Health care provider education as a tool to enhance antibiotic stewardship practices

Antibiotic stewardship education for health care providers provides a foundation of knowledge and an environment that facilitates and supports optimal antibiotic prescribing. There is a need to extend this education to medical students and health care trainees. Education using passive techniques is...

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Published inInfectious disease clinics of North America Vol. 28; no. 2; p. 177
Main Authors Ohl, Christopher A, Luther, Vera P
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.06.2014
Subjects
Anti-Bacterial Agents - therapeutic use
Bacterial Infections - drug therapy
Curriculum
Drug Resistance, Bacterial
Drug Utilization - standards
Education, Medical, Continuing - methods
Health Personnel - education
Hospitals
Humans
Inappropriate Prescribing - prevention & control
Prescribing
Antibiotic resistance
Antimicrobial stewardship
Antibiotic stewardship
Antibiotic stewardship education
Antibacterial agents
Antibiotic prescribing
Health care personnel
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Summary:Antibiotic stewardship education for health care providers provides a foundation of knowledge and an environment that facilitates and supports optimal antibiotic prescribing. There is a need to extend this education to medical students and health care trainees. Education using passive techniques is modestly effective for increasing prescriber knowledge, whereas education using active techniques is more effective for changing prescribing behavior. Such education has been shown to enhance other antibiotic stewardship interventions. In this review, the need and suggested audience for antibiotic stewardship education are highlighted, and effective education techniques are recommended for increasing knowledge of antibiotics and improving their use.
ISSN:1557-9824
DOI:10.1016/j.idc.2014.02.001