Navigating the 2025 Adult Immunization Landscape: Updates, Challenges, and Strategies for Improved Vaccine Uptake

Given that immunization recommendations are somewhat of a “moving target,” it is imperative that primary care NPs/PAs be aware of the most recent, evidence-based recommendations. This is especially important in an environment in which misinformation about vaccines seems to grow day by day.

After participating in this education, learners will be able to:

• Summarize key changes to the ACIP’s immunization schedule for adults in 2025.
• Describe indications and use of new vaccines approved by the FDA in 2024, as well as reformulations of existing vaccines.
• Interpret the divide between vaccination uptake goals and actual results in clinical practice.
• Cite tactics to facilitate improvement of vaccine uptake in clinical practice and reduce disparities in vaccine uptake by certain populations.
• Debunk common myths about vaccines that may contribute to patient hesitancy toward immunization.

Credit Designations

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center designates this activity for 1.0 nursing contact hours. Nurses should claim only credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center has been authorized by the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Supported by an independent medical education grant from GSK. Supported by an education grant from Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC.

Financial Disclosures

The "Policy on Identification, Mitigation, and Disclosure of Relevant Financial Relationships" at Albert Einstein College of Medicine-Montefiore Medical Center mandates that all individuals, including faculty, who have control over content in CME/CE activities, must disclose any relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies*, or the absence of such relationships, from the past 24 months to the audience. Any individual in control of content who refuses to disclose, or their disclosed relationships prove to create a conflict of interest will be recused.

All financial relationships of individual(s) in a position to control the content of this CME/CE activity has been identified and mitigated prior to this educational activity.

*The ACCME defines an ineligible company as those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.