Antimicrobial Stewardship: Measuring, Auditing and Improving, ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course
29 - 31 March 2012, London, UK
Organisers
- ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Policies (ESGAP)
- British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy (BSAC)
Course Objectives
Our aim is to provide participants with a detailed understanding of key issues and the core skills required to support local and national antimicrobial stewardship programmes. This course uses a blended approach of small group and interactive teaching supported by teaching material and is delivered by a multi-disciplinary high-calibre international expert faculty.
Course Venue
Selsdon Park Hotel & Golf Club
Addington Road
South Croydon
Surrey, CR2 8YA
United Kingdom
Phone +44 (0) 208 657 8811
Website
Target Audience
100 – 130 medical doctors, scientists and clinical pharmacists, who are involved in antimicrobial stewardship activities and need to measure, audit and improve antimicrobial prescribing in their institution.
Registration Procedure
Please download the registration form (see link on the right) and return it to the course administrative secretariat.
Registration Fee
EUR 600 for ESCMID members
EUR 650 for all others
The fee includes single room accommodation at the course hotel for 2 nights (29 & 30 March 2012), the meals during the course and tuition. The fee does not cover travel to and from London.
Attendance Grants
ESCMID provides a number of attendance grants for young attendees (40 years or younger) covering the registration fee, but no travel costs. Please submit your application until 15 February 2012 online on this website (follow the link on the right). If there are more applicants than available grants, preference will be given to ESCMID members. Applicants will be informed about their acceptance by 28 February 2012.
Please note that attendance grant application does not include registration for the course. Please register separately with the form supplied on the right.
CME Accreditation
The organizer of the course will apply for European CME accreditation through EACCME.
Contact Person
Dilip Nathwani
Ninewells Hospital & Medical School
DD19SY Dundee
United Kingdom
Phone +44 138 266 0111 ext 34132
Administrative Secretariat
Esme Hewings
Event Coordinator
British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy
Griffin House, 53 Regent Place
B1 3NJ Birmingham
United Kingdom
Phone +44 121 236 1988
Fax +44 121 212 9822
Course Programme
The course will have sessions at an advanced level in parallel with sessions at a basic level.
Basic module: Junior and less experienced staff members
Advanced module: Former participants who are still active in the field
Thursday, 29 March 2012
Session 1: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | D. Nathwani | |
14:00 | Introduction | D. Nathwani |
14:15 | ECDC’s successful actions to combat antimicrobial resistance | D. Monnet |
14:45 | Effectiveness of the interventions in antimicrobial stewardship: What works? Updated Cochrane systematic review. | P. Davey |
Session 2: parallel sessions | ||
|---|---|---|
Basic Module | Chair | D. Monnet |
15:45 | How to measure antimicrobial consumption | H. Hanberger |
16:15 | How to audit antimicrobial prescriptions in a hospital | I. Gyssens |
Advanced Module | Chair | P. Davey |
15:45 | Comparison of antimicrobial use at a local, national and European level: lessons from ABS | Agnes Wechsler-Fördös |
16:15 | Linking antimicrobial resistance to antimicrobial exposure with patient or aggregate data | S. Harbarth |
Session 3: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | I. Gyssens | |
17:15 | Improving hospital antibiotic prescribing through educational interventions | D. Nathwani |
17:45 | Point prevalence studies in stewardship: the what, why, how, and where? | H. Goossens |
Friday, 30 March 2012
Session 4: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | B. Beovic | |
08:30 | Educational interventions in primary care antibiotic prescribing | C. Butler |
Case studies: parallel sessions | ||
|---|---|---|
Basic Module | Chair | D. Nathwani |
09:15 | Audit of antibiotic surgical prophylaxis | I. Gyssens |
10:45 | Quality improvement science for beginners | P. Lachman |
11:45 | Systems and organisational change and leadership | C. Haraden |
Advanced Module | Chair | B. Beovic |
09:15 | How do you measure impact of interventions: time series analysis and other methodology | S. Stone |
10:45 | Addressing antimicrobial prescribing behaviours: considering evidence, care bundles and multidisciplinary involvement | A. Holmes |
11:30 | What are the competencies required to be a good antibiotic prescriber? | B. Cookson |
11:55 | Interactive Clinical Scenarios of antibiotic management of hospitalized infected patients. Patient and hospital based approach | D. Nathwani/ J. van der Meer |
Case studies (continued) | ||
|---|---|---|
Basic Module | Chair | P. Davey |
14:00 | Increase of antimicrobial consumption in a medical intensive care unit | D. Monnet |
15:00 | What are the competencies required to be a good antibiotic prescriber? | B. Cookson |
15:25 | Interactive clinical scenarios of antibiotic management of hospitalized infected patients: patient level | D. Nathwani / J. van der Meer |
16:30 | Linking antimicrobial resistance to antimicrobial exposure with patient or aggregate data | S. Harbarth |
Advanced Module | Chair | I. Gyssens |
14:00 | Quality Improvement Science | P. Lachman |
15:00 | Systems and organisational change and leadership | C. Haraden |
16:30 | Emerging role of rapid diagnostics and biomarkers in antimicrobial stewardship | J. R. Pardo |
Session 5: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | D. Nathwani | |
17:20 | Influence of sociocultural components on outpatient antibiotic use | S. Harbarth |
17:45 | Social and behavioural approach to antibiotic prescribing in hospitals | J. van der Meer |
19:15 | Apéritif and informal meetings with invited faculty/experts | |
Saturday, 31 March 2012
Session 6: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | D. Nathwani | |
08:00 | Improving antibiotic use in the community | C. McNulty |
08:30 | How can computerised decision systems help stewardship | K. Thursky |
09:00 | Improving dosing regimens to minimise resistance | A. McGowan |
09:30 | The effectiveness of pharmacists in stewardship | W. Lawson |
Session 7: Plenary | ||
|---|---|---|
Chair | I. Gyssens | |
10:30 | Quality and clinical indicators as prescribing and infection management targets | D. Nathwani |
10:50 | Stewardship in developing and emerging nations | H. Hanberger |
11:10 | Stewardship in Australia: the evolving experience | K. Thursky |
11:30 | The EU Project ABS International | Agnes Wechsler-Fördös |
11:50 | Stewardship and political change: lessons from Alliance | J. Carlet |
12:15 | Discussion – end of course | |
Course Faculty
- Bojana Beovic, Ljubljana, SI
- Chris Butler, Cardiff, UK
- Jean Carlet, Paris, FR
- Peter Davey, Dundee, UK
- Herman Goossens, Antwerp, BE
- Inge Gyssens, Nijmegen, NL
- Haken Hanberger, Stockholm, SE
- Carol Haraden, Cambridge, USA
- Stephen Harbarth, Geneva, CH
- Alison Holmes, London, UK
- Peter Lachman, London, UK
- Wendy Lawson, London, UK
- Alasdair MacGowan, Bristol, UK
- Cliodna McNulty, Gloucester, UK
- Dominique Monnet, Stockholm, SE
- Dilip Nathwani, Dundee, UK
- Jose Ramon Pardo, Madrid, ES
- Sheldon Stone, London, UK
- Karin Thursky, Melbourne, AU
- Jos van der Meer, Nijmegen, NL
