Patient Perception on Antimicrobial Stewardship & Attitudes Towards Board-Certified Pharmacists

Dr. Sheila Wang, PharmD, BCPS, BCIDP and Dr. Justin Moore, PharmD, BCPS, from the Midwestern - Chicago College of Pharmacy and Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago, IL present findings from their BPS PGY2 Pharmacy Residency Research project titled "Assessment of Patients' Perceptions on Antimicrobial Stewardship and Attitudes Towards Board-Certified Clinical Pharmacists within the Movement to Reduce Antimicrobial Resistance".
In their proposal they wrote that “Current antimicrobial stewardship practices emphasize interventions targeted at healthcare clinicians during diagnosis and prescribing. Governing bodies and medical literature support and require institutional antimicrