Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Point Prevalence Surveys

Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Point Prevalence Surveys is organized by FutureLearn.

Duration: 2 Weeks

Description:
Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) are an important tool for healthcare professionals to use to assess and improve antibiotic prescribing locally, nationally and globally.

What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you'll be able to...
• Demonstrate an understanding of the importance of measuring antimicrobial consumption.
• Demonstrate an understanding of how PPS work within the context of antimicrobial stewardship programmes.
• Evaluate the data to collect and why.
• Assess the training needed to undertake a PPS.
• Identify the human resources required to undertake a PPS.
• Demonstrate an understanding of data capture, analysis and presentation.
• Evaluate the limitations of PPS.
• Apply learning to drive improvements in antibiotic prescribing.