The objective of my five minute presentation is to teach students about the importance of vaccinations. I will be targeting vaccinations specific to the age groups one through eighteen because my senior topic is on pediatrics and because that is when vaccinations are the most vital.
1)I will start off my asking everyone in the room to raise their hands if they are currently up to date with their vaccines. This should not be difficult to answer because state laws for schools require each child to have an immunization card with all vaccines up to date so every child in the class should have his or her hand up.
2) I will then ask why everyone has their hands up. the response will hopefully be somewhere along the lines of, "because it is required by the school" or "because it is important we don't get sick."
3)Once someone answers, I will begin explaining why schools require vaccines in the first place and what would happen if we suddenly stopped. I am only going to talk briefly about the physical structure and make up of the vaccine to give them an idea but I do not want that to be the purpose of my presentation. The main purpose is to teach about importance of a vaccine, not what it is.
4)To check for understanding, I will give scenarios of what would happen if we did and didn't have immunizations. I will then ask the student to give me an answer.
5) Once they answer, I will give a brief summary of the DTap(whooping cough) vaccine an example of the Whooping Cough Outbreak in Japan in 1974 as a result of the decline of DTap immunizations. This will support my argument of how important it is to be vaccinated.
6)For my visual, I am going to bring an actual immunization card to pass around to show people what it looks like. I'm still deciding on whether I should show an example of what an up to date vaccine looks like or what a blank card looks like. I am planning on pointing out the DTap immunization and the number of shots required to complete it. I am also going to bring copies of different type of vaccine information papers made for parents to read before their children are given it. I see it around pediatrician offices often and think it will be a perfect visual so I am going to make photocopies of the pediatricians papers that I am shadowing.
7) If I have time I am going to talk about the flu shot which is recommended by physicians to get every season. I will give examples of why it is important and myths that parents believe about the flu shot which stops their children from being fully protected by the flu.
8) I will wrap up by asking random people what they learned or found useful in my presentation to check for understanding. I will ask if there are any questions and then conclude.
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