Home Research Research Library Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake Mandating Clinician COVID-19 Vaccination May Hinder Population-Level Uptake 2021 Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, and Coutinho, Anastasia J Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Population Health, and Professionalism Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine Health care worker vaccine hesitancy has great impact not only on a worker’s individual health, but on the health of their patients, patient families, and on a population level. Because voluntary uptake of many vaccines, including the novel SARS coronavirus 2 (COVID-19) mRNA vaccine, has not been sufficient, vaccine mandates for health care workers have been suggested as one mechanism to ensure patient and health worker safety.1,2 In the current pandemic climate, the question arises: should clinicians, especially those who provide direct patient care, be mandated to get the COVID-19 vaccine? We argue that despite legal precedent for requiring vaccines, setting mandates for COVID-19 vaccines for health care professionals would be detrimental to population-level uptake, a high level of which is necessary to curb the pandemic. ABFM Research Read all 2014 Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results Go to Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results 2023 Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification. Go to Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification. 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
Author(s) Eden, Aimee R, and Coutinho, Anastasia J Topic(s) Family Medicine Certification Keyword(s) Population Health, and Professionalism Volume Family Medicine Source Family Medicine
ABFM Research Read all 2014 Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results Go to Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results 2023 Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification. Go to Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification. 1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine 2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
2014 Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results Go to Completing Self-Assessment Modules during Residency is Associated with Better Certification Exam Results
2023 Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification. Go to Differences in Physician Performance and Self-rated Confidence on High- and Low-Stakes Knowledge Assessments in Board Certification.
1994 A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine Go to A statement on the generalist physician from the American Boards of Family Practice and Internal Medicine
2014 Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification Go to Certification Status of Family Physicians in the Initial Cohort Entering Maintenance of Certification
