www.musc.edu/TIDE

TIDE is the product of collaboration between The Ambulatory Pediatric Association and the Society for Adolescent Medicine (SAM). As we are currently coming to an end of the CDC support, we are in the process of applying for multiple sources of funding for the continuation of the program. The funding will be used for curriculum development, continuation of CME certifications and for dissemination activities. TIDE continues to be a source of immunization delivery information and provides an online curriculum for health care professionals.

TIDE is a self paced program and the curriculum is organized as five self-contained modules including all the resources needed for learners.

• Module A - Childhood Immunization - presents sample cases requiring the learner to make correct decisions for pediatric patients’ vaccinations. Diane Kittredge, Diane Langkamp, Paul Darden
• Module B Assessing Immunization Rates leads the learner through a chart audit to measure practice immunization rates. Diane Kittredge, Diane Langkamp, Paul Darden, Judith Shaw
• Module C - Improving Immunization Rates in your practice presents ways to bring about change in office routines to improve immunization rates. Diane Kittredge, Diane Langkamp, Paul Darden, Judith Shaw
  Note: Modules B & C are in the final stages of development incorporating current concepts in continuing quality improvement, the first being Improving Immunization Rates in Your Practice: Understanding the Concepts. The other CQI module is Improving Immunization Rates in Your practice:
• Module D – Adolescent Immunizations presents sample cases requiring the learner to make correct decisions for adolescent patients’ vaccinations. Viking Hedberg, Jill Fournier, RN, BSN
• Module E - Vaccine Storage and Handling describes the storage and handling requirements for commonly used vaccines and provides quick access to authoritative vaccine storage and handling resources. Viking Hedberg, Jill Fournier, RN, BSN

TIDE/APA/SAM Immunization Activities

• The annual updates for the program were completed and include the new immunization schedule as well as vaccine information.
• Activities for dissemination such as e-mail notices on the listserv and information presented in the newsletters and national meetings was ongoing. TIDE brochures were distributed at the Tricounty Immunization Coalition quarterly meeting in September.
• The Medical University of South Carolina's Office of Continuing Education has continued to issue free CMEs for the online curriculum and the Center for Academic and Research Computing is continuing to provide web development support.
• The program is being considered for an unrestricted educational grant to continue with curriculum development and CME activities.

Visit TIDE online for an interactive demonstration or to register at www.musc.edu/tide or email Paul Darden dardenpm@usc.edu or Anne Ross Rossas@musc.edu for more information.

Updated 01/04/08