Nalini Methuka MF4 Host Defence (Archived)
Activity
Tutorial
Tutorial
As her Family Physician, you delivered Nalini Methuka 5 weeks ago as a full term, primipartum vaginal delivery. Nalini's mom Salena emigrated from Botswana to the United Kingdom where she worked at a community college. Her husband, Gabe, is a British subject of African descent. They have lived in Canada for 3 years since his IT company transferred Gabe. They arrived with their first child for her third visit to you for a well baby check.You review the benefits of vaccination/immunization and they ask about the risks. You recommend vaccination. At the conclusion of the discussion, they decide to decline vaccination for Nalini.
- Indicates most relevant
Objectives
General Objectives
- Describe the various kinds of vaccines and understand how vaccines induce immunologic memory to prevent disease.
- Know the vaccination schedule and tables.
- Determine the quantitative risk & benefit of a treatment such as vaccination.
- Understand the role social conditions play in the acquisition and spread of infectious diseases.
- The role of public health in keeping the public safe.
- Physiology of vaccinations
Global Objectives
Tags
Archived
Archived
Basic Sciences
Epidemiology
Immunology
Microbiology
Cohort Year
2010
Discipline
Allergy and Immunology
Family medicine
Infectious Diseases
Pediatrics
Public health
MCC Presentations
Immunization
McMaster Program Competencies
2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations.
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations
MeSH
Consumer Health Information [I02.233.332.186]
Haemophilus Vaccines [D20.215.894.135.450]
Immune System [A15.382]
Immunity, Active [G12.450.050.370]
Immunity, Herd [G12.450.562]
Immunity, Innate [G12.450.575]
Immunization [E02.095.520.400]
Immunologic Memory [G12.450.050.500]
Influenza Vaccines [D20.215.894.899.302]
Influenza, Human [C02.782.620.365]
Measles Vaccine [D20.215.894.899.404]
Measles-Mumps-Rubella Vaccine [D20.215.894.815.500]
Patient Education as Topic [I02.233.332.500]
Poliomyelitis [C02.182.600.700]
Public Health [N06.850]
Smallpox [C02.256.743.826]
Vaccination [E02.095.520.400.530.890]
Vaccines [D20.215.894]