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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.

 
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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.

 
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What's New?

EPIC Immunization Education Program Curriculum (7/30/2010) - click here.

 

Medical Assistant Immunization Skills Workshop Slides (7/29/2010) - click here.

 

Adolescent Immunization slides (7/29/2010) - click here.

 

Free in Pennsyvlania - adolescent/teen immunization poster (16.5X23.5). Click here to see the English version. Click here to see the Spanish version. To order, email us at iep@paaap.org including your contact information and complete mailing address (no p.o. boxes), and desired number of English or Spanish posters. New Jersey liked this poster so much they are printing with their logos for NJ! (with PA DOH and PA AAP permissioni)

 

See the American Academy of Pediatrics' wonderful immunization PSAs: www.aap.org/protecttomorrow. For a great teen-friendly video clip about pertussis and the need for Tdap immunization, see: http://www.tdapvac.com/index.html.

 

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. Speaker: Arthur Caplan, PhD. Moderator: Michael Harkness, MD, FAAP. Topic: Immunization: ethics issues. 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.

 
         
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