Influenza / COVID-19 / RSV Webinar Series

A coordinated approach to improve Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV vaccination through primary care and pharmacy: an expert-focused multidisciplinary approach.

Immunisation Coalition
Date: June 19, 2024: 18:00:00 - 18:45:00

About

There are 3 webinars in this webinar series. Each webinar is an update of the previous month with the panel discussion focusing on how the influenza, COVID-19 and RSV season is progressing and strategies around increasing vaccination rates. Click the webinar link at the bottom of the page to register for webinar 3.

Webinar Series

Influenza / COVID-19 / RSV webinar 1
17 April 2024 – Watch the recording

Influenza / COVID-19 / RSV webinar 2
22 May 2024 – Watch the recording

Influenza / COVID-19 / RSV webinar 3
19 June 2024 – Watch the recording

 

Webinar objectives:

  • Update HCPs on the progress of a coordinated influenza/COVID-19/RSV vaccination approach through primary care, pharmacy and workplace mobile vaccination services.
  • To increase the number of Australians vaccinated against influenza/COVID-19 and RSV (subject to vaccine availability) and to minimise the impact of these infections in the community and on the Australian Healthcare system.

Learning outcomes:

  1. Provide a monthly update (April, May, June) on the number of laboratory-confirmed Influenza, COVID-19 and RSV cases (National, by State, outbreak areas and hospital settings)
  2. Review the number of vaccinations administered across age groups compared to 2023 and the pre-COVID-19 pandemic period, and how these compare with the current number of laboratory confirmed cases.
  3. Identify call-to-action initiatives by HCPs and Government that have been successful and should be considered this year to help increase the vaccination rate.
  4. Review this data specific to high-risk groups and identify efficient and practical means of targeting these patients.
  5. Review current government and non-government vaccination initiatives and discuss how working together can increase the vaccination rate, particularly in the high-risk group population.
  6. Identify main challenges/barriers evident today that is limiting vaccination, and if addressed could increase vaccination rates next year and beyond.

 

Dr Rodney Pearce AM (Chair)

Dr Rodney Pearce AMDr Rodney Pearce AM is a country and city GP and Medical Officer of Health for the Eastern Health Authority (HA), Adelaide. Dr Pearce became a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) on Australia Day 2012. He received the award for his long-standing service to medicine as a General Practitioner, through contributions to national medical organisations and to education.
He is the current Chair of the Immunisation Coalition.

 

A/Prof Lou Irving 

Associate Professor Lou Irving is a Respiratory Physician at  the Royal Melbourne Hospital and Peter  MacCallum Cancer Centre. He is Head of the Lung Tumour Stream and the Director of Respiratory and Director of Clinical Training.

Associate Professor Irving has clinical, teaching and research interests in lung cancer, advanced bronchoscopy and COPD and has published over 270 scientific papers.​

  

Dr Ikram Abdi 

Dr Ikram Abdi

Dr Ikram Abdi is a social scientist and research fellow at the University of Sydney. Her research aims to understand the social context of health behaviours to help inform the development of interventions, tools, and programs both in Australia and globally.

She is passionate about health equity and conducting research that drives policy change at national and international levels to improve health outcomes for population subgroups. She is currently investigating the policy and program level barriers to implementing vaccination strategies for refugee and migrant populations.

  

Nichole Lanham 

Nichole is a highly motivated pharmacist with a Bachelor of Pharmacy (Honours) from the University of Queensland. Her passion for pharmacy is evident in her work, particularly in the rapidly expanding area of scope of practice for community pharmacy. Nichole’s strong interpersonal skills allow her to connect with patients and colleagues, ensuring they feel comfortable, heard, and valued throughout their interactions.

As a Pharmacist Advisor at The Pharmacy Guild of Australia National Secretariat, Nichole thrives on challenges and continuous growth.

 

Catherine Keil

Catherine Keil

MN(NP) RN BSc(Hons) Dip TM(RCPSG) CTH(ISTM) FACTM Catherine Keil is an Australian/British Nurse Practitioner specialising in travel health and immunisations. She completed a BSc Honours degree in Geography in 1995 from the University of Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, UK, with an interest in Medical Geography. She went on to complete a Nursing Diploma in 1998 from Kingston University/St George’s Medical School, London, UK, which involved an exchange program to Uganda.

After travelling and working in Africa, South East Asia and Central America, she became a practice nurse based in London. She specialised in travel health, which led her to work for Emirates Airline in Dubai for ten years, where she was instrumental in setting up a travel health clinic for the crew and families.

In 2006, she completed the Diploma in Travel Medicine from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow, UK, and in 2014 completed the ISTM Certificate in Travel Health.

After moving to Australia, she completed a Masters in Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) from Flinders University, Adelaide, in 2017 and now works as an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner in Travel Health and Immunisations.

In 2018, she became an elected member of the International Society of Travel Medicine (ISTM) Nursing Professional Group Steering Council

In 2019, she became a Fellow of the Faculty of Travel Medicine (FFTM), Australasian College of Tropical Medicine.

 

To register for this activity, simply:

  • Download the CPD HCP app on your phone or tablet or use the website at https://www.cpdhcp.com.au
  • Click on Create an Account or login with your existing account if you have used this website or app previously.
  • Click on the arrow next to the event and click on register.
Webinar 3 - Watch on YouTube
Each webinar is 0.5 CPD hours. Complete all 3 webinars for 1.5 hours.

RACGP ID: Pending
Each webinar is 0.5 CPD hours. Complete all 3 webinars for 1.5 hours.

Page Published: 27 May 2024 | Page Updated: 20 June 2024