New Funding Opportunity: Environmental Scan of Immunization Education

The Association for Prevention Teaching and Research (APTR) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announce the availability of funds to assess effective teaching methods including current and effective technologies used at US medical schools with the goal of improving the TIME modules and advancing immunization teaching of future physicians.

Award Information

Opportunity Description

The applicant will propose a process for assessing effective teaching methods including current and effective technologies used at US medical schools with the goal of improving the TIME modules and advancing immunization teaching of future physicians. 

Applicants must include a description of the strategies for each proposed activity including the following required elements: 1) Conduct a literature review focused on effective teaching methodologies and technologies used in medical schools. 2) Examination of American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) reports and data. 

Deliverable
Report outlining key findings and recommendations for effective teaching methods to be used to update the TIME Modules or in the development of new immunization teaching tools. 

Eligibility

Medical and clinical health professions institutions of higher education who are institutional members of the Association for Prevention Teaching and Research at the time of award. APTR Membership is not required to apply, however, at the time of award, an institutional member is required throughout the project grant period. The awardee should have no financial interests or other substantial relationships with vaccine manufacturing companies.  

To learn more about the funding opportunity visit: www.aptrweb.org/SCAN

APTR Federal Grant Funding Opportunities

• Deadline: May 8, 2017 | Undergraduate Nursing Immunization Case Studies 
  
  
• Deadline: May 24, 2017 | Environmental Scan of Immunization Education