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

Using the AIMS framework (Announce, Inquire, Mirror, Secure), residents will complete online modules designed to improve vaccine education, promote vaccine confidence and improve vaccine counseling in general. There will also be modules dispelling myths and controversies specific to HPV, MMR, Covid and influenza vaccines that often limit or prevent vaccination uptake.

"After completion of the Immersive Resident Education modules, residents will participate in a telemedicine standardized patient encounter. They will interview a vaccine-hesitant patient and this encounter will be video recorded. At the end of the encounter, the SP will provide the resident with patient-centered feedback on their communication skills. The SP will also complete a communication checklist regarding each resident encounter and the research team will review the recorded encounters for accuracy of medical content conveyed during each encounter."