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Certificate of Achievement
has completed the following course:
The Role of Antifungal Stewardship
Investigated the benefits of antifungal stewardship through case studies that featured successful strategies. You will have covered basic mycology and common fungal diseases as well as looked at ways to treat fungal diseases like candidemia.
3 weeks, 3 hours per week
Dr Riina Richardson
Consultant Medical Mycologist, Clinical Lead for Infectious Diseases and Senior Clinical Lecturer; NHS Mycology Reference Centre, Manchester University NHS FT
BSAC
Dr Stephen Hopping
Clinical Education Fellow in Infectious Diseases at Wythenshawe Hospital
BSAC
Transcript
Learning outcomes
- Describe what the main antifungal agents and their clinical implications are and when therapeutic drug monitoring is indicated
- Develop a good basic understanding of common fungal diseases
- Develop knowledge of the diagnostic approaches used to diagnose fungal infections and be aware of their limitations
- Describe how infection prevention can help reduce the incidence of fungal diseases, and prevent the spread of antifungal resistance
- Explore antifungal stewardship and illustrate, through cases, how antifungal stewardship can be used to improve prescribing and patient care
Syllabus
This course will cover:
- Basic Mycology and outline common fungal diseases;
- Cover common fungal diseases, splitting into yeasts (Candida) and moulds (Aspergillus);
- Illustrate, through cases, the clinical approach to fungal diseases with stewardship implications
This course has been approved by the Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 9 credits.
Issued on 27th December 2019
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