Improving Vaccine Counseling Skills Among Residents Using Educational Modules and Standardized Patient Encounters

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Conditions studied: Vaccine Refusal, Vaccine-Preventable Diseases, Physician-Patient Relations

In brief

Unfortunately, only 40% of US pediatric residency programs reported in a survey that vaccine safety and counseling training is provided to residents. The success of a residency curriculum focused on communication strategies with patients hesitant to receive the influenza vaccine has been demonstrated, finding a decreased rate of vaccination refusal in the post curricular period. In a recent 2020 study, it demonstrated the positive impact of an online vaccine curriculum on resident vaccine knowledge and self-reported confidence in counseling vaccine hesitant patients. Providers have the potential to impact a substantial pediatric patient population. The outpatient clinics where the residents included in this study care for patients had 9942 pediatric visits in 2021. Each visit is an opportunity to talk with families about vaccines, address concerns and to administer vaccines when needed. The hypothesize is that interactive educational interventions using the online training modules combined with the standardized patient encounters will increase resident vaccine knowledge and confidence, and enhance communication and counseling skills, thereby improving vaccination rates of Human Papilloma Virus (HPV), Influenza, Measles/Mumps/Rubella (MMR) and Coronavirus (COVID-19) in the Beaumont residency clinics.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06074237

Run by

Corewell Health East

People needed

112

Starts

2024-04-25

Expected to finish

2025-06-27

Last updated by the study team

2026-01-22

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Pediatric, medicine/pediatric, and family medicine residents of all training levels
• Employed by Beaumont Hospitals - Royal Oak, Troy, Wayne, or Grosse Pointe.

You may not qualify if…

• Residents not enrolled in pediatric, medicine/pediatric, or family medicine programs
• Residents receiving training at hospitals other than Beaumont Hospital - Royal Oak, Troy, Wayne, or Grosse Pointe.

Where it is running

• Beaumont Health System — Royal Oak, Michigan, United States

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