Best Practices for Catching up on Herpes Zoster (HZ) Vaccination in Primary Care

CAN-eng

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Mainpro+

25 min

Maladie infectieuse

0.25 Credits

Description du cours

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.

Détails du cours

Date d'expiration : 2023-11-27

Métiers: Médecin

Faculté

Angel Chu, CCFP, MHSc, FRCPC, FCFP, NCMP

Lecia Buys, MD

James Kim, MD, CCFP, MBBCh, PgDip

Arthur Vasquez, MD

Accréditation

This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 0.25 Mainpro+ Credits. 

Cert+ Program ID#: 198439

Objectif(s) d'apprentissage

Upon completion of this expert brief, participants will be better able to:

  • Identifier 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