The Role of Antifungal Stewardship
Explore the role and benefits of antifungal stewardship on this online course for healthcare professionals.
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The Role of Antifungal Stewardship
Learn how fungi can cause disease and explore effective forms of treatment
Fungal diseases affect millions of people worldwide each year. Antifungal stewardship helps ensure antifungal agents are prescribed correctly to achieve the best patient outcome.
On this course, you will investigate the benefits of antifungal stewardship through case studies that feature successful strategies. You will cover basic mycology and common fungal diseases as well as look at ways to treat fungal diseases like candidemia. By completing this course, you will be able to use your knowledge in a clinical setting.
Syllabus
Week 1
Introducing Fungi
Welcome and Introduction
This first section introduces you to the course and educators and provides some useful tools for use during the course.
Fungal Disease
This section provides background information on what different types of fungi there are and how they can cause disease.
Fungal Diagnostics
This section introduces the methods of diagnosing fungal diseases and considers the factors that make a good diagnostic test.
Fungal Treatment
In this section, you will learn about some of the commonly used antifungals, and how they should be used appropriately.
End of Week 1
Well done for completing Week 1! In this section, you will find a quiz covering learning points from Week 1 as well as an end-of-week summary. We look forward to seeing you in Week 2.
Week 2
Fungal Diseases
Case 2: Disseminated Candidosis
In this section you will be taken through a case study of a patient leading to a diagnosis of Candidosis.
Candidaemia
In this section, we take a more in-depth look at candidaemia, including the common risk factors and treatments.
Case 3: Introduction
In this section, we introduce the third case study of the course.
Case 3: Invasive Aspergillosis
In this section, you will continue with the previous case study, which has resulted in a diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.
Week 3
Antifungal Stewardship
Antifungal Resistance
In Week 3, we will review antifungal stewardship and its application to the three previous case studies. In this section, we discuss antifungal resistance.
Antifungal Stewardship
In this section, we discuss antifungal stewardship principles and barriers.
Case Studies Revisited
In the penultimate section, we apply antifungal stewardship principles to the case studies previously discussed.
End of Week 3
Almost there! Complete these final steps to finish the course.
Who is this accredited by?
The College is a professional membership organisation, concerned with all matters relating to the science and practice of pathology. This course has been approved for 9 CPD points.
The CPD Certification Service was established in 1996 and is the leading independent CPD accreditation institution operating across industry sectors to complement CPD policies of professional bodies.
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What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- 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
Who is the course for?
This course is designed for any healthcare professional involved with caring for patients who may experience fungal disease. This may be in a primary care or hospital setting.
What do people say about this course?
It's answered several questions I’ve been wanting to know for years!
"I really enjoyed this week. It’s already answered several questions I’ve been wanting to know for years!"
Who will you learn with?
DDS, PhD, FRCPath, PGCertMedEd, FECMM. Consultant Medical Mycologist, Clinical Lead for Infectious Diseases and Senior Clinical Lecturer; NHS Mycology Reference Centre, Manchester University NHS FT
I am a Rheumatology doctor working in North West England. I have previously worked as Clinical Education Fellow in Infectious Diseases at Wythenshawe Hospital, at the National Aspergillosis Centre.
Who developed the course?
BSAC
Founded in 1971, the British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy is committed to addressing the growing threat of drug resistant infections around the world.
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