Course: TARGET Antibiotics – Prescribing in Primary Care

The NICE Antimicrobial Guidelines for UTI sets out an antimicrobial prescribing strategy for lower UTI. A downloadable summary table of commonly used antibiotics along with the recommendations for their use …

The ‘Diagnosis of Urinary Tract Infections: Quick Reference Guide for Primary Care’ describes when to: • send urine for culture in adults and children • consider a UTI in adults …

Watch the video to see Chris and Mandy discuss the importance of accurate diagnosis and the selection of the most appropriate antibiotics. The term Urinary Tract Infection covers a whole …

Chris and Mandy discuss the current challenges of the management of UTI in primary care and introduce the real world presentation of patients and some of the current options available …

Meet Professor Chris Butler and Dr Mandy Wootton who outline why prescribing in Urinary Tract Infections is an important issue to address in primary care and introduce the studies that …

By the end of Week 2 you will have an increased: understanding that antibiotic resistance to first line UTI antibiotics such as trimethoprim is increasing. intention to carefully assess women’s …

Hello and welcome to Week 2. We hope you enjoy this week of discussions, remember to introduce yourself, and take part by commenting at the bottom of each section. In …

We hope you have enjoyed this first introductory week and that you found the discussion with Dr Tom Lewis and the Litchdon Medical Practice useful to understand how you can …

Watch this final video from Litchdon Medical Practice to follow their discussion about the next steps that a clinician practice can take to establish practice objectives and conduct their own …

Watch this video in which Dr Pete Smith from Churchill Medical Centre, Kingston-upon-Thames, describes an audit undertaken as part of a programme to optimise antibiotic prescribing.

Conducting practice audits can be straightforward and in this video the team from Litchdon Medical Practice discuss practical considerations when conducting audits of antibiotic prescribing. Watch this video and then …

Prescribing advisors are able to look deeper into your practice data as they can look at the clinical systems. Detailed information can be reported on to answer very specific questions …

The video is a Clinician Practice Meeting at Litchdon Medical Practice, Barnstaple, Devon. The discussion was led by Dr Tom Lewis a hospital based consultant microbiologist and lead clinician for …

By the end of Week 1 you will have an increased: knowledge about, and the intention to use, information websites about antibiotic prescribing and resistance. knowledge, ability, and interest to …

Hello and welcome to the course. This video introduces you to our lead educator, Dr. Cliodna Mcnulty, and the challenge of antibiotic resistance that we are facing. The course highlights …