Antimicrobial Resistance Courses and Certifications

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Improving Clinical Outcomes By Optimization of Antibiotic Practices

2 reviews

This video based course will introduce learners to the basic principles of appropriate antibiotic use, demonstrate how to apply these principles to the management of common infections, and outline how to develop and maintain an antimicrobial stewardship…

• edX
• 3 weeks, 4-10 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Optimizing Antimicrobial Therapy with Timeouts

Stanford University offers a 1-week course on optimizing antibiotic use through "Antibiotic Timeouts". Ideal for healthcare professionals, it provides practical approaches and interactive cases.

• edX
• 1 week, 2-3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Technical University of Denmark (DTU)

Antimicrobial resistance - theory and methods

2279 ratings at Coursera

Explore antimicrobial resistance with DTU's 5-week course. Learn about the emergence and spread of resistance, methods for antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and genomic analysis tools.

• Coursera
• 9 hours 53 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Amsterdam

The Social Dimensions of Antimicrobial Resistance

Explore the social aspects of antimicrobial resistance in this 4-week course by the University of Amsterdam. Learn from 19 experts, understand interdisciplinary collaboration, and apply social science perspectives to AMR.

• Coursera
• 14 hours 59 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Understanding antibiotic resistance

14 ratings at OpenLearn

Antibiotic resistance is a serious threat, compromising our ability to treat infections and increasing the risk of routine surgery. Resistant infections are increasing due to overuse of antibiotics...

• OpenLearn
• 24 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

University of Dundee

Antimicrobial Stewardship: Managing Antibiotic Resistance

79 ratings at FutureLearn

Understand antibiotic resistance, and how antimicrobial stewardship can slow down or reduce it, with this free online course

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Challenges in Antibiotic Resistance: Point Prevalence Surveys

31 ratings at FutureLearn

Learn how to use Point Prevalence Surveys (PPS) to measure antibiotic consumption and fight antimicrobial resistance.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 2 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Syndromic Testing and Antimicrobial Stewardship

13 ratings at FutureLearn

Explore how syndromic testing can aid rapid disease diagnostics and what this means for antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) programs.

• FutureLearn
• 2 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Antimicrobial Stewardship: A competency-based approach

This course will equip clinicians who frequently prescribe antimicrobials with knowledge and tools to improve their use of these essential medications in daily clinical practice. Through case based examples, the course will highlight how antimicrobial s…

• OpenWHO
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

Reducing antimicrobial resistance of treatable sexually transmitted infections in antenatal care

The aim of this course is to improve the prevention, detection, treatment and cure of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and other reproductive tract infections (RTIs) in settings serving pregnant women and their families.

• OpenWHO
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

The Role of Diagnostics in the Antimicrobial Resistance Response

57 ratings at FutureLearn

Understand how diagnostics can be used in both the prevention and treatment of antimicrobial resistance.

• FutureLearn
• 6 weeks, 4 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain

20 ratings at FutureLearn

Explore how antibiotic use in farming contributes towards resistant bacteria in our food chain. What can we do about this issue?

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 3 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

University of Oslo

Exploring the Landscape of Antibiotic Resistance in Microbiomes

11 ratings at FutureLearn

Explore the exciting microbial world and how this knowledge is revolutionising our understanding of antibiotic resistance.

• FutureLearn
• 3 weeks, 5 hours a week
• On-Demand
• Free Online Course (Audit)

Antimicrobial stewardship programmes in health-care facilities in low- and middle-income countries: a WHO practical toolkit

The toolkit provides guidance on where to get started, including the structures and resources that should be put in place at the national and health-care facility level, through a stepwise approach in low-resource settings. As the ultimate goal of an AMS…

• OpenWHO
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate

WHO Policy Guidance on Integrated Antimicrobial Stewardship Activities

Member States have requested WHO policy guidance on how to facilitate the implementation of national AMS activities in an integrated and programmatic approach. This policy guidance responds to that demand from Member States and is anchored in public heal…

• OpenWHO
• On-Demand
• Free Certificate