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.
तारीख: Friday 28 March 2025
समय: 8:00 am – 1:30 pm AEDT
Location: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), 50 Flemington Road, Parkville
पंजीकरण शुल्क: From $105
Registrations now open!
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| March 2025 Immunisation Skills Workshop Program | |
| 8:00–8:30 am | पंजीकरण |
| 8:30–9:00 am | Acknowledgement of country and introduction to the day Ms Rachael McGuire |
| 9:00–10:00 am | Promoting vaccine confidence (Group work) Presented by डॉ जेसिका कॉफ़मैन |
| 10:00–11:00 am | Approaching difficult conversations (Group work) Presented by Ms Rachael McGuire |
| 11:00–11:30 am | Morning tea break |
| 11:30 am – 1:00 pm | Immunisation scenarios (Simulations) |
| 1:00–1:30 pm | Reflections, closing and evaluation Ms Rachael McGuire |
Ms Rachael McGuire
शिक्षा नर्स समन्वयक, एमवीईसी
Rachael is a Registered Nurse and accredited Nurse Immuniser with a Graduate Certificate in Clinical Education. She has experience immunising at local council, travel clinics and hospital immunisation services, including SAEFVIC. Her special interests lie in vaccine safety, the immunisation of special risk groups and vaccine equity. In 2023, Rachael’s enthusiasm for public health led to her involvement in DFAT-funded projects in Lao PDR, providing education and support to improve decision-making around immunisation policy.
डॉ जेसिका कॉफ़मैन
Senior Research Fellow, Vaccine Uptake Group, MCRI
Dr Kaufman is an expert in vaccine communication. Some of her current projects include evaluating the impacts of vaccine mandates, developing a game to reduce vaccine misinformation, and training community leaders to be vaccine advocates in the Asia Pacific region. Jessica is an NHMRC Emerging Leader Fellow and an E. H. Flack Foundation Fellow.
पूछे जाने वाले प्रश्न
How is the Immunisation Skills Workshop different from the CVU?
The Skills Workshop is run for a much smaller group than our Clinical Vaccinology Updates. It is less data-heavy and involves small group activities and participation in simulated scenarios, enabling participants to engage in their learning in a different way to the CVU.
कौशल कार्यशाला किसके लिए है?
The Skills Workshop is for एll immunisation providerएस, whether new to immunising or experienced, who are looking to improve their vaccine communication skills.
I see that the themes of this Skills Workshop are different to previous years. If I attended a previous Skills Workshop, will it be useful to attend this one?
The program for the March 2025 Immunisation Skills Workshop is not exactly the same as previous workshops. However, there is a significant overlap in the themes and skills covered. If you attended a previous workshop, we would recommend waiting for future workshops covering different themes, rather than attending the March 2025 workshop.
Can I be put in a group with my friends for the interactive sessions?
पीarticipants are allocated को small groups for the simulation portion of the Skills Workshop. We try to mix up the groups so that participants can hear the perspectives of other providers working in different clinics/councils. Depending on the registrations, participants may or may not be allocated into a group with their colleagues.
How much participation is required?
The workshop includes presentations, group work and simulated scenarios. All attendees are required to participate throughout the day.
The group work and simulations are conducted in a confidential and supportive environment. There is no pass or fail; the workshop is safe a place to make mistakes. Active participation will maximise your learning outcomes.
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