Designing and evaluating an interprofessional education conference approach to antimicrobial education.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Arguably, Medical School curricula are deficient in learning opportunities related to the safe and effective use of medicines, in particular antimicrobials. Infection management is complex and multidisciplinary, and learning opportunities should reflect these principles. Aligned to the complexity of the subject matter, simulation and interprofessional based teaching are methods that can foster the collaborative skills required of future healthcare professionals. There have been calls to develop these methods in the teaching of safe prescribing and the management of infections; however, reports of such studies are limited.

Methods

We developed an interprofessional education (IPE) conference for second year undergraduate medical and pharmacy students based in the No

SUBMITTER: Guilding C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7552509 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature