Od-031786 COVID-19 Vaccination Education for Licensed Healthcare Professionals- DC Health Requirement
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Credit
Description
This course offers 2.0 continuing education credits. You must complete an online evaluation at the end of this course to receive continuing education credit. After completing the evaluation, your CE credits will be available on your MedStar Health CE transcript on CloudCME™ on the next business day.
Accreditation: In support of improving patient care, MedStar Health 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.
Credit Designation: This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 2.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.
About this course: DC Health has recently issued a new ruling requiring licensed healthcare professional complete 2 hours of education about COVID vaccination by September 30, 2021. This activity, planned by the healthcare team for the healthcare team, is designed to assist MedStar Health professionals meet the DC Requirement of completing two (2) hours of continuing education on SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, including, but not limited to, SARS-CoV-2 vaccine safety, best practices for counseling patients about SARS-CoV-2 vaccines, and SARS-CoV-2 vaccine efficacy and effectiveness.
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- Discuss COVID-19 vaccine safety, efficacy and effectiveness.
- Identify roles, responsibilities and key actions of members of the healthcare team in counseling patients about COVID-19 vaccination.
- Implement strategies to enhance patient’s agreement to vaccination.