for Marks JAMA 2024 we need to answer these questions:
1-Describe a strategy you have used or observed that was successful at leading a person to choose to vaccinate or a strategy that was unsuccessful. Why do you think it was effective/ineffective?
2-How can pharmacists best answer the article’s call to “provide accurate plain-language information regarding the individual and collective benefits and risks of vaccination” in their professional practice? What barriers exist?
3-The article authors note that “It is often difficult for a person to take action when the individual risk of an outcome is relatively low, even when the consequences of complications are high, and the population effects are substantial.” How can healthcare professionals best communicate the potential risks/harms of inaction (e.g. not taking a particular drug, not vaccinating), particularly when these harms may be experienced by persons other than the individual themselves?
AND for Arnozy CID 2024 we need to answer these questions:
1-Which part of the article did you find most impactful? Why?
2-How can the personal stories of healthcare professionals be used to positively impact public health?