Navigating the COVID and RSV Vaccine Roadmap in Older Adults
Dr. Dawn Bowdish will share her expertise on about how we can best serve our older adults, as we weave through decision-making about COVID and RSV vaccine options, timing, and communication.
Join the conversation on Wednesday, September 24th at 12 pm (CST/SK).
Learning objectives include:
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Understanding current NACI guidance and identifying those patients at elevated risk
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Working through the nuances of vaccine fatigue and misinformation with your patients
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Building your confidence with current recommendations, and how to facilitate next steps with older adult patient conversations and/or their caregiver
About Dr. Dawn Bowdish
Dr. Dawn Bowdish is an Associate Professor at McMaster University and a Canada Research Chair in Aging & Immunity. She completed her PhD at UBC where she studied the anti-infective properties of antimicrobial peptides. She also completed her post-doctoral work at the University of Oxford, and studied how white blood cells called macrophages recognize the bacteria that cause tuberculosis. She started her lab at McMaster University in 2009 with her team of post-doctoral fellows, undergraduate and graduate students. She has won a number of early career awards including the Pfizer-ASPIRE award and the G. Jeannette Thorbecke Award from the Society of Leukocyte Biology.
This webinar is sponsored by Moderna.