학술논문

How can multi-professional education support better stewardship?
Document Type
article
Source
Infectious Disease Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1 (2017)
Subject
Antimicrobial stewardship, education
antimicrobials
prescribers
Other systems of medicine
RZ201-999
Language
English
ISSN
2036-7430
2036-7449
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.