A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents
Abstract Introduction The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated its pneumococcal vaccination guidelines in September 2014 and provided an additional recommendation in February 2016. We perceived a knowledge gap related to these guidelines among residents who serve as primary care phys...
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| description | Abstract Introduction The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated its pneumococcal vaccination guidelines in September 2014 and provided an additional recommendation in February 2016. We perceived a knowledge gap related to these guidelines among residents who serve as primary care physicians during postgraduate training. Our research team confirmed the presence of this knowledge gap and designed a curriculum focused on the current guidelines for pneumococcal vaccination. Methods This curriculum consists of a preeducation quiz and survey, as well as an educational video, pocket card, and poster. The educational materials were then disseminated over a 7-week period and included a short video, handouts (laminated pocket cards), and summaries of guideline recommendations in electronic format. Results The quiz, which includes eight clinical vignette selected-response items, revealed a knowledge deficiency. For example, only a minority of residents (31.2%) correctly chose the appropriate pneumococcal vaccination schedule for an elderly patient with multiple comorbid and chronic medical ailments. A postintervention survey showed that a majority of residents (87.5%) found the educational tools effective in improving understanding and implementation of vaccine guidelines. Discussion This novel educational strategy is designed to increase resident knowledge of pneumococcal vaccination guidelines with eventual translation to actual clinical practice. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-a16be463ffbc46c5a3aa0489f6568b592022-12-21T18:39:17ZengAssociation of American Medical CollegesMedEdPORTAL2374-82652016-06-011210.15766/mep_2374-8265.10414A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine ResidentsMatthew W. Wilson0Blair J. Brown1Matthew C. Miles21 Resident Physician, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center1 Resident Physician, Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center4 Assistant Professor of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy and Immunologic Disease, Wake Forest School of MedicineAbstract Introduction The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices updated its pneumococcal vaccination guidelines in September 2014 and provided an additional recommendation in February 2016. We perceived a knowledge gap related to these guidelines among residents who serve as primary care physicians during postgraduate training. Our research team confirmed the presence of this knowledge gap and designed a curriculum focused on the current guidelines for pneumococcal vaccination. Methods This curriculum consists of a preeducation quiz and survey, as well as an educational video, pocket card, and poster. The educational materials were then disseminated over a 7-week period and included a short video, handouts (laminated pocket cards), and summaries of guideline recommendations in electronic format. Results The quiz, which includes eight clinical vignette selected-response items, revealed a knowledge deficiency. For example, only a minority of residents (31.2%) correctly chose the appropriate pneumococcal vaccination schedule for an elderly patient with multiple comorbid and chronic medical ailments. A postintervention survey showed that a majority of residents (87.5%) found the educational tools effective in improving understanding and implementation of vaccine guidelines. Discussion This novel educational strategy is designed to increase resident knowledge of pneumococcal vaccination guidelines with eventual translation to actual clinical practice.http://www.mededportal.org/doi/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.10414PneumoniaPneumococcal Vaccines |
| spellingShingle | Matthew W. Wilson Blair J. Brown Matthew C. Miles A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents MedEdPORTAL Pneumonia Pneumococcal Vaccines |
| title | A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents |
| title_full | A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents |
| title_fullStr | A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents |
| title_short | A Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Pneumococcal Vaccination Knowledge Among Internal Medicine Residents |
| title_sort | multicomponent intervention to improve pneumococcal vaccination knowledge among internal medicine residents |
| topic | Pneumonia Pneumococcal Vaccines |
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