Building Vaccine Confidence: Using Motivational Interviewing to Improve Vaccine Uptake

This training will equip healthcare providers with the skills to utilize Motivational Interviewing techniques to build vaccine confidence.  Healthcare providers remain as the most trusted source of health information, positioning them to be able to overcome vaccine hesitancy by understanding the patient’s own motivations; listening with empathy; and empowering the patient.

Target audience:

Front line vaccine administrators including but not limited to: physicians, pharmacists, nurses, physician assistants, nurse practitioners.

Objectives:

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

• Describe the key principles for communicating with vaccine hesitant individuals;
• Apply skills to listen and engage in conversations aimed at building confidence in vaccines; and
• Be able to respond to parental/patient concerns regarding vaccine safety and effectiveness using motivational interviewing strategies.

Location:

Morgantown, WV @ Erickson Alumni Center Board of Governors Room (first floor)

Speaker:

Emily Messerli DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Emily Messerli, Chief Programmatic Officer at the Association for Immunization Managers (AIM), leads a dynamic team to implement the activities associated with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) cooperative agreements. She directs federal grant activities and provides direction and oversight to AIM programmatic activities. With her team, she works to improve collaborations between state and local jurisdictions and federal partners to increase immunization rates and decrease vaccine-preventable disease. She also oversees the communications team responsible for the organization’s website, social media, and member communications.

Dr. Messerli is a certified family nurse practitioner and former Kentucky Immunization Branch program manager. Dr. Messerli received her undergraduate degree from Emory University and her doctoral degree in nursing (DNP) from the University of Kentucky. She has served on the board of directors for the Kentucky Public Health Association and on a workgroup for the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.

Registration:

Cost: $50.00 (includes lunch)

Registration for this event is now closed.  

No on-site registration will be available for this event.  

For those are registered, meeting check in will begin at 12:00pm on the day of the event.  Lunch will be provided, and the meeting will begin promptly at 12:30pm.

Continuing Education:

An application for 3.5 hours of continuing education has been approved for this event for Pharmacy, Physician, and Nursing credits.

Disclosure and Mitigation 

The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and West Virginia Immunization Network, the Center for Rural Health Development Inc. controls the content and production of this CE activity and attempt to ensure the presentation of balanced, objective information. In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education established by the ACCME, faculty, abstract reviewers, paper presenters/authors, planning committee members, staff and any others involved in planning the educational content must disclose any relationship they or their co-authors have with ineligible companies which may be related to their content. The ACCME defines “relevant financial relationships” as financial relationships in any amount occurring within the past 24 months that create a conflict of interest. All presenters, planning committee and faculty have declared no financial interest with an ineligible company for this educational activity.

 Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by the West Virginia Immunization Network, Center for Rural Health Development Inc. and CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Physicians-.  The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 3.5 hours for AMA PRA Category I Credit(s)™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Nurses The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is an approved provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This offering has been approved for 3.5 contact hours (JA0026-26-CE1053)

Pharmacy – The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.  To receive credit, participants must complete the sign-in sheet, attend each session and complete an evaluation. ACPE credits will be posted online to the CPE Monitor within six (6) weeks following the activity. This knowledge-based activity provides 3.5 contact hours (JA0006133-9999-25-052-L06-P)