The following case questions on addressing vaccine hesitancy were designed to complement the Childhood Immunizations podcast series. They were written by Kristen Timm, a Family Medicine resident at the University of Alberta and Dr. Sarah Forgie, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the Stollery Children’s Hospital in Edmonton and professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta.

Learning Objectives:

1. Acknowledge parental concerns regarding vaccine safety
2. Discuss the risks and benefits of vaccinations
3. Create an age-appropriate management plan for administration of immunizations
4. Obtain a complete immunization history
5. Describe an appropriate vaccine catch-up schedule
6. Recognize patients who require special considerations for their immunizations