“What Clinicians Need to Know About Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination of Adolescents”
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The Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)* presents…“What Clinicians Need to Know About Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccination of Adolescents”
This COCA call will give clinicians an overview of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination in adolescents who are 12-to-15 years of age. Clinicians will learn about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine, vaccine recommendations, and clinical guidance for using the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents in this age group.
Objectives | At the conclusion of this session, the participant will be able to accomplish the following:
- Cite background information on the topic covered during the presentation.
- Discuss CDC’s role in the topic covered during the presentation.
- Describe the topic’s implications for clinicians.
- Discuss concerns and/or issues related to preparedness for and/or response to urgent public health threats.
- Promote health improvement, wellness, and disease prevention in cooperation with patients, communities, at-risk populations, and other members of an interprofessional team of healthcare providers.
Presenters:
Sara Oliver, M.D., MSPH | LCDR, U.S. Public Health Service | Co-lead, Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices COVID-19 Vaccines Work Group | COVID-19 Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kate Woodworth, M.D., MPH | Medical Officer, Clinical Guidance Team | COVID-19 Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Tanya Myers, PhD, MSc | v-safe Team Co-Lead | COVID-19 Response | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Continuing Education (CE) will not be offered for this call.
If you are unable to attend the live COCA Call, the recording will be available for viewing on the COCA Call webpage a few hours after the live event ends.
The slide set will be available under “Call Materials” on the COCA Call webpage the day of the call.
* NOTE: This is an industry resource-sponsored webinar. HealthTrust has not approved and/or endorsed the content. This program may contain the mention of products, services, drugs or brands presented in a case study or comparative format. Such examples are intended for educational and informational purposes and should not be perceived as a HealthTrust endorsement of any particular supplier, product, service, drug, brand or approach.
