Approaching Antibiotic Stewardship: Get Help, Change the Culture, Use the Tools
Webcast
1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ ...OVERVIEW
Approaching Antibiotic Stewardship: Get Help, Change the Culture, Use the Tools is organized by AMDA - The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term care Medicine.
Activity Created: 03/2023
Credits Available Until: 03/2026
Description:
This presentation will focus on using adaptive solutions to change the culture around the way we view antibiotics in long-term care. For example, while antibiotics have long been seen as something that "can't hurt" and may prevent progression to sepsis, we introduce the potential complications of antibiotics and the way they can risk resident safety. We will introduce the AHRQ safety program for antibiotic use in long-term care, a free web-based program which emphasizes the integral role of CNAs and nurses in the antibiotic prescribing process and how they can affect resident outcomes. We will review outcomes from facilities who enrolled in the program, and the importance of both leadership and direct-care staff engagement. We will also discuss key members to engage in the program such consultant pharmacists and medical directors to ease the burden of implementing interventions and motivate sustained change.
Learning Objectives:
At the completion of this session, learners will be able to:
• To re-frame antibiotic use as a patient safety issue.
• To introduce multi-disciplinary, feasible tools to develop and sustain your stewardship program.
• To identify key personnel to involve in stewardship efforts and how to engage them.
ACCREDITATION & CREDITS
Credit Statements:
CME: AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
AMDA – The Society for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine for Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
CMD: This self-study activity has been pre-approved by the American Board of Post-Acute and Long-Term Care Medicine (ABPLM) for a total of 1 management hour(s) toward certification or recertification as a Certified Medical Director (CMD) in post-acute and long-term care medicine. The CMD program is administered by the ABPLM. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit actually spent on the activity.
ABIM Maintenance of Certification (MOC): Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1 Medical Knowledge MOC points and patient safety credit in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program.
Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
SPECIALITIES
Patient and Family Centered Care