Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) is part of Australia’s national antimicrobial resistance strategy for Australian general practice and aged care. AMS also forms part of the standards for general practice set by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP).
This workshop aims to address AMS concerns relevant to general practice and provide practical strategies for GPs to improve their own antibiotic prescribing.
Learning objectives
- Describe best practice management of respiratory tract infections and urinary tract infections.
- Develop strategies to reduce the adverse impact of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing in general practice.
- Describe the adverse consequences of unnecessary antibiotic prescribing on health.
- Describe the challenges of antimicrobial stewardship in childhood infections.
- Describe new developments in the most recent update of Therapeutic Guidelines.
Workshop Program
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08:45 – 09:00 |
Registration, Tea and Coffee |
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09:00 – 09:15 |
Welcome: Professor Mieke van Driel, University of Queensland |
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09:15 – 10:40 |
Respiratory tract infections: Dr Geoffrey Spurling, University of Queensland |
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10:40 – 11:00 |
Morning Tea |
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11:00 – 11:40 |
Urinary tract infections: Dr Joanne Manski-Nankervis, Dr Ruby Biezen, University of Melbourne |
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11:40 – 12:20 |
Antimicrobial Stewardship in respiratory infections: Dr Andrew Burke, The Prince Charles Hospital, Brisbane |
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12:20 – 13:00 |
Lunch |
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13:00 – 14:00 |
Scary infections in children: Dr Sophie Wen, Queensland Children’s Hospital, Brisbane |
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14:00 – 15:00 |
Update of Therapeutic Guidelines: Antibiotics: Professor Mieke van Driel, University of Queensland |
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15:00 – 15:15 |
Wrap up and close |
About National AMR Forum
CRE REDUCE and the University of Queensland have collaborated with national institutions and international partners on the delivery of the 3rd National Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Forum, held in Brisbane on November 8 2019 at the RBWH Education & Conference Centre at Herston.
In addition to the CRE REDUCE, the key partners included the Queensland Statewide AMS Program, UQ Primary Care Clinical Unit, UQ School of Veterinary Science, UQ School of Dentistry, UQ Institute of Molecular Bioscience and the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship.
We brought together physicians, nurses, pharmacists, veterinarians, dentists, policy makers, and others, under a multidisciplinary umbrella of effective action against AMR in human and animal medicine.
Please listen a series of podcasts recorded at the Forum featuring Forum expert speakers and guests.
FORUM PODCAST SESSIONS
The keynote address will be delivered by Sara E. Cosgrove, a Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and Director, Department of Antimicrobial Stewardship, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, US.
