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The PA Chapter, American Academy of Pediatrics, Immunization Program provides free, on-site, CME/CEU Immunization Update programs to practices in Pennsylvania. The programs cover pediatric and adolescent immunization issues and are presented by a PA AAP-trained physician. To learn more, contact the PA AAP Immunization Program staff. Phone: (800) 375-5214 [PA only] or (484) 446-3004. Email: iep@paaap.org.

QUICK CONTACTS

Health Alerts from the PA Department of Health provide up-to-the-minute bulletins on "breaking health issues" in PA Click here.

For news and recommendations from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health Click Here.

Click on the title for the CDC Chart of Vaccines in Delay or Shortage.

What's New?

EPIC Immunization Education Program Curriculum (2/8/2010) - click here.

Medical Assistant Immunization Skills Workshop Slides (1/25/2010) - click here.

Adolescent Immunization slides (2/8/2010) - click here.

See terrific short (1-6 minutes) videos from the CDC about influenza immunization - click here.

The Pennsylvania Department of Health's novel H1N1 web site: http://www.h1n1inpa.org

Free CME/CEU "Let's Talk - Immunization" teleconferences - Engaging speakers on key topics with time for live Q & A. Handouts available on this website approximately one week prior to each call.

Thursday, January 7, 2010. Time: 12:15-1:30 PM. Speaker: Arthur Caplan, PhD. Moderator: Michael Harkness, MD, FAAP. Topic: Immunization: ethics issues. For the CME Evaluation Form, click here. There are two handouts for this talk. For the handout on ethics of pandemic vaccines, click here. For the handout on the obligation of health care workers to receive influenza vaccines, click here. To listen to an MP3 file of the conference, go to www.paaap.org.

Sample Vaccine Policy Statement for practices - click here. You can use or modify the statement to make clear your practice's support for immunization. The statement was developed by All Star Pediatrics in Lionville, PA.

January 2009 Pediatrics article debunking "Dr. Bob's" (Sears) immunization schedule - what is incorrect, misleading, and potentially harmful in it. Click here to see the article by Dr. Paul Offit and Charlotte Moser, BS.