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Uncertain vaccination history — catch-up counselling OSCE
OSCE on reconstructing history, explaining catch-up, and booking multi-visit plan.
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Target exams
MRCPCH ClinicalRACP DCE
Prompt
4-year-old new to the practice; parent-held book incomplete; some overseas vaccines possible; school forms due.
Objectives
- Reconstruct incomplete or overseas vaccination history using register and records. [1] [7]
- Explain valid versus invalid doses in plain language. [1] [3]
- Offer same-day catch-up without automatically restarting series. [1] [2]
- Book the next earliest valid visit and safety-net. [7]
References10ShowHide
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- [2]Issa AN Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices Recommended Immunization Schedule for Children and Adolescents Aged 18 Years or Younger - United States, 2025. MMWR. Morbidity and mortality weekly report, 2025.PMID 39819853
- [3]Stokley S Evaluation of invalid vaccine doses. American journal of preventive medicine, 2004.PMID 14700710
- [4]Abu-Shamsieh A Pediatric Care for Immigrant, Refugee, and Internationally Adopted Children. Pediatric clinics of North America, 2022.PMID 34794672
- [5]Dvergsdal ET Low Childhood Vaccination Coverage among Ukrainian Refugees in Norway. A Nationwide, Register-Based Cohort Study, 2022-2023. Journal of immigrant and minority health, 2025.PMID 40668470
- [6]Schillie S Prevention of Hepatitis B Virus Infection in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, 2018.PMID 29939980
- [7]Nyinawingeri A Using the Australian Immunisation Register to support general practices to improve childhood vaccination rates. Australian journal of general practice, 2024.PMID 38437660
- [8]Hull B Annual Immunisation Coverage Report 2023. Communicable diseases intelligence (2018), 2026.PMID 41730159
- [9]Crockett M New faces from faraway places: Immigrant child health in Canada. Paediatrics & child health, 2005.PMID 19668632
- [10]Liang JL Prevention of Pertussis, Tetanus, and Diphtheria with Vaccines in the United States: Recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). MMWR. Recommendations and reports : Morbidity and mortality weekly report. Recommendations and reports, 2018.PMID 29702631