Here are resources to help clinicians confidently and safely administer the COVID-19 vaccines, as well as information to support accredited continuing education (CE) providers develop and deliver education about the COVID-19 vaccines. If you have any questions about accreditation requirements or any aspect of accredited education related to these vaccines, please contact us at info@accme.org. We’re here to help.
This page was last updated on September 13, 2021.
Resources and Materials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Educators can download, use, and repurpose these materials to create their own CE activities.
- Building Confidence in COVID-19 Vaccines Among Your Patients: Tips for the Healthcare Team
- Building Vaccine Confidence in Health Systems and Clinics: Tips for Immunization Coordinators
- COVID-19 Vaccination Communication Toolkit
- COVID-19 Vaccine Basics: What Healthcare Personnel Need to Know
- What Healthcare Professionals Need to Know about the Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) COVID-19 Vaccine
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Resources and Materials from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Educators can leverage these materials in the development of COVID-19 vaccine continuing education.
- FDA Approves First COVID-19 Vaccine
- Media Call: First COVID-19 Vaccine Approval - 8/23/2021
- Q&A for Comirnaty (COVID-19 Vaccine mRNA)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Update: FDA Authorizes Additional Vaccine Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Individuals
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Resources and Materials from the Vaccine Manufacturers
The following information has been reviewed and approved by an independent expert group convened by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education, Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education, and American Nurses Credentialing Center. Accredited providers are allowed to include or use these materials in the development of COVID-19 vaccine continuing education.
Pfizer and BioNTech
- Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine
- Comirnaty Package Insert
- Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine Comirnaty® Receives Full U.S. FDA Approval for Individuals 16 Years and Older
Moderna
- FDA Briefing Document: Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine
- Moderna Clinical Study Protocol, mRNA-1273-P301, Amendment 3
- Safety and Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-1273 Vaccine in Older Adults (NEJM)
- SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccine Design Enabled by Prototype Pathogen Preparedness (Nature)
- Evaluation of the mRNA-1273 Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 in Nonhuman Primates (NEJM)
- An mRNA Vaccine Against SARS-CoV-2 - Preliminary Report (NEJM)
Janssen (Johnson & Johnson)
- Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers
- Fact Sheet for Healthcare Providers Administering Vaccine
- FDA Briefing Document: Janssen Biotech Vaccine
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- Ensemble 2 Protocol Listing