UMORE - Pharmacy

Traditional and New Tech Vaccines

Vaccines-hesitancy

There are many mechanisms by which vaccines can provide immunity. Some traditional methods have been in use for hundreds of years, while advances in genetic engineering have led to development of new vaccine technologies. Short course: Traditional and New Tech Vaccines examines the mechanisms of various vaccine types, from traditional to future technologies, including live attenuated, inactivated, subunit, toxoid, DNA/RNA-based, viral vector, outer membrane vesicle, bacterial vector, and virus-like particle vaccines. Students will compare their benefits and limitations. The short course also details methods of simplifying vaccination and the progress of therapeutic vaccines.

It is recommended, although not required, to have a grounding in human anatomy (such as provided by CEP Program 3: Human Anatomy and Physiology) before attempting this short course.

Short Course: Traditional and New Tech Vaccines is estimated to take approximately 3 hours to complete. A transcript will be provided upon completion.

The cost of this training is $150 inc.  GST.

At the end of the short course, students should be able to:

  • Describe the different types of vaccine products, their modes of action and list examples
  • Compare the benefits and limitations of the different vaccine platforms
  • Outline different methods of simplifying vaccination through use of mono- and polyvalent vaccines, chimeric and combination vaccines
  • Outline the progress of therapeutic vaccines development

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