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Table 2
Potential Curricular Touchpoints for Vaccines and Their Purpose
Touchpoints Purpose
Program information sessions Ensure program candidates are aware of expectations for working in the health care environment.
Admissions requirements
Orientation Ensure student safety in the clinical setting and adherence to policies and procedures.
Patient care course Improve student knowledge of pathology and infection for a broader medical understanding.
Clinical courses
Pathology course
Capstone experience Prepare graduates for the health care workforce and vaccine expectations.

Table 3
Vaccination Resources 44-47
Resource Mission Vaccine efforts
World Bank To end extreme poverty and to promote shared prosperity in a Works globally toward solving
(worldbank.org/en/home) sustainable way. vaccination gaps.
World Health Organization To achieve better health for all people through global efforts. To Works with countries and
(who.int/) give everyone, everywhere an equal chance at a safe and healthy partners to improve global
life by connecting countries, people, and partners. vaccination coverage.
Centers for Disease Control To protect the United States from health, safety, and security Provides guidance and support
and Prevention threats, foreign and domestic. Whether diseases start in the for vaccinations to health care
(cdc.gov) United States or abroad, are chronic or acute, curable or professionals and the public.
preventable, caused by human error or deliberate attack, they
fight disease and support communities and citizens to do the same.
U.S. Department of Health and To enhance the health and well-being of all Americans by Responsible for vaccine
Human Services providing for effective health and human services and by research, development,
(hhs.gov) fostering sound, sustained advances in the sciences underlying safety and testing, licensing
medicine, public health, and social services. manufacturers, and distribution.

can help alleviate this global health burden. For example, presented to students as an ethical obligation in rela-
since the beginning of the Polio Eradication Initiative, tion to beneficence (doing good) and nonmaleficence
polio cases have decreased worldwide by 99.99%. The (doing no harm). For example, the seasonal influenza
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globalized society brings students in contact with medi- vaccine has been recommended for health care workers
cal imaging and radiation therapy patients from across for many years to protect the individual and those they
the world. Therefore, the health of people worldwide can encounter who are most vulnerable.
affect health care workers and their patients. Essentially, There are several possible points before and during
no one is safe until all are safe. instruction when addressing the topic of vaccines would
be appropriate (see Table 2). Topics might include:
Teaching Students About Vaccines ƒ ethical concepts
To keep students and their patients safe, instilling a ƒ historical success stories
respect for the effect vaccines can have by sharing scien- ƒ risks vs benefits
tific knowledge through program information, policies, ƒ safety
and curriculum is important. Vaccination could be ƒ vaccine efficacy

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