
Continuing Education
Sherilyn has authored and/or delivered the following select continuing professional development programs
(when a program has been updated since its original offering, only the most recent update is listed)
2025:​
-
Immunization for healthy aging: Protecting older adults from vaccine-preventable diseases (lesson).
-
Why respiratory vaccination still matters (presentation).
-
Preventing cancer, one dose at a time (presentation).
-
Protecting communities: Pharmacy practice and publicly funded vaccines (presentation).
-
Highlights from the WHO's 2024 World Malaria Report (article).
-
More than vaccines: Other important considerations when caring for travellers (lesson).
-
What's 'pneu' in pneumococcal disease? (lesson).
-
RSV vaccination: From risk to resilience (lesson).
-
COVID-19 complacency and the ongoing importance of vaccination (lesson).
-
Influenza vaccination for older adults: What’s the evidence behind NACI recommendations and how can they be implemented in community pharmacy? (presentation).
-
Navigating vaccine recommendations for older adults (presentation).
-
Vaccine hesitancy and immunization effectiveness: From a reactive to a proactive approach (presentation).
-
All aboard! Pharmacy as the next destination for travel health (presentation).
-
Typhoid fever: Good news, not-so-good news, and what it means for travellers (article).
​
2024:
​​
-
Shared decision-making when multiple vaccines are recommended for a traveller (article).
-
From triage to immunization: A holistic approach to outpatient antimicrobial stewardship (presentation).
-
What's new with pneumococcal disease: Keeping pharmacists updated on circulating serotypes and vaccine options (webinar).
-
The COVID-19 vaccination reset: Rethinking our options and approaches (webinar).
-
COVID‑19 is not the flu: How differences across viruses and vaccines impact patient care (lesson).
-
Make it happen: A case-based review of patient assessment, informed consent, public coverage, and vaccine hesitancy around HPV vaccination in Ontario (presentation).
-
Broadening our perspective: The who, when, where, and why considerations for HPV vaccination in pharmacy practice (webinar).
-
​Vaccination in pregnancy: An interactive case-based education program for pharmacists (course).
-
Vaccine update: Catching up on what's new with vaccines in Canada (article).
-
Vaccines without borders: A clinician's guide to travel health (presentation).
-
Maximizing the uptake of HPV vaccination for all ages: Practical case studies and strategies for protection (lesson).
-
Injection training certificate program for pharmacy technicians (course).
-
Collaboration in vaccination: Working with pharmacists to support pediatric vaccination uptake (presentation).
-
Moving the needle on COVID-19 vaccination in children (presentation).
-
From adjuvants to viral vectors: Innovations in immunization (presentation).
-
Influenza vaccination in older adults: Supporting cardiovascular health and independence (lesson and presentation).
-
RSV in adults: A primer for pharmacists (webinar).
-
RSV in kids: A big problem for little lungs (presentation).
-
10 things you need to know about RSV vaccination (presentation).
-
Delivering a comprehensive pharmacy based vaccine program (course).
​​​​
2023
-
A focus on adult immunization: building confidence in community pharmacy (course).
-
The basics of travel medicine for pharmacists: a focus on vaccine-preventable diseases (course).
-
Advanced travel health services: stepping up your travel health practice (course).
-
Products with purpose – a refresher on COVID-19 vaccines (course).
-
Vaccinations for resort travel: A case-based review (presentation).
-
Long COVID and your patients: Strategies to reduce the risk of this common COVID-19 complication (webinar).
-
Vaccine hesitancy in your clinic: Addressing the difficult COVID-19 questions with your patients (webinar).
-
Identifying, preventing, and managing RSV in pharmacy practice: A case-based approach (webinar).
-
RSV assessment, management, and vaccination: The essentials for pharmacists (course).
-
Long COVID: The science behind it and how to minimize patient risk (webinar).
-
Minor ailments module: pinworms/threadworms (course).
-
Applying new pneumococcal vaccine recommendations to practice: An interactive case-based learning program for pharmacists (course).
