ESCMID Study Group for Antimicrobial Stewardship - ESGAP

 

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2022 Annual Report Published

The Annual Report showcasing the achievements of the previous year is now available to view. Be sure to check out the report to see what the Study Group was able to accomplish in 2022 as well as what they plan for the future.

 

New ESGAP Executive Committee elected

A new ESGAP Executive Committee has been elected and will now be:

 

  • Chair: Jeroen Schouten, Netherlands
  • Secretary: Paul Yonga, Kenya
  • Treasurer: Karin Thursky, Australia
  • Science Officer: Esmita Charani, United Kingdom
  • Education Officer: Katja de With, Germany

 

We thank all previous Executive Committee for their excellent work over the last years. We are looking forward to continuing this work.

 

You can find the full election report here

 

2021 Annual Report Published

The Annual Report showcasing the achievements of the previous year is now available to view. Be sure to check out the report to see what the Study Group was able to accomplish in 2021 as well as what they plan for the future.

WAAW 2021 - Our World and AMR interactive map

Antimicrobial resistance has affected much more than just how healthcare professionals treat patients and the ways in which we conduct research as scientists in Infecitous Diseases and Clinical Microbiology. To this end, as an initiative for World Antimicrobial Awareness Week 2021, ESGAP have collected short interviews and stories from ESCMID members across Europe and beyond to tell us how AMR impacts their work, and the lives and outcomes of their patients and their personal reflections on solutions, challenges, and things we can do differently. We collected all of thesubmissions and put together an interactive map to highlight the global nature of this crisis and show how AMR impacts different parts of the world differently.

 

Check out the interactive map here.

2020 Annual Report Published

The Annual Report showcasing the achievements of the previous year is now available to view. 2020 was a challenging year due to COVID-19, but check out the report to see what the Study Group was able to accomplish or plan for the future.

ESGAP websymposium on Antimicrobial Stewardship in COVID-19 times on May 6, 2020

On May 6, 2020, ESGAP organized its first websymposium on: Antimicrobial Stewardship in COVID-19 times.

New ESGAP Executive Committee elected

A new ESGAP Executive Committee has been elected and will now be:

  • Chair: Jeroen Schouten, Netherlands
  • Secretary: Tomislav Kostyanev, Belgium
  • Treasurer: Diamantis Kofteridis, Greece
  • Science Officer: Esmita Charani, United Kingdom
  • Education Officer: Vera Vlahovic-Palcevski, Croatia

We thank all previous Executive Committee for their excellent work over the last years. We are looking forward to continuing this work.

You can find the full election report here

ESGAP - Grants for the 5th ESGAP antibiotics course

ESGAP will organize its 5th European antibiotics course in Valencia, Spain from Thursday, March 26th to Saturday, March 28th 2020.

In an intensive three-day program, clinical experts cover the basics of antibiotic therapy, and will discuss the rationale behind the antibiotic treatment regimens of the most relevant infections for medical specialists. The course material will be further practiced with interactive questions. The course strives for maximum interaction, group size will therefore be limited to a maximum of 60 (two groups of 30). For further details on the course see: www.antibioticscourse.com.

 

For this edition, ESGAP offers ten participation grants. Recipients of the ESGAP-grants will be offered registration at the discounted rate of €75. Note that the grant does not cover travel or stay. In awarding the grants preference will be given to (1) ESCMID-members, (2) doctors at the beginning of their career (<40 years). A geographical and gender-balance will be pursued.

 

To apply for a grant, please send a short motivation letter (max 200 words) and curriculum (max 1 A4 sheet) to the ESGAP secretary Tomislav Kostyanev: Tomislav.Kostyanev[at]uantwerpen.be

The deadline to apply for a grant is December 1st 2019. Applicants will be notified about acceptance at the latest in the second week of January 2020.

ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Implementing the Change

Co-organised by ESGAP, ESCMID and the Study Group on Healthcare-Associated Infections (GEIRAS) of the Spanish Society of Infectious Diseases (SEIMC)

19-20 April 2018, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain

Course Objectives: to understand the scientific background of antimicrobial stewardship interventions; to understand the sociocultural, ethical and behavioral aspects of antimicrobial stewardship; to acknowledge the relevance of the quality management/implementation aspects of antimicrobial stewardship; to learn about other barriers to antimicrobial stewardship and how to address them; to learn the basic principles of bacterial resistance and antimicrobial consumption surveillance; to understand the differential aspects of antimicrobial stewardship in various settings: hospital (medicine, surgery, ICU, hematology), primary care, general public, long-term care facilities; to learn how to integrate antimicrobial stewardship education in undergraduate and postgraduate curriculums of healthcare professionals; to overview the antimicrobial stewardship initiatives being in place worldwide; to learn from national strategies: their successes andfailures

Programme

Course material in the ESCMID eLibrary

ESCMID Postgraduate Education Course

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Implementing the Change

Co-organised by ESGAP, ESGVM and the British Small Animal Veterinary Association (BSAVA),

4 April 2018, Birmingham, United Kingdom

The objectives are to promote hospital infection control and antimicrobial stewardship in small animal practice and to educate a new generation of veterinary infectious disease specialists to be able to develop and implement infection control programmes (ICPs) and antimicrobial stewardship programmes (ASPs). Postgraduate education in this area is regarded as one of the key missions of ESGVM in order to meet the current public and animal health concerns related to the occurrence of multidrug-resistant bacteria and the increasing demand for responsible antibiotic use in veterinary medicine.

Programme

Course material in the ESCMID eLibrary