Tue 19 Nov 2024
World Antimicrobial Awareness Week | It takes all of us: fighting antimicrobial resistance together
Join AdPha and the AdPha Infectious Diseases Leadership Committee for Antimicrobial Awareness Week!
World AMR Awareness Week (WAAW) is a global campaign to raise awareness and understanding of AMR and promote best practices to reduce the emergence and spread of drug-resistant infections. It is celebrated from 18 to 24 November every year.
This webinar will offer valuable insights into the impact of AMR on patients, healthcare professionals and the global community. Attendees will hear from various healthcare professionals about how AMR affects their roles and will learn strategies for effective collaboration to manage resistant infections and enhance infection prevention efforts.
Learning objectives:
- Describe antimicrobial resistance (AMR), including its causes and implications for patients and public health.
- Explore strategies for effective interdisciplinary collaboration to manage antimicrobial resistant infections and prevent the spread of resistant organisms.
- Implement practical tools to promote antimicrobial resistance and stewardship and enhance infection prevention efforts.
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Sharmila Khumra, Senior Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Austin Health in Melbourne, Vic, Teaching Associate, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Vic
Zoy Goff, Paediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Perth Children’s Hospital, Perth, WA
Maryam Sherkat, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, WA
Mia Brill, Infection Prevention and Control Nurse, Austin Health, Vic
Dr Patrick Harris, Infectious Disease Physician, Medical Microbiologist and NHMRC Emerging Leader (EL2) Fellow at The University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research (UQCCR), Qld
All registration rates include GST
This activity has been accredited for 1 hour of Group-1 CPD (or 1 CPD credit), suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan.
The accreditation number is S2023/90.
Competency standards:
- Standard 3.5.1 Review trends in medicine use
- Standard 3.6.2 Support health promotion activities and health services intended to maintain and improve health
- Standard 3.6.3 Support evidence-based public health programs
*National competency standards framework for pharmacists in Australia, 2016
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