Register now: Immunisation Skills Workshop – Friday 28 March 2025
We are excited to announce that registrations are now open for our upcoming Immunisation Skills Workshop!
The March 2025 Immunisation Skills Workshop is a half-day, interactive event, designed to educate and upskill accredited immunisation providers. The workshop is focused in the areas of:
- promoting vaccine confidence
- how to have difficult conversations.
Date: Friday 28 March 2025
Time: 8:00 am – 1:30 pm AEDT
Location: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), 50 Flemington Road, Parkville
Registration fee: From $105 ($125 for non-members)
Please note: registration numbers are limited for this event.
Learn more and register on our Education Portal.
Please note: you will need an MVEC Education Portal profile to register for our upcoming Immunisation Skills Workshop, but you do not need to become a member in order to register for this event.
Being an Education Portal member is a new way to support MVEC. Members access special ticket prices for face-to-face events and more!
Victorian Department of Health: Increase in Q fever cases
On 5 February 2025, the Victorian Department of Health issued an alert regarding an increase in cases of Q fever.
Q fever is caused by infection with a zoontoic bacteria transmitted from animals to humans, and can result in acute or chronic disease. People at the highest risk of exposure to Q fever are those in close contact with animals and animal products.
The Health Department’s alert notes a significant increase of Q fever cases in 2024 compared to previous years.
Read the health advisory in full at Victorian Department of Health: Increase in Q fever cases
Leanr more at MVEC: Q fever
CVU mini webinar on RSV: Recording available for limited time!
To celebrate the launch of the Education Portal, a recording of Wednesday’s CVU mini webinar on RSV preventative therapies is available to all Education Portal users until COB Thursday 13 February 2024. Simply log in or create a profile to start watching.
Following this, the recording will be designated as a ‘past event recording’ which is only accessible to Education Portal members.
Becoming an Education Portal member is a new way to support MVEC. Log in or create a profile, then add a paid membership.
Members get access to:
- past webinar recordings
- eLearnings
- special ticket prices for face-to-face MVEC events.
Please note: if you are having issues accessing the recording please wait 24 hours before trying again.
New-look Education Portal online now
We are excited to share that our new-look Education Portal is now available.
Going forward, you will be able to register for online and face-to-face events through the Education Portal.
Becoming an Education Portal member is a new way to support MVEC. Log in or create a profile, then add a paid membership.
Members get access to:
- past webinar recordings
- eLearnings
- special ticket prices for face-to-face MVEC events.
Please note: you will need an MVEC Education Portal free profile to register for our events, becoming a member is optional.
Visit the Education Portal now!