Immunology

Program Could Help Improve Vaccination Rates in U.S.

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, September 22nd, 1997

Educating medical students about the importance of vaccinations could help decrease the death rate from preventable diseases such as influenza, pneumococcal pneumonia, and hepatitis B.

Richard Kent Zimmerman, MD, MPH., from University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and colleagues found that Teaching Immunization for Medical Education (TIME) materials substantially increase knowledge about immunization and vaccine-preventable diseases and were well received by learners and facilitators. They reported their findings in the September 3, 1997 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association - a theme issue on medical education...

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