Primary Care Lunch and Learn: Recognizing Vaccine Preventable Illnesses and Managing Fevers in the Under-Immunized Child

Objectives (Educational Content) :

1. Recognize symptoms of the infectious diseases prevented by childhood vaccination.

2. Describe the epidemiology of vaccine preventable illnesses

3. Describe the diagnosis, treatment, complications and prevention strategies.

Target Audience:

General pediatricians, family physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, social workers, psychologists, and nurses.

Identified Gap:

Despite widespread vaccination programs, clinicians are increasingly encountering under-immunized children and may lack experience recognizing vaccine-preventable illnesses that are now less commonly seen in practice. This contributes to gaps in timely identification, appropriate evaluation, and management of febrile under-immunized pediatric patients, as well as inconsistent understanding of current epidemiology and prevention strategies. Targeted education is needed to improve clinicians’ ability to recognize clinical presentations, apply evidence-based diagnostic and treatment approaches, and support effective prevention and public health interventions.

Estimated Time to Complete the Educational Activity:

1 hour(s)

Expiration Date for CE/CME Credit:

05-25-2026

Method of Participation in the Learning Process:

The learner will view the presentation, successfully complete a post-test and complete an activity evaluation.

Evaluation Methods:

All learners must successfully complete a post-test, as well as an activity evaluation, to claim CE/CME credit.

Disclosure:

The following presenter has indicated that no financial relationship with an ineligible company: Evelyn Pangonis, MD The following planning committee member has indicated that a financial relationship with an ineligible company: All relationships have been mitigated. The remaining planning committee/CME committee members have indicated that they have no financial relationships with any ineligible companies.

Accreditation Statement:

Children’s Hospital Medical Center of Akron is accredited by the Ohio State Medical Association to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

CHMCA designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit TM.  Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Bibliography:

1. Long SS, Prober CG, Fischer M, Kimberlin DW, eds. Principles and Practice of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 6th ed. Elsevier; 2022.

2. Kimberlin DW, Barnett ED, Lynfield R, Sawyer MH, eds. Red Book: 2024-2027 Report of the Committee on Infectious Diseases. 33rd ed. American Academy of Pediatrics; 2024.

3. Cherry JD, Harrison GJ, Kaplan SL, Steinbach WJ, Hotez PJ, eds. Feigin and Cherry’s Textbook of Pediatric Infectious Diseases. 9th ed. Elsevier; 2019.