Antibiotic Use and Antibiotic Resistance

Overview:

This is a 90-minute recording of a live webcast.

This program will address one of the biggest public health challenges of our time: antibiotic resistance. Faculty will aim to provide better understanding of the roles of professionals in Antibiotic Stewardship.

By the end of this training, participants should be able to:

• Define terms such as “antimicrobials,” “antibiotic resistance,” “antibiotic stewardship,” “diagnostic stewardship”
• Describe mechanisms of the development of antibiotic resistance
• Define factors that contribute to antibiotic resistance
• Describe action steps that one can take to prevent antibiotic resistance and the spread of antibiotic-resistant organisms