Antimicrobials in clinical practice
Resource supports practitioners who are involved in the prescribing, monitoring and administration of antibiotics in their early stages of clinical practice.
Suggested delivery arrangements
Foundation Year doctors - initial induction session (10 minutes) and a follow up session covering sections 1-4 during their initial hospital placement (45-60 minutes), both delivered by the AMT.
Hospital pharmacists - peer review session(s) for junior pharmacists delivered by antimicrobial pharmacist or other specialist pharmacist.
Nursing and midwifery staff - learning session(s) delivered by practice development leads.
Primary care staff - session covering sections 1-3 and 5-6 delivered by prescribing advisers or primary care pharmacists during GP practice visits or at Protected Learning Time sessions.
Training resources
The training material for trainers designed to focus on key issues in antimicrobial prescribing, to be delivered as a taught session within a wider induction programme
- Presentation (PowerPoint)
- Presentation with trainer notes (PDF)
- Antimicrobials in Clinical Practice record of learning (PDF)