Using Antibiotics Wisely: Insights on Antimicrobial Stewardship for Everyday Practice
The Baptist Health Pharmacy will provide a simple and tailored education on antimicrobial drugs.
This course is being offered Virtual via Zoom and Live at South Miami Hospital, Victor E. Clarke Auditorium with a max of 40 persons.
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Target Audience
Residents, fellows, physicians, nurses, allied health professionals, students, pharmacists, dietitians, administrators, biostatisticians, and other healthcare professionals interested in participating.
Learning Objectives
- Discuss 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.
Lydie Fontana
Nelida (Lydie) Fontana, PharmD, BCPS
Clinical Specialist I
Wilbert J. Fuerte, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist II, Infectious Diseases
Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Corey Frederick, PharmD, CPh, BCPS, BCIDP
Ambulatory Care Infectious Diseases Clinical Coordinator
Baptist Health South Florida
Alice Landayan, PharmD, BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases/Antimicrobial Stewardship
PGY-1 Pharmacy Residency Program Director
PGY-2 Infectious Diseases Pharmacy Residency Program Coordinator
Department of Pharmacy, South Miami Hospital
Marina H. Zwisler, Pharm.D., BCIDP
Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, Infectious Diseases
Bethesda Hospital East
Disclosures
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, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP, planner for 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.
Other non-faculty contributors and those involved in the planning, development and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies.*
*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 live activity for a maximum of 2 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been approved for 2 credit hours, CE Broker Course #20-1034706, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and by the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.
This activity has also been approved for 2 credit hours for Nurse Practitioners, Nurses, Dietitians and Pharmacists and Techs. Baptist Health South Florida CE Broker Provider #50-182.
Available Credit
- 2.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 2.00 General certificate of attendance
- 2.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
- 2.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 2.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 2.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
This course is being offered Virtual via Zoom and Live at South Miami Hospital, Victor E. Clarke Auditorium with a max of 40 persons.
Register for live course
Register for virtual course
The Virtual portion is being offered as a lunch at the following locations. If you choose the Virtual option, you will be asked if you will joining at one of the locations.