Attitudes of primary care physicians towards antimicrobial stewardship and the impact of a multi-part training course - a pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A plethora of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs has been initiated during the past years, focusing on hospital settings. Primary-care physicians have seldom been addressed, although the majority of antibiotic prescriptions are issued for outpatients. We sought to investigate attitudes of primary-care physicians and the impact of a customized training course.

Methods

Primary-care physicians in southwest Germany were invited to a multi-part training course on AMS in the primary-care setting. Participants were asked to answer a questionnaire about their attitude and factors that hinder them from implementing AMS or enable them to perform AMS. In addition, a knowledge assessment exam at the beginning and end of the training was conducted on selected infectious

SUBMITTER: Last K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10665713 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature