Anti-Microbial Resistance (AMR): Antibiotics: superhero or supervillains?

By the end of the session you should have a clearer understanding of:

• Background to how antibiotics were developed
• Sites of action of antibiotics
• How resistance develops and the consequences of resistance
• What you can do to slow down or reduce resistance by applying antimicrobial stewardship?
• The importance of becoming an Antibiotic Guardian

This session fits with:

• GPhC Standards for Pharmacy Professionals, standards 4 and 9 (4: maintain, develop and use their professional knowledge and skills, 9: demonstrate leadership)
• RPS competency framework for all prescribers, competencies 2, 4, 8 and 9 (2: consider the options, 4: prescribe, 8: prescribe professionally, 9: improve prescribing practice).

It also supports:

• Public Health England Strategy 2020-25, priority 7 (7: reduced risk from antimicrobial resistance).