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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
Vaccine Development: Finding a Vaccine for COVID-19 and Future Pandemics
This course delivered an in-depth examination of vaccine development, looking specifically at the process for a COVID-19 vaccine. It explored how we know vaccines are safe for public use and used case studies to illustrate how they have been successful in controlling past infectious disease outbreaks. It discussed the different COVID-19 vaccine types and their relative advantages and disadvantages. It highlighted the importance of preventing future pandemics and how this is being achieved.
3 weeks, 2 hours per week
Dr Rajeka Lazarus
Consultant in Infectious Diseases and Microbiology, University Hospital Bristol
BSAC
Susanne Hodgson
Academic Clinical Lecturer in Infection, University of Oxford
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Discuss why and when new vaccines are developed and identify the characteristics of an ideal vaccine
- Describe how new vaccines are developed and manufactured
- Explain how vaccine safety is assessed and monitored
- Explore the difference between vaccine efficacy and effectiveness, and understand how these are measured
- Identify how vaccines are used to control outbreaks and pandemics
- Investigate the different COVID-19 vaccine candidates and how they are being developed and tested
Syllabus
- Why and when new vaccines are developed
- How vaccines are developed and manufactured
- How vaccines are tested to ensure they are safe prior to being deployed
- How vaccines are assessed to see if they are effective at preventing infection or disease
- The role of vaccines in controlling infectious disease outbreaks and pandemics
- The different COVID-19 vaccine candidates to date and how they are being developed and tested
This course has been approved by the Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 6 credits.
Issued on 6th February 2021
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