At the conclusion of this activity the learner should be able to:
- Identify the potential harms of inappropriate antibiotic prescription.
- Apply recommendations from recent clinical practice guidelines to complement the goals of antibiotic stewardship.
- Explain several strategies that facilitate patient understanding of antibiotic stewardship and aid in patient satisfaction.
- Describe common over-prescribing scenarios that can be easily stopped.
- Understand how goals of antibiotic stewardship are being woven into the evolving CMS quality measures that will affect reimbursement.
1 Hour Audio with synced Power Point.
Recorded on September 29, 2016 at the Fall Urgent Care Conference.
The need for "antibiotic stewardship" has resulted from too much of a good thing! Join Dr Toscano in his review of how we got to this point and learn some proven strategies to curb the current trends of rising antimicrobial resistance to antibiotics, while practicing the highest-quality urgent care medicine and maintaining patient satisfaction.
Faculty Bio:
Joseph Toscano, MD received his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in 1989 and trained in internal medicine at the Naval Hospital in San Diego. He has worked in the areas of emergency medicine and urgent care for twenty-five years. He has been an attending emergency physician at San Ramon Regional Medical Center in San Ramon, California since 1999 and has been Chairman of the department since 2013. Dr. Toscano has worked in Urgent Care since 2005 and was previously a partner and corporate medical director for Pinnacle Urgent Care and a staff urgent care physician with the Palo Alto Medical Foundation. In addition to caring for patients, he is senior research editor for Emergency Medicine Practice, a monthly, evidence-based, emergency medicine CME publication. He is a member of the editorial boards for the journals, Emergency Medicine and the Journal of Urgent Care Medicine, and develops and reviews continuing medical education material in urgent care and emergency medicine for a variety of other publications and organizations. He has been an active member of the Urgent Care Association of America since 2005 and has presented clinical topics at several UCAOA conferences and conventions. He is a founding board member of both the Urgent Care College of Physicians (UCCOP) and the Board of Certification in Urgent Care Medicine (BCUCM).
Credit Information:
Designation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America designates this enduring material activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Accreditation Statement
The Urgent Care Association of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
Submitting for Credit:
If you would like to submit for either of the credit above, once you complete the activity you must submit for credit you will need to complete the 5 question exam. You must answer 3 out of 5 correctly to receive credit. Email education@ucaoa.org with questions.