VaxExpo 2018
Join the Spokane Regional Health District (SRHD) for highly enlightening and interactive sessions that encourage the exchange of ideas across a wide range of disciplines in the fields of vaccines and immunizations. Click here to learn more and register!
May 23, 2018 | 8:00AM – 3:00PM
CenterPlace at Mirabeau Point Park
2426 N. Discovery Pl.
Spokane Valley, WA 99216
Who Should Attend?
- Physicians
- Physician assistants
- Advanced registered nurse practitioners
- Clinical nurses
- School nurses
- College and university student health clinical staff
- Medical assistants
- Clinic managers
- Vaccine accountability coordinators
- Pharmacists
- Public health professionals
- Other immunization advocates
Agenda
7:00AM – 7:55AM
Registration/Breakfast/Networking
8:00AM – 8:30AM
Welcome & Introduction
SRHD Immunization Outreach; Dr. Robert Lutz, SRHD Health Officer
8:30AM – 9:00AM
Hilleman Movie Trailer/Historical Perspective of Vaccines/Local Communicable Disease
SRHD Health Officer, Dr. Robert Lutz; Betsy Bertelsen, Epidemiologist, SRHD Communicable Disease Epidemiology Program
9:00AM – 10:00AM
Drop Your Assumptions and Pick Up the Evidence: Addressing Parent Vaccine Hesitancy
Douglas Opel, MD, Seattle Children’s Hospital
10:00AM – 10:30AM
BREAK
10:30AM – 11:30AM
Oral Health Professionals as Advocates for HPV Vaccinations
Panel
11:30AM – 12:30PM
Vaccine Administration: Make No Mistake!
JoEllen Wolicki, RN, BSN, Centers for Disease Prevention and Response
12:30PM – 1:00PM
LUNCH
1:00PM – 1:45PM
BREAKOUT SESSION
Supporting the Immunization Neighborhood: Inter-Professional Collaboration to Improve Immunization Rates
Panel
1:00PM – 1:45PM
BREAKOUT SESSION
Protect Yourself, Your Patients, and Your Family Members: A Guide to Vaccines for Healthcare Workers
Panel
1:45PM – 2:00PM
BREAK
2:00PM – 2:45PM
Evidence from the Field: Best Practices to Improve Immunization Rates
Panel
2:45PM – 3:00PM
CLOSING
SRHD Immunization Outreach
Continuing Education
- CDC Sponsored*: CNE, CME, CEU
- WA State Sponsored: CPE
*Continuing education credits for this activity are pending.
Event Sponsorship & Exhibiting
Interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the event? Please contact Kari Lidbeck.