Medical Training AIAntibiotic Stewardship and Resistance
You'll be able to select, narrow, and stop antibiotic therapy using stewardship principles and resistance data rather than habit.
What this track covers
This track covers core antimicrobial stewardship concepts: choosing appropriate empiric therapy, de-escalating based on culture data, and reading antibiograms to guide decisions. It also addresses dosing considerations in special populations and the reasoning behind stopping or narrowing therapy.
What you will practice
- Match empiric antibiotic choices to likely pathogens and local resistance patterns
- Decide when and how to narrow or de-escalate therapy after culture results return
- Interpret an antibiogram to inform a treatment decision
- Identify appropriate IV-to-oral conversion candidates
- Adjust therapy considerations for renal impairment or critical illness
Simulator scenario
A hospitalized patient with a suspected gram-negative infection whose culture and susceptibility results return mid-case, requiring a de-escalation decision.
Board question topics
- Empiric therapy selection by suspected source
- Antibiogram interpretation
- De-escalation and duration of therapy
- Dosing in renal and hepatic impairment
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