Respiratory Tract Infection: How to Apply Antimicrobial Stewardship?
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Duration

3 Weeks

Course Project

Language

English Slides, with Arabic Illusteration

Course Starting

Open

2024

Why Take this Course ?

This course will help you to learn how to apply antimicrobial stewardship in Upper Respiratory Tract Infection (URTIs), and Lower Respiratory Tract Infection (LRTIs). You will learn how to think in a systematic way in any respiratory tract infection cases

Overview

Overview

 

Respiratory Tract Infection Course

“How to Apply Antimicrobial Stewardship?”

  • Respiratory tract infections, including acute bronchitis, acute rhino-sinusitis, bronchiolitis.
  • In addition to the common cold, pharyngitis, rhino-sinusitis, streptococcal pharyngitis, and strep throat.

Upper respiratory tract infections (URTI):

  • The illnesses caused by an acute infection involve the upper respiratory tract.
  • It includes the nose, sinuses, pharynx or larynx. 
  • This commonly includes nasal obstruction.
  • Moreover, sore throat, tonsillitis, pharyngitis, laryngitis, sinusitis, otitis media, and the common cold.
  • Most infections are viral in nature and in other instances the cause is bacterial.

Lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI):

  • While often used as a synonym for pneumonia. It can also be applied to other types of infection including lung abscess and acute bronchitis.
  • In addition to, Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), and Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) according to the Infectious Disease Society of America (IDSA) 2016 treatment guidelines.
  • Symptoms include shortness of breath, weakness, fever, coughing, and fatigue.

Objectives of Respiratory Tract Infection: How to Apply Antimicrobial Stewardship?

After finishing this program, the participants will be able to:
  • Discuss how to appropriate select treatment regimen for Rhino-sinusitis.
  • Develop a definitive treatment plan for management of Group A Streptococcal Pharyngitis, Influenza.
  • Determine the Difference between Influenza and Cold.
  • Discuss the Community-Acquired Pneumonia (CAP), Symptoms, Types, and Treatment.
  • Determine the Hospital Acquired Pneumonia (HAP), and Ventilator Acquired Pneumonia (VAP) treatment guidelines.
  • Design an empiric treatment, according to type and severity of lower respiratory tract infection, for patients in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
  • Justify the implementation of an antimicrobial stewardship program in managing lower respiratory tract infections.
What You Will Get Every Week (Lesson Planning)
Online Lesson Workshop / Project Mentor Support Reviewer
(2-3 Hours) per week (60 Minutes) per week Every week
Review the answers with feedback

Download Now The Brochure of Antimicrobial Stewardship in Respiratory Tract Infection Program, from this LINK.


FADIC Offers You The Following:

Learn with FADIC Mentorship Reviewer System 

You will have your mentor, who will facilitate the learning journey in clinical research, & answer all your questions; additionally, the reviewer will review all your projects & workshop.


Access and Updates

The access to the Antimicrobial Stewardship will continue for 24 months from the initial registration time, including all updates, handouts and videos.











Program Director

Dr. Rasha Abdelsalam

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Dr Rasha Abdelsalam is the CEO of FADIC. She is doing her PhD in Antimicrobial Stewardship Before and During the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom. She read more than 8,000 papers on Antimicrobial Stewardship. She was in Tanta university hospital, Egypt. In 2013, she received TQM from an American university, BCPS, CPHQ, and an M.Sc. in Clinical Pharmacy. She received certification from SIDP. She obtained the add qualification from the American Board in infectious disease. Led MM CBAHI Saudi accreditation. Established stewardship committee and implementation in MCH, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
She shared in-item exam writing for BCIDP Exam. She shared as a reviewer in infectious diseases PSAP, IDSAP, authorship of the ACCP Pharmacotherapy Mock Exam Book, and authorship published around 20 papers. One paper about the vision of 2030 of the general pharmaceutical department in Saudi Arabia. She received teaching and learning TLC certification from ACCP academy. Moreover, a consultant on personal, professional, stewardship leadership, and research. Share in strategic planning, hospital accreditation, and stewardship education in the united kingdom.



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Curriculum
  • Week 1: Upper Respiratory Tract Infection "URTI"  6

    • Introduction for Antimicrobial Stewardship in Respiratory tract Infection
    • Upper Respiratory Tract Vs. Lower Respiratory Tract Infection
    • Sinusitis
    • Pharyngitis
    • Influenza
    • Workshop 1 for Stewardship Application in Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Week 2: Lower Respiratory Tract Infection "LRTI"  4

    • Community-Acquired Pneumonia “CAP”
    • Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia & Ventilator-Acquired Pneumonia“CAP” & “VAP”
    • Role of Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in LRTIs
    • Workshop 2 for Stewardship Application in Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Week 3: Stewardship in Long-Term Respiratory Infection  4

    • URTI Challenges in Nursing Home Patients
    • Causes/Symptoms of URTI in Long Term Care Patients
    • Case Studies in Stewardship Treatment of URTI in LTC
    • Final Quiz for Stewardship Application in Respiratory Tract Infection
  • Your Certificate  1

    • And Finally, Your Certificate…
Features

Features

  • Lessons 15
  • Language English Slides, with Arabic Illusteration
  • Duration 3 Weeks
  • Language English
  • Open 2024

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