This 3-hour course covers the COVID-19 vaccines available in New Zealand, including safety, efficacy, eligibility, administration and strategies for promoting vaccination.

‍Completion of this course on the specifics of COVID-19 vaccines is a prerequisite for becoming a COVID-19 vaccinator. It aims to equip you with the necessary knowledge and skills to administer these vaccines safely and effectively and provide you with strategies for promoting vaccination.

Registration requirements  

You must:

• be a health professional with a current annual practicing certificate or in the process of obtaining one.

Eligible roles include fully authorised or pharmacist vaccinators (including intern pharmacists); registered nurses, enrolled nurses and medical/nursing students working under prescription or standing orders; other regulated health professionals with prescribing rights.

Course content

• Introduction to COVID-19 disease

• Comirnaty 30mcg vaccine

• Comirnaty 10mcg vaccine

• Comirnaty 3mcg vaccine

• The vaccination experience    

There is also an Assessment quiz and a Next steps module.

Assessment ‍

The assessment is a set of 10 multiple choice questions with 20 minutes to complete.

On completion, you can print out a certificate as evidence of learning.