The October 2025 Immunisation Skills Workshop is an 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
- managing adverse events.
We are excited to collaborate with PAEDS Education, who will be delivering an accredited CPR refresher (HLTAID009) as part of the workshop. Attendees will also hear from immunisation experts and be able to put their learnings into practice through participation in group work and simulated scenarios.
तारीख: Friday 24 October 2025
समय: 8:30 am – 1:30 pm AEDT
कार्यक्रम का स्थान: Murdoch Children’s Research Institute, The Royal Children’s Hospital (RCH), 50 Flemington Road, Parkville
पंजीकरण शुल्क: From $170 ($195 for non-members)
Please note that your registration fee includes morning tea and the accredited CPR refresher (HLTAID009) – completing an annual CPR refresher is required for immunisation practice.
| 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.
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कौशल कार्यशाला किसके लिए है?
The Skills Workshop welcomes एll immunisation providerएस, including medical staff, pharmacist immunisers, immunisation nurses and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health practitioner (ATSIHP) immunisers.
Whether you are experienced or new to immunising, this workshop is designed to refresh and refine your knowledge and clinical skills.
How much participation is required?
The workshop includes presentations, group work and simulated scenarios. Contribution to all activities will maximise your learning outcomes. Active participation in the CPR practical and simulation is essential to achieve completion of your accredited CPR refresher training.
The group work and simulations are conducted in a confidential and supportive environment; the workshop is safe a place to make mistakes, exchange ideas and learn from one another.
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.
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