Competency #2: Vaccine Preventable Diseases
This competency demonstrates an understanding of the rationale and benefit of immunization, as relevant to the practice setting.
Learning Objectives
The Health Professional will be able to perform the following;
- Describe the key clinical features, including acute and long-term complications, of each vaccine-preventable disease.
- Describe the key epidemiologic features of each vaccine-preventable disease.
- Describe the historical impact of immunization on the epidemiology of vaccine-preventable disease.
- For each of the vaccines administered in the practice setting, formulate a response to the question “Why should I be immunized when vaccine-preventable diseases are so rare in Canada?”
- Explain why accurate diagnosis of vaccine-preventable diseases is important.
Resources
- Vaccine Fact Sheets – Current vaccine fact sheets and information on vaccine preventable diseases can be found on the Manitoba Health Website.
- The epidemiology of each vaccine preventable disease – Canadian Immunization Guide
- Comparison of Effects of Diseases and Vaccines – Canadian Immunization Guide
- Photos of Vaccine Preventable Diseases
- Epidemiology and Prevention of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases (2009)– Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- “Why Immunize? For parents” – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- “What would happen if we stopped vaccinations?” – Centers for Disease Control and Prevention