How can multi-professional education support better stewardship?
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Author(s)
Pereira, N
Castro Sanchez, EM
Nathwani, D
Type
Journal Article
Abstract
Antimicrobial stewardship is widely accepted as an efficient strategy to combat the growing threat of antimicrobial resistance. Education is one of the cornerstones of successful antimicrobial stewardship programs. There is also general agreement that antimicrobial stewardship is a team effort that must involve the whole continuum of healthcare workers. Providing adequate education for all different professionals although challenging is deemed crucial to achieve good results. This paper reviews the different strategies available to educate the multiple healthcare workers, discusses how education can improve antimicrobial stewardship programs and outlines some of the challenges faced and research gaps that need to be addressed in order to improve education in this field.
Date Issued
2017-03-30
Date Acceptance
2017-02-03
Citation
Infectious Disease Reports, 2017, 9
ISSN
2036-7449
Publisher
PAGEpress
Journal / Book Title
Infectious Disease Reports
Volume
9
Copyright Statement
© N.R. Pereira et al., 2017 Licensee PAGEPress, Italy. This work is licensed under a Creative
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0
International License (CC BY-NC 4.0).
Sponsor
National Institute for Health Research
National Institute for Health Research
Grant Number
HPRU-2012-10047
HPRU-2012-10047
Subjects
Antimicrobial stewardship
antimicrobials
education
prescribers
Publication Status
Published
Article Number
6917