Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Practice FutureLearn

Overview

On Antimicrobial Stewardship in Veterinary Practice at British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy by FutureLearn, you’ll challenge the norms of veterinary prescribing and gain the tools needed to introduce good antimicrobial stewardship practices in your own context. 

Key facts

• Vets and human health professionals both have a responsibility to address the challenge of antimicrobial stewardship. Veterinary nurses, surgeons and pharmacists need the skills to prescribe antibiotics rationally and responsibly.

• You will explore the challenges of monitoring responsible medicine use and relevant solutions. You will gain the confidence needed to instil change in your own veterinary practice.

What will you achieve?

• Explain the importance of and reflect on their responsibility for antimicrobial stewardship within their local context, in relation to the big picture of One Health, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and preventative healthcare

• Evaluate the risks for AMR development and transmission globally and within their local context, and the relationship between prescribing behaviour and AMR development

• Reflect on the internal and external, systemic and human factors that influence their current prescribing practices within their local context and identify opportunities for change