Educational interventions

Zoltán Vokó is a professor of epidemiology, a medical specialist in preventive medicine and public health. His research focuses on the epidemiology of non-communicable disease, effectiveness of public health interventions, including vaccination and on the health-economic assessment of public health interventions.

Summary

There are only few courses for healthcare professionals (HCPs) which are dedicated to vaccination of older adults.
The format of these courses is usually traditional frontal teaching.
The efficacy of these training programs can be measured at different levels: reaction, learning, behaviour, and results related to vaccination uptake.
Regarding vaccination of older adults, HCPs lack the most the communication skills and they would like to receive training on it