Recordings From The CPA-FIP Joint Webinar Series
About The Webinars
We are pleased share recordings from the webinars we hosted in partnership with The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP). These series of webinars focused on Antimicrobial stewardship.
The webinar series were in 6 parts, delivered weekly throughout October and November 2022 and centered around preventing antimicrobial resistance together through collaboration, innovation and action, culminating with a Symposium in World Antimicrobial Awareness Week (18th-24th November 2022).
Antimicrobial stewardship: Pharmacists in action
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Pharmacists have a key role in leading antimicrobial stewardship initiatives to help tackle antimicrobial resistance. In Webinar 1, you will learn more about the magnitude of this recognised global health threat, its impact on real life, and how our profession can overcome challenges and make the most of opportunities to work collaboratively and shine in this space.
Learning objectives:
- Identify the problem of AMR globally and some of the initiatives in place to tackle this;
- Describe the importance of multidisciplinary teams and the role pharmacists play within them in the context of AMS;
- Become familiar with how pharmacists from different geographical regions are helping to address AMR; and
- Recognise the impact of AMR on patients when treatment fails.
Antimicrobial stewardship: Communities in action
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Pharmacists are well placed as members of the multidisciplinary team but are also key and accessible healthcare professionals for members of the public.
Webinar 4 will explore and consider how pharmacists can support AMS in community practice around the globe.
Learning objectives:
– Define how pharmacists working in the community can support AMS and IPC initiatives as part of the wider multidisciplinary team;
– Explain how different forms of education and awareness raising can support the AMR agenda in the community setting;
– Discuss learning opportunities for reducing the risks of AMR that can be harnessed from experiences in treating and managing other infectious diseases such as TB, malaria and HIV;
– Describe how you can inspire and engage members of the community in a call to action on AMR;
– Demonstrate how AMR can impact patients at an individual, community and global level; and
– Apply behaviour change techniques to improve AMS initiatives in community practice.
Moderators:
– Claire Brandish, Senior Antimicrobial Resistance Technical Advisor, The Commonwealth Pharmacist Association
– Dalia Bajis, Lead for Provision and Partnerships, International Pharmaceutical Federation
Speakers:
– Amy Chan, Clinical Academic Pharmacist, University of Auckland
– Tadeo Tumusiime, National Programs Coordinator, Makerere University School of Public Health
– Erick Venant, Founder- Roll Back Antimicrobial Initiative & Lead Coordinator-BSAC’s-Stop Superbugs, Roll Back Antimicrobial Initiative
– Manjiri Gharat, Principal of K M Kundnani Pharmacy Polytechnic, VP of Indian Pharmaceutical Association and VP of FIP, K M Kundnani Pharmacy Polytechnic, FIP and IPA
– David Musoke, Senior Lecturer, Makerere University School of Public Health
– Ella Balasa, Patient Advocate and Consultant
Antimicrobial stewardship: Data in action
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What methods and data can be captured to elucidate how antimicrobials are used in different healthcare settings?
How do we know if antimicrobials are being used appropriately and whether there is scope to make improvements?
Webinar 3 will consider point prevalence data to understand antimicrobial use, how the data can be utilised to implement change and how to embed that change to create sustainable action.
Learning objectives:
- Define the Global Point Prevalence Survey tool and discuss the benefits of using this for data capture;
- Appraise different tools for antimicrobial use data capture and understand the pros and cons of each;
- Explain challenges to data capture and how to work around these;
- Examine how local data can be used to drive positive changes and support AMS initiatives; and
- Recognise how continuous quality improvement methodology can be used to help with Point Prevalence Survey data collection and to bring about sustainable behaviour changes as a result.
Antimicrobial stewardship: Collaboration in action
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Pharmacists have key roles in hospital multidisciplinary teams.
Webinar 2 will explore how pharmacists can play a lead role in these teams and drive AMS initiatives in their place of work.
How can we implement small day-to-day changes that lead to better patient outcomes? Learn more about the importance of collaboration in hospitals between healthcare professionals and how pharmacists fit into this collaborative work.
Learning objectives:
– Explain the importance of governance structures for successful AMS programmes;
– Learn how to set up medicines and therapeutics subcommittees and infection prevention control subcommittees; and
– Recognise the impact of AMR on patients when treatment fails.
Moderator:
– Sam Weston, Senior Project Manager SPAR, Commonwealth Pharmacists Association-UK
Guests:
– Freddy Eric Kitutu, Senior Lecturer Makerere University, Uganda
– Mary Millard, USA
– Elaine Cloutman-Green, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Lead Healthcare Scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, UK
– Abraham Weeks, Senior Technical Specialist, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Pharmaceutical Pooled Procurement Unit Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Commission (OECS Commission), St Lucia
– Andrea Kwa Lay Hoon, Assistant Director (Research)/Specialist Pharmacist (Infectious Diseases)/Director of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Residency. Associate Professor Singapore General Hospital & Duke-NUS Medical School, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases/NUS Pharmacy, Singapore
Antimicrobial stewardship: TOOLS in action
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As busy health care professionals we are always looking for tools and resources to make our jobs more efficient and effective.
This session will look at some tools and resources that are used in practice across the globe to support AMS initiatives, inspiring you to think about what you could develop or apply in your own practice to help support the more appropriate use of antimicrobials with both patients and colleagues.
Learning objectives:
● Discuss innovative tools for sharing information
● Learn about the development and deployment of an innovative and fun teaching tool
● Describe how you can use different platforms to engage healthcare professionals and communities
Moderator:
– Meghna Joshi-von Heyden, Strategic Lead: Partnerships and Advocacy Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, Switzerland
– Maxencia Nabiryo, Project Manager Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, Uganda
– Israel Sefah, Lecturer and Specialist Pharmacist, Department of Pharmacy Practice in the School of Pharmacy of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ghana
– Akello Zainab, Lead pharmacist and AMS Technical Lead Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda
– Andrew Balamba, Pharmacist University Teaching Hospital, Zambia
– Jessica Fraser, Programmes Coordinator Tropical Health & Education Trust, UK
– Ugyen Tashi, Chief Program Officer Essential Medicines and Technology Division (EMTD), Ministry of Health, Bhutan
– Bridget Kebirungi, Project Manager Commonwealth Pharmacists Association, Uganda
Time to Take (AMS) Action! What will you do?
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Our final event will celebrate the success of the AMS in Action Webinar series as we reflect on the great work being done globally to tackle AMR.
We will showcase our competition winners who will share their innovative ideas and tools to help support AMS and prevent the spread of AMR.
Join us in our Call to Action! Make a pledge with Antibiotic Guardian about how you’ll make better use of antibiotics and help save these vital medicines from becoming obsolete.
About the CPA
The CPA works to support pharmacists in strengthening healthcare systems; through the safe and effective use of medicines, improving access and quality of medicines and vaccines, and the prevention of disease and promoting healthy lifestyles. Through their government channels, they are vocal advocates for improved access and quality of medicines and vaccines; embedding pharmacists at all levels of medicines management to achieve this goal.
Learn more about the webinar
Pharmacists have key roles in hospital multidisciplinary teams.
Webinar 2 will explore how pharmacists can play a lead role in these teams and drive AMS initiatives in their place of work.
How can we implement small day-to-day changes that lead to better patient outcomes? Learn more about the importance of collaboration in hospitals between healthcare professionals and how pharmacists fit into this collaborative work.
Learning objectives:
– Explain the importance of governance structures for successful AMS programmes;
– Learn how to set up medicines and therapeutics subcommittees and infection prevention control subcommittees; and
– Recognise the impact of AMR on patients when treatment fails.
Moderator:
– Sam Weston, Senior Project Manager SPAR, Commonwealth Pharmacists Association-UK
Guests:
– Freddy Eric Kitutu, Senior Lecturer Makerere University, Uganda
– Mary Millard, USA
– Elaine Cloutman-Green, Consultant Clinical Scientist, Deputy Director of Infection Prevention and Control and Lead Healthcare Scientist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, NHS Foundation Trust, UK
– Abraham Weeks, Senior Technical Specialist, Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Pharmaceutical Pooled Procurement Unit Organization of Eastern Caribbean States Commission (OECS Commission), St Lucia
– Andrea Kwa Lay Hoon, Assistant Director (Research)/Specialist Pharmacist (Infectious Diseases)/Director of Infectious Diseases Pharmacotherapy Residency. Associate Professor Singapore General Hospital & Duke-NUS Medical School, Department of Emerging Infectious Diseases/NUS Pharmacy, Singapore