Education

Antimicrobial Stewardship and Infection Prevention and Control

Event Description

20 - 22 November 2026
Crete, Greece
Hybrid

A comprehensive course designed to educate and train doctors, hospital pharmacists, and healthcare providers interested in advancing their knowledge and skills in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) and infection prevention and control (IPC). This course addresses the critical intersection between judicious antimicrobial use and effective infection control practices, emphasizing the importance of both aspects in combating antimicrobial resistance and reducing healthcare-associated infections.

Intended audience: 

Target Audience ID Physicians, Medical Microbiologists, Clinical Pharmac(olog)ists, ICU physicians, Internists, Specialist Nurses, Pediatricians and other medical specialties.

Objectives: 

Train and educate doctors, hospital pharmacists and healthcare providers interested in Antimicrobial Stewardship, on how to a) use appropriately antimicrobials in complicated infections, but also b) prevent and control infections, thus eliminating the need for the use of antimicrobials.

Course coordinators: 

Diamantis Kofteridis, Heraklion, Greece
Zoi-Dorothea Pana, Nicosia, Cyprus
Aggeliki Karaiskou, Athens, Greece
Petros Ioannou, Heraklion, Greece
Ioannis Kopsidas, Athens, Greece
Nikolaos Spernovasilis, Cyprus

Organisers:  

School of Medicine, University of Crete, Greece
Prefecture of the region of Crete, Regional Development Fund of Crete, Greece
Medical School, University of Nicosia (UNIC), Cyprus
Hellenic Society of Infection Control, Athens, Greece
Center of Clinical Epidemiology and Outcomes Research (CLEO), Athens, Greece
Agency for Quality Assurance in Health (ODIPY), Athens, Greece

Certification: 

Course organisers will monitor attendance. Only participants attending live sessions will be able to receive the certification. 

Course Venue: 

Atlantis hotel Heraklion Crete  

Accommodation:

Accommodation is not included in the fee. 

Registration details: 

This course is part of the AMS Certificate Programme, but has some spaces open to registrations outside of the programme.

Registration fees includes full access to the course, coffee breaks and lunches listed in the programme. Travel costs and accommodation are not included in the fee.  

Deadlines

Registration

Registration is open until 04.11.2026.

Register here

Attendance Grant application

Attendance grant application is not applicable

Registration Fees

Ticket

Fee

ESCMID Members - ON-SITE

EUR 350

Non-ESCMID Members - ON-SITE

EUR 450

ESCMID Members - ONLINE

EUR 200

Non-ESCMID Members - ONLINE

EUR 250

ESCMID Young Scientist Members - ONLINE

EUR 75

ESCMID LMIC Members - ONLINE

EUR 30