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First Shots, Best Shot

First Shots, Best Shot: Childhood vaccines at work in Canada is a comprehensive presentation designed to support health care professionals who promote immunization in their communities. The presentation is free.

The presentation will help:

  • Improve health care professionals’ knowledge about the benefits of vaccines so that they can better communicate with parents and patients.
  • Educate parents and caregivers in their communities about the health benefits and importance of complete childhood immunization.
  • Demonstrate the public health effectiveness of vaccines—and, therefore, the need for public funding—to opinion leaders and policy makers.

Suitable for medical and non-medical audiences, the slides have detailed information about vaccine-preventable diseases, childhood vaccines in Canada, safety, the immune system, and myths and facts.

The presentation is adapted from material in Your Child’s Best Shot: A parent’s guide to immunization (3rd edition, 2006), published by the Canadian Paediatric Society. It has been reviewed and updated by the CPS Infectious Diseases and Immunization Committee.

How to use this presentation

  • The presentation can be adapted to the needs and knowledge level of your audience—from medical students to parents to community leaders.
  • It’s designed to be used as a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation. Speaking notes are also provided.
  • While using all of the slides could take up to 90 minutes, presenters could easily use just 20 or 30 slides for a targeted presentation. You choose the slides that suit your audience and the length of time you have.

Please note: First Shots, Best Shot works best in PowerPoint 2007 or later.

Guidelines for use

These guidelines for use give you an overview of the presentation, along with suggestions for adapting it for your audience.

Additional resources

A list of additional resources can be downloaded and given to your audience.

If you are having trouble downloading the presentation, please e-mail info@cps.ca to receive a copy.

Last updated: Dec 1 2010