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The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Practice

The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy via FutureLearn

Overview

Learn how to improve antimicrobial stewardship as a veterinary nurse or surgeon

Vets and human health professionals both have a responsibility to address the challenge of antimicrobial stewardship. Veterinary nurses, surgeons and pharmacists need the skills to prescribe antibiotics rationally and responsibly.

On this interactive course, you’ll challenge the norms of veterinary prescribing and gain the tools needed to introduce good antimicrobial stewardship practices in your own context. You will explore the challenges of monitoring responsible medicine use and relevant solutions. You will gain the confidence needed to instil change in your own veterinary practice.

This course is for veterinary surgeons, nurses and pharmacists with a basic clinical knowledge of antimicrobial prescribing practice. The course has a focus on the UK context but can be applied internationally.

Syllabus

  • Understanding medicines use
    • Welcome to week 1
    • Antimicrobial stewardship
    • Antimicrobial resistance
    • Reviewing current prescribing practices
    • Challenges to achieving good antimicrobial stewardship
    • End of week 1
  • Engaging with medicines use
    • Welcome to week 2
    • Evidence-based veterinary medicine (EBVM) and antimicrobial stewardship
    • Clinical governance and antimicrobial stewardship
    • Companion animal practice
    • Production animal practice
    • Equine practice
    • End of week 2
  • Transforming medicines use
    • Welcome to week 3
    • Companion animal practice
    • Production animal practice
    • Equine practice
    • Exotics practice
    • Human medical practice
    • Motivating lasting change
    • Transforming antimicrobial use
    • End of course!

Taught by

Yasmin Page

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