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Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist
Seminar
Thursday 23rd July 2015: 1pm to 4:30pm
Pre-seminar workshop (Registration commences at 12:30pm)
Friday 24th July 2015: 9am to 5pm
Seminar (Registration commences at 8:30am)
Peter Doherty Institute
792 Elizabeth St, Melbourne VIC 3000
The National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship and the Guidance team at the Peter
Doherty Institute would like to invite you to attend the annual Antimicrobial Stewardship
Pharmacist Seminar.
The one-day interactive seminar is designed for pharmacists currently practising or
intending to practice in the area of antimicrobial stewardship and will be relevant for both
beginners and experienced antimicrobial stewardship pharmacists. The seminar will
include lectures and panel discussions to explore the various and current issues relevant
to antimicrobial stewardship. This year, there will be an additional (optional) half day preseminar workshop involving some presentations and small group case discussions to
explore antimicrobial stewardship in specific clinical and practice settings.
Learning Objectives
At the end of the session, participants will be able to:
• Describe current and future issues with antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in different
clinical and practice settings and explore approaches to overcome issues identified
in different clinical and practice settings
• Discuss AMS strategies that have not been effective in different clinical and
practice settings
• Understand approaches to ensure sustainability of AMS programs
• Understand different views on AMS from various stakeholders
• Discuss methods to best communicate and market AMS to different stakeholders
• Discuss how to evaluate an AMS program
Accreditation number: S2015/35
This CPD event has been accredited for 9.6 hours of Group-1 CPD (or 9.6 credits),
suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan
Registration
Early bird rate (register by 30th June)
• Full program (including half day workshop): $385 (GST included)
• Seminar only: $330 (GST included)
Standard rate (register between 1st July and 20th July)
• Full program (including half day workshop): $495 (GST included)
• Seminar only: $440 (GST included)
*Please note: there are very limited spots for the full program registration
Register at:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/antimicrobial-stewardship-pharmacist-seminar-2015-tickets16479342156
Further information:
Sonia Koning
sonia.koning@mh.org.au
(03) 9342 9419
Susan Luu
susan.luu@mh.org.au
(03) 9342 9422
Pre-seminar workshop: “What works and what doesn’t work?”
Thursday 23rd July
Time
Topic and speaker
12:30 – 1:00
Registration
Stream 1 – AMS in specialised
clinical settings
Stream 2 – AMS in various practice settings
Chair: A/Prof Karin Thursky
Chair: Dr Rod James
AMS in haematology/oncology
patients
A/Prof Karin Thursky
National Centre for Antimicrobial
Stewardship at the Peter Doherty
Institute
1:00 – 2:30
AMS in paediatrics
Ms Mona Monstaghim
Sydney Children’s Hospital
AMS in rural/regional hospitals
Ms Kelly Barton
Alpine Health
Mr Stuart Bond
Illawara Shoalhaven Local Health District
AMS in aged care
Dr Noleen Bennett
VICNISS, National Centre for Antimicrobial
Stewardship at the Peter Doherty Institute
AMS in ED
Ms Karen Urbancic
Austin Health
Tea break
2:30 – 3:00
3:00 – 4:30
AMS in private hospitals
Mr Glenn Valoppi
Epworth Hospital
Clinical Case Scenarios –
Small group discussions
Practice Case Scenarios –
Small group discussions
Main Program: AMS Pharmacist Seminar
Friday 24th July
Time
Topic
Speaker
8:45 – 9:00
Registration
Session 1
AMS Overview
Chair: A/Prof Karin Thursky
9:00 – 9:30
9:30 – 10:00
A/Prof Karin Thursky
National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship at
the Peter Doherty Institute
AMS – Where are we up to?
Mr Matt Rawlins
Fiona Stanley Hospital
What makes a good antimicrobial
stewardship program?
Ms Kelly Cairns
The Alfred Hospital
10:00 – 10:40
Mr Stuart Bond
Illawara Shoalhaven Local Health District
AMS failures – lessons learnt
Panel discussion
Ms Alicia Neels
Barwon Health
Mr Matt Rawlins
Fiona Stanley Hospital
10:40 – 11:00
11:00 – 11:10
Tea break
Session 2
What does AMS mean to me?
Chair: Dr Rod James
View from a junior doctor
TBC
11:10 – 11:20
View from a nurse
TBC
11:20 – 11:30
View from a surgeon
TBC
11:30 – 11:40
View from a hospital and board executive
TBC
11:40 – 12:20
Q & A Session
Panel discussion
12:20 – 1:00
1:00 – 1:40
1:40 – 2:20
2:20 – 3:00
Lunch
Session 3
Marketing AMS
Chair: Ms Susan Luu
Marketing AMS: how do you do that?
Mr Grant Smith
Grant Smith Communications
Ms Alicia Neels
Barwon Health
Marketing AMS – we’ve done it!
Q & A Session
Mr Gianluca Parisi
Southwest Sydney Local Health District, Liverpool
Hospital
Panel discussion
4:40 – 5:00
Session 4
Evaluating AMS
Chair: Ms Sonia Koning
How to evaluate your AMS program
Ms Caroline Chen
National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship at the
Peter Doherty Institute
How much is your AMS program worth?
Dr Dennis Petrie
Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of
Population and Global Health
Q & A Session
Panel discussion
5:00
Program Concludes
3:20 – 4:00
4:00 – 4:40