The North Dakota State University’s Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) Program is offering a monthly series with local VaxChamps giving talks on important, current vaccine-related topics.
As part of CIRE’s new monthly webinar series, Boost Your Knowledge: Empowering Providers to Make Confident Vaccine Recommendations, Dr. Rebecca Bakke will introduce the history of the vaccine hesitancy movement, provide strategies for building trust with hesitant patients and examine case examples of conversations in the medical encounter.
This presentation will be offered two times:
- Wednesday, July 31, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm (CT)
- Thursday, August 1, 2024 | 12:00 – 1:00 pm (CT)
Everyone is welcome! This activity has been approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.
Presenter:
Dr. Bakke is a graduate of Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota and the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences in Grand Forks, North Dakota. She completed her residency in general pediatrics at Nationwide Children’s Hospital with the Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, Ohio. She is currently a pediatrician at Sanford Children’s Southwest Clinic in Fargo, North Dakota, and has been practicing for 13 years.
The Center for Immunization Research and Education (CIRE) works collaboratively throughout the region to increase vaccination rates because no one should suffer from a vaccine-preventable disease. The CIRE team addresses trends in vaccine coverage through research and education and finds ways to improve vaccine acceptance and immunization rates in both children and adults.