Giving Shingles Immunization Your Best Shot: Implementing a Shingles Vaccination Protocol in Your Practice

Giving Shingles Immunization Your Best Shot: Implementing a Shingles Vaccination Protocol in Your Practice is organized by CME Outfitters, LLC.

Premiere Date: Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Credit Expiration Date: Friday, December 31, 2021

Target Audience:
Physicians, PAs, nurse practitioners, nurses, and pharmacists

This activity offers CE credit for:
• Physicians (CME)
• Nurses (CNE)
• Pharmacists (ACPE)
• ABIM (MOC)
• Other

Credit Information:
CME Credit (Physicians):
CME Outfitters, LLC, delegates this Online CME activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians will be able to earn the credit commensurate based on the extent of their participation in the activity.

CNE Credit (Nurses):
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number CEP 15510, for 1.5 contact hours.

CPE Credit (Pharmacists):
ACPECME Outfitters, LLC, is certified by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. 1.5 contact hours (0.15 CEUs) Universal Activity Number

ABIM/MOC Credit:
On Successful completion of this CME activity, a participant will be able to apply fro the evaluation component, enabling them to earn up to 1.5 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will receive MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits deserved for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant fulfillment information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

Statement of Need
Shingles, or herpes zoster, is a common secondary infection for older patients. Nearly all people over the age of 50 are latently infected with varicella-zoster virus (VZV) and hence are at risk of contracting shingles with reactivation of latent VZV. Individuals who develop shingles often undergo debilitating postherpetic neuralgia (PHN), secondary skin infections, eye problems, or neurologic conditions including an increased risk of stroke.

Despite the reality of vaccines, the number of people vaccinated for shingles remains low. In large part, this is due to the majority of individuals being unaware that a vaccine exists, as clinicians often fail to initiate a discussion about it.

This CME Outfitters Live and OnDemand webcast will converge on the burden imposed by shingles, improving uptake of vaccination and series completion for shingles through patient education, and applying real-world strategies to implement shingles immunization protocols.

What are the objectives of Giving Shingles Immunization Your Best Shot: Implementing a Shingles Vaccination Protocol in Your Practice CE webcast

Course Objectives:
At the end of this CE activity, respondents should be able to:
• Recognize the primary risk factors and clinical and quality of life (QoL) complications imposed by shingles.
• More frequently and efficiently educate eligible patients about shingles vaccination to improve uptake of vaccination and series completion for shingles.
• Employ real-world strategies to implement shingles immunization that considers the safety and efficacy of available therapies, storage and administration, and pharmacy-based vaccination.

The following learning objectives pertain only to those requesting CNE or CPE credit:
• Recognize the primary risk factors and clinical and QoL complications imposed by shingles.
• Describe ways to educate eligible patients about shingles vaccination to improve uptake of vaccination and series completion for shingles.
• Review real-world strategies to implement shingles immunization that considers the safety and ability of available therapies, storage and administration, and pharmacy-based vaccination.