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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).

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2024:

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  • 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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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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).

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2019:

  • Pre-travel consultations: identifying patients and determining risks (course).

  • Beyond influenza – a review of adult vaccinations and immunization technique in community pharmacy (presentation).

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2018:

  • Expanded scope: learning better together (lesson).

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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.

Continuing Education Partners

Listed in alphabetical order

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