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ForwardUsing Antibiotics Wisely: Everyday Insights on Antimicrobial Stewardship
In this online course, the Baptist Health Pharmacy provides simple and tailored education on antimicrobial drugs.
Original date: June 1, 2023
Target Audience
Family Medicine Physicians, Internal Medicine Physicians, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates, Hospitalists, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Lab Technicians, Nurse Practitioners and all other prescribing providers.
Learning Objectives
- Explain antimicrobial stewardship interventions that can improve patient outcomes.
- Evaluate how antimicrobial stewardship interventions can be built into normal daily workflows.
- Differentiate patient eligibility characteristics for antimicrobial stewardship interventions.
Nelida (Lydie) Fontana, Pharm.D., BCPS
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist I
West Kendall Baptist Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
Wilbert J. Fuerte, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist II, Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Homestead Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
Corey Frederick, Pharm.D., CPh., BCPS, BCIDP
Ambulatory Care Infectious Diseases Clinical Coordinator
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
Alice Landayan, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator
South Miami Hospital
Baptist Health South Florida
South Miami, Florida
Marina H. Zwisler, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Bethesda Hospital East
Baptist Health South Florida
Boynton Beach, Florida
Timothy P. Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP
Director, ID PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Program
Manager, Antimicrobial Stewardship Clinical Program
Baptist Health South Florida
Miami, Florida
Alice Landayan, Lydie Fontana, Marina Zwisler, Wilbert Fuerte and Corey Frederick, faculty for this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and have indicated that the presentations or discussions will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.
Timothy Gauthier, Pharm.D., BCPS, BCIDP, planner of this educational activity, has indicated that he is a consultant with Pattern Biosciences (formerly Klaris Diagnostics), DoseMeRx by Tabula Rasa, Pfizer and MeMed. All of the relevant financial relationships listed for this individual have been mitigated.
Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose.
*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.
Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification
Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 2.0 Medical Knowledge MOC points 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.
Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.
Available Credit
- 2.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 General certificate of attendance
- 2.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 2.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 2.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
- 2.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.
Required Hardware/Software
PC/Mac Users
This site is supported on the most recent stable releases of the following browsers:
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Safari
Mozilla Firefox
Mobile Users
This site is supported on the following mobile devices:
- Apple iOS mobile devices running iOS 10 or later
- Android mobile devices running Android 4.4 or later, with the latest release of Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox
Technical Support
If you are experiencing technical difficulties or have received an error message, please send an email to [email protected] and include a print screen of the error message, your browser name and version, username and URL where the error occurred. You can expect a response within 48 hours.