-
Injections and immunizations certificate program for pharmacists (course).
-
Minor ailments: shingles module (course).
-
Practical approaches to improving treatment adherence (presentation).
-
The pharmacist’s guide to helping patients stay healthy while travelling (course).
-
RSV in older adults: A primer for pharmacists (webinar).
-
The ABCs of RSV: What is it, and what can we do about it? (presentation).
-
Updated COVID-19 vaccination guidance: What pharmacists need to know for the fall immunization campaign (presentation).
-
The science and impact of new innovations in influenza vaccines (lesson).
-
The RSV roadmap series (webinars).
​
2022:
-
Embracing the role of pharmacists in immunization care (presentation).
-
Influenza vaccines: A refresher (course).
-
Injections and immunizations certificate program for pharmacists (course).
-
Delivering a comprehensive pharmacy-based vaccine program (course).
-
Vaccinations at the pharmacy: A team-based approach (webinar).
-
Cell-based influenza vaccine: A refresher for pharmacists (webinar).
-
Moving the needle: You can help bridge immunization care gaps (presentation).
-
Cell-based influenza vaccines: A focus on older adults (presentation).
-
Influenza season is coming – Let’s protect our most vulnerable population (webinar).
-
ImmunizNation: Practical strategies for recommending immunization to patients at risk of herpes zoster (presentation).
-
Cell-based influenza vaccines: What’s the difference, and what’s the evidence? (lesson).
-
Cell-based influenza vaccines: What pharmacists need to know (webinar).
​
2021:
-
COVID-19 vaccines CME course (course).
-
National injectable medication and vaccine administration training program for pharmacists (course).
-
New technologies in influenza and COVID-19 vaccines: The pharmacist's role in supporting vaccination (webinar).
-
Reducing the impact of influenza in older adults: The pharmacist's role in optimizing vaccination opportunities (webinar).
-
Vaccination during COVID-19 and beyond (presentation).
​
2020:
-
The pharmacist’s guide to cell-based influenza vaccines in Canada (lesson).
-
What is new in influenza and influenza vaccines? From egg-based to cell-based vaccines (webinar).
​
2019:
-
Pre-travel consultations: identifying patients and determining risks (course).
-
Beyond influenza – a review of adult vaccinations and immunization technique in community pharmacy (presentation).
​
2018:
-
Expanded scope: learning better together (lesson).
​
2017:
-
The Zika virus: the pharmacist’s role in prevention and detection (lesson).
As a regular columnist in travel health for Pharmacy Practice + Business, she has published the following pieces:
-
Is homemade sunscreen a recipe for disaster? Pharmacy Practice + Business 2025;12(3):19-20.
-
Getting your zzz's while overseas: A guide to jet lag. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2024;11(6):12-14.
-
Why the Canadian Immunization Guide should be our first stop for vaccination decision-making. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2024;11(3):21-23.
-
Big adventures for little explorers: Considerations for travelling with children. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2023;10(7):19-20.
-
Assisting last-minute travellers. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2023;10(2):23-24.
-
The “golden years”: Providing pretravel care for older adults. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2022;9(4):26-27.
-
Common drug interactions in travel medicine. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2022;9(2):26-27.
-
Oust the ouch: Strategies to reduce injection pain. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2021;8(4):23-24.
-
Travellers’ thrombosis: Not just an ‘economy class syndrome’. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2021;8(1):26-27.
-
Pokes during the pandemic: Travel vaccines and COVID-19. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2020;7(8):16-17.
-
Destination: information! Navigating travel health resources. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2020;7(5):19-20.
-
The ABCD approach to malaria prevention. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2020;7(1):16-18.
-
The DEETails on insect repellent alternatives. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2019;6(5):15-16.
-
Travel abroad to visit friends and relatives: What pharmacists need to know. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2019;6(1):17-18.
-
Travellers’ diarrhea: Applying new guidelines to practice. Pharmacy Practice + Business 2018;5(7):15-16.
-
Are you current on travel trends? Pharmacy Practice + Business 2018;5(1):15-16.