NPS MedicineWise Learning
Antimicrobial modules
Developed in collaboration with the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care (ACSQHC) and funded by the Australian Government Department of Health, these courses deal with antimicrobial prescribing in a hospital setting.
Target audience: Health professionals working in a hospital setting. Health professional students
Open to: All prescribers, Pharmacists, Nurses, Students
Cost: Free
CPD points: GPs (Introduction to antimicrobial prescribing only) – view details
2022 enrolments
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Accessing previous versions
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Introduction to antimicrobial prescribing
This course focuses on and provides an opportunity to reinforce your knowledge of appropriate antimicrobial prescribing. You will treat Mrs Clark, a 60-year-old retired teacher, who has been referred to the emergency department by her GP with fever, generalized myalgia, left loin pain and irritative lower urinary tract symptoms.
Catheter-associated urinary tract infections
In this course you will treat a hospitalised patient for a catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
Community-acquired pneumonia
In this course you will treat a case of pneumonia in a hospital setting.
Surgical antibiotic prophylaxis
In this course you will examine the role of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing surgical procedures.
This course focuses on and provides an opportunity to reinforce your knowledge of appropriate antimicrobial prescribing.
CPD
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 CPD hour be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
In this course you will diagnose and treat a case of Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia.
CPD
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 CPD hour be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
In this course you will treat a hospitalised patient for a catheter-associated urinary tract infection.
CPD
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 CPD hour be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
In this course you will treat a case of pneumonia in a hospital setting.
CPD
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 CPD hour be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.
In this course you will examine the role of antibiotic prophylaxis for patients undergoing surgical procedures.
CPD
Self-directed CPD
It is recommended that 1 CPD hour be recorded for the purposes of self-directed CPD.