Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

Who is the course for?

This course requires an active interest and prior experience in the prevention, diagnosis and management of infectious disease. This version is for learners who prefer to participate in English.

You can also join the course in the following language versions:

Espanol: Optimización del uso de antimicrobianos: Gestión de la resistencia a los antimicrobianos

中文: 抗菌素管理: 管理抗生素耐药性

Pусский: Стратегия контроля антимикробной терапии (СКАТ): контроль антибиотикорезистентности

What topics will you cover?

Antibiotic Resistance and its global impact

The relationship between antibiotic resistance and prescribing

What antimicrobial stewardship is and how it can be implemented in a hospital setting

Why measurement is important in stewardship: how it can improve antibiotic prescribing

How novel diagnostics can help in clinical decision making for antibiotic prescribing

An understanding of the value of Behaviour Change Science to improve antibiotic prescribing

Examples of successful antibiotic stewardship from across the globe

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…

Assess the threat of antibiotic resistance in the learner’s location and to their practice

Evaluate the effectiveness of using certain strategies/tools/interventions in antimicrobial stewardship to drive improvement in learner’s location and practice

Understand the value of measurement in antimicrobial stewardship: how to calculate DDDs and use Point Prevalence Surveys, have begun to determine how to use these in their location and practice to drive improvements in antibiotic prescribing

Assess the value of novel diagnostics to clinical decision making for optimal antibiotic prescribing

Understand the value of Behaviour Change Science to successful antimicrobial stewardship: by assessing issues around culture and context learners will explore how you can apply this evidence in their own setting

Examples of successful antimicrobial stewardship implementation from across the globe will be provided and learners encouraged to assess the value of these for their own location and practice