About the Webinar
The Washington Department of Health (DOH) hosted a webinar on Thursday, December 5, 2024 to discuss the increase in pertussis outbreaks in Washington state. The webinar covered pertussis clinical manifestation, treatment, vaccine recommendations, vaccination coverage, surveillance, and reporting guidelines. Continuing education (CE) credits are available for nurses, medical assistants, pharmacists, and pharmacy technicians.
Learning Objectives
- Describe pertussis clinical manifestation, treatment, and vaccine recommendations
- Discuss vaccination coverage in Washington State
- Describe pertussis surveillance and reporting guidelines
Target Audience
Healthcare providers, local public health, health educators, and anyone interested in learning more details about current vaccine recommendations.
Speakers
Conor Nath, MD
Children’s Hospital Pediatric Resident
Kaitlyn Sykes, MPH
Epidemiologist
Office of Immunization
Esther Lam, MPH
Epidemiologist, Vaccine-Preventable Disease
Office of Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Continuing Education
- There is no charge for continuing education (CE) credit.
- CE expires 3/5/25.
- CE is available for nurses, medical assistants, and pharmacists/pharmacy techs for attending the live webinar OR watching the recording.
- Even if you attend the live webinar or watch the recording as a group, everyone MUST register for the webinar OR complete the evaluation as an individual prior to receiving CE.
How to receive CE credit
- Attend the live webinar and complete the evaluation. We will email certificates a few weeks after the live webinar. OR
- Watch the webinar recording and complete the evaluation. We will email certificates a few weeks after March 5, 2025.
Continuing Nursing Education
Continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Montana Nurses Association. MNA is accredited with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. 1.0 contact hours will be awarded for successful completion of this activity.
Continuing Education for Medical Assistants
1.0 administrative continuing education unit was approved by the American Association of Medical Assistants (AAMA). Granting approval in no way constitutes endorsement by the AAMA of the program content or the program’s sponsor.
Continuing Education for Pharmacists and Pharmacy Technicians
This knowledge-based activity was approved by the Washington State Pharmacy Association for 1.0 contact hours.
ACPE #
0130-9999-24-669-H06-P
0130-9999-24-669-H06-T
0130-9999-24-669-L06-P
0130-9999-24-669-L06-T
The Washington State Pharmacy Association is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
Commercial Support
No commercial support was used for this educational activity.