Immunization Training

This page includes immunization training announcements and opportunities. These trainings are for health care providers, local public health, immunization staff, and school and child care staff.

Upcoming webinar opportunities

• July 5, 2022 – November 1, 2022 – Pink Book Recorded Webinar Series
• August 1, 2022 – August 31, 2022 – Northwest Immunization Conference
• August 18, 2022 – Monkeypox - The State of Science
  August 24, 2022 – Monkeypox Updates
• August 26, 2022 – Strategies to Discuss the COVID-19 Vaccine with Your Most Reluctant Patient
• September 14, 2022 – Current Issues in Vaccines (CHOP)

Recorded webinars

COVID

•  Protecting Immunocompromised Patients through Effective Prevention and Treatment (June 27, 2022)
• COVID-19 Updates: Booster Doses (May 5, 2022)
• Addressing Vaccine Administration Errors Webinar (April 27, 2022)
• COVID-19 Updates: What Clinicians Need to Know About Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (February 10, 2022)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Safety & VAERS Reporting Webinar (November 18, 2021)
• COVID-19 Vaccine Updates - November (November 8, 2021)
• Do We Need a COVID Booster Dose? (Vaccine Education Center) (December 8, 2021)
• Helping Providers Have Conversations with Families around COVID-19 Vaccination Webinar (December 13, 2021)
• Management of COVID-19 Vaccination of Pediatric Patients Webinar (February 25, 2022)
• Myths and Misinformation Surrounding COVID-19 Vaccines (September 22, 2021)
• Updated Guidance for Clinicians on COVID-19 Vaccines (February 24, 2022)

Routine Immunizations

• 2021-2022 Flu Updates Webinar (October 18, 2021)
• Catch-up Immunization, Catching Up in the Time of COVID (July 14, 2021)
• Updates on the 2022 Child/Adolescent and Adult Immunization Schedules (March 2, 2022)
• Working Together to Protect Our Adolescents in School Environments from Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (September 30, 2021)

School and Child Care Immunization Requirements

• Immunization Requirements for Child Care presented by DCYF (October 2021) Password: Dcyf2021
• Immunization Schedule and School and Child Care Immunization Requirements Webinar (March 30, 2022)
• Routine Childhood and Adolescent Immunizations and School and Child Care Immunization Requirements (September 15, 2021)

Vaccine Management

• Provider Agreement Renewal Process (WA Childhood Vaccine Program Training Series)(February 17, 2022)
• Review of Returns Process, Vaccine Loss Policy (WA Childhood Vaccine Program Training Series) (January 20, 2022)
• Storing and Handling Vaccines: Expiration Date, Beyond-Use Date, and Beyond-Use Time (CDC)
• WVA Billing & Eligibility (WA Childhood Vaccine Program Training Series) (March 17, 2022)
• Vaccine Management Plan 101 (WA Childhood Vaccine Program Training Series) May 19, 2022
• Temp Log Policy Update, Vaccine Choice & Ordering Review (WA Childhood Vaccine Program Training Series) (April 21, 2022)

Online courses: CE credits are available

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • How Nurses and Medical Assistants Foster a Culture of Immunization in the Practice
    This CE course provides practical strategies to improve vaccination rates in the clinic, including how to deliver clear and concise vaccine recommendations and address parents' frequently asked questions.
  • Immunization Courses: Webcasts and Self-Study
    This library of webcasts and self-study programs provides immunization training on a wide variety of topics.
  • Pink Book Webinars
    This series of webinars provides an overview of the principles of vaccination, general recommendations, and specific information about each vaccine-preventable disease and the vaccines that prevent them. The Pink Book webinars are recorded and available for viewing. CE credits are available.
  • You Call the Shots
    You Call the Shots is a web-based immunization training developed by the CDC that includes a series of modules that discuss vaccine-preventable diseases and recommendations for the use of vaccines. CE credits are available.
    • You Call the Shots Vaccine Administration
      This self-paced web-based training was developed by the CDC for proper vaccine administration. It is designed to train providers to avoid administration errors.
    • You Call the Shots Vaccine Storage and Handling
      The vaccine storage and handling web-based training developed by the CDC focuses on storage and handling requirements for vaccines.
    • You Call the Shots VFC Program
      This web-based training was developed by the CDC for new providers, medical or nursing students, as well as seasoned health care providers. The training provides key immunization knowledge in a very basic step-by-step manner and is practice-oriented.
• Immunity Community (a program of WithinReach)

  WithinReach is excited to offer free online education opportunities for healthcare providers with the offer of continuing education. These courses can be started and completed at any time. Courses are available for professionals who work in the immunization field. Three courses:

  • (NEW!) Drop Your Assumptions and Pick Up the Evidence: Strategies for Communication with Parents about Vaccines
  • There Never Was An Age of Reason (vaccine hesitancy and decision making)
  • Vaccine Training for Medical Assistants
  • You Are the Key to HPV Cancer Prevention (make a strong recommendation for HPV vaccination)

Additional training resources

• Immunization Action Coalition Immunization Techniques DVD
  This video focuses on skills and techniques needed for vaccine administration. It can be used for training and orientation as well as a refresher for more experienced staff.
• National Foundation for Infectious Diseases
  This organization is dedicated to educating the public and health care professionals on the causes, prevention, and treatment of infectious diseases across the lifespan.
• Vaccine Education Center Webinars
  The Vaccine Education Center (VEC) at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia provides three webinars each year on Current Issues in Vaccines, which includes topics being addressed by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP).
• VICNetwork (Virtual Immunization Communication Network)
  The VICNetwork has training to educate local and national health organizations, coalitions, and public health departments about effective immunization communication strategies and the importance of using media to convey consistent immunization messages.