Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Program
An “Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship Program” was launched at the Annual MAD-ID Meeting, in 2011. This program is designed to meet the ongoing educational needs for those practitioners who have stewardship practice experience and/or basic education and skills training in this area of practice. The 2012 program consists of 10 didactic live hours at the MAD-ID Annual Meeting (comprising new topics and speakers), as well as 3 hours of online lessons and a 3 hour practicum. This Advanced Program will satisfy all ACPE requirements for “practice-based activities” (formerly referred to as “certificate programs”) and will address such topics as stewardship application in specific settings and patient populations, collecting and analyzing stewardship metrics, and novel approaches to promote stewardship programs and initiatives. In addition to the opportunity to earn a certificate of completion, participants will earn up to 16 hours of continuing pharmacy education (1.6 CEU).
Program Process and Content
Live Component
The Live Component (updated annually with new topics and speakers) is provided at the Annual MAD-ID Meeting normally held in Orlando Florida, in May of each year. The 2012 Live Component provides 10 CE hours and no extra fees are involved beyond registration for the Annual Meeting (please note: there is an additional registration fee for parts 2 & 3). It consists of 8 live sessions:
- Stewardship in Community Hospitals Classroom
- Dealing with Stewardship Metrics without an Electronic Data Capture System Classroom
- Antimicrobial Stewardship and Public Policy
- The Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Management of Pneumonia
- Research Initiatives for Stewardship
- The Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Management of Neutropenic Patients
- Antimicrobial Stewardship in the Pediatric Population
- Novel Approaches to Advance Stewardship
Part 2: Online Learning Component
This component provides 3 CE hours and consists of two lessons:
- Beyond the Antibiogram
- From Restriction to Facilitation
Registration Fees
Group rates are available:
| 5-9 participants |
$325.00 |
| 10 or more participants |
$300.00 |
Part 3: Practical Component
Completion of this component represents a demonstration of acquired knowledge and skills, and is completed at the applicant’s site of practice. It entails 3 CE hours but no extra fee beyond that for the online component.
*The practical component must be completed within 12 months from the date(s) of the internet online sessions. For more detailed information and specific instructions on completing the practical component,
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Certificate of Completion
A certificate of completion will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of the program, which MAD-ID will then mail to the successful participant.
Continuing Education Credit
MAD-ID is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. Continuing education credit will be award for all successfully completed online lessons and live sessions regardless of whether the full program in completed.
Program Learning Objectives
After completion of the Advanced Antimicrobial Stewardship Training Program the participant should be able to:
- List strategies for implementing successful stewardship initiatives at a community hospital
- Present a plan for collection and analysis of stewardship metrics in healthcare facilities without electronic data capture systems
- Describe implications of national and state mandates regarding antimicrobial stewardship on organized healthcare systems
- Discuss ways in which antimicrobial stewardship principles and initiatives can be used in management of community-acquired pneumonia
- Present the basic tenets of the 2011 guidelines for management of pneumonia in pediatric patients
- Recommend ways in which stewardship principles can be applied to the management of infections in neutropenic patients
- State the broad purposes and distinctions of stewardship programs as applied in the pediatric population
- Describe specific applications of antimicrobial stewardship in ambulatory pediatric settings
- Describe and compare methods to use social media and other novel technologies in promoting antimicrobial stewardship programs and initiatives
- Describe different types of rapid molecular tests for S. aureus bloodstream infections and discuss the role of antimicrobial stewardship programs
- Describe and defend how clinical pathways and other system-based approaches help influence appropriate antibiotic selection and use
