When registering, please choose carefully to ensure you can attend the practical workshop. Each course has a specific date and venue for this workshop.

The online course takes around six hours to complete. You should complete and pass the online assessment BEFORE attending the three hour face-to-face practical workshop.

Please ensure you and your employer have read the Vaccinating Health Worker workforce page.

Registration requirements:  ‍

You must be:

• A non-regulated healthcare worker (e.g., kaiāwhina, healthcare assistant, pharmacy technician) currently employed in a healthcare setting.
• Employed by an organisation that understands the role of the VHW and the support and supervision required.
• Able to complete the theory component and online assessment before attending the practical workshop.
• Committed to attending the practical workshop at the venue and on the date booked on registration.

Course content

• Introduction to immunisation
• Cultural engagement
• Communication
• Practical aspects of giving a vaccine
• Post vaccination observation
• Cold chain
• COVID-19
• Influenza
• Tetanus, diphtheria and whooping cough
• Human papillomavirus
• School-based vaccinations

Assessment

At the end of the online course, complete the multiple-choice assessment. There are 30 questions, and you must get 24 correct to pass. You have 60 minutes to complete. ‍

Contacts for registration support  

Please email: imaceducation@auckland.ac.nz