizations.
DURATION
25 min
PROFESSION
Physician
# OF CREDITS
0.25
ACCREDITATION
Mainpro+
EXPIRY DATE
2023-11-27
Clinicians play an important role in educating patients about Herpes Zoster (HZ) and by administering appropriate vaccines. The goal of this 25-minute Expert Brief video is to help clinicians identify individuals at high risk of HZ and its associated complications and to discuss strategies to implement NACI recommendations and to optimize HZ catch-up immunizations.
This Video Expert Brief has been supported by educational funding from GSK Grant.
Faculty
Angel Chu, CCFP, MHSc, FRCPC, FCFP, NCMP
Lecia Buys, MD
James Kim, MD, CCFP, MBBCh, PgDip
Arthur Vasquez, MD
Learning objectives
Upon completion of this expert brief, participants will be better able to:
- Identify individuals who are at high risk of herpes zoster (HZ) and HZ complications
- Implement NACI recommendations for HZ vaccination in practice
- Apply Best Practices in “catching-up” HZ immunizations
Accreditation
This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 0.25 Mainpro+ Credits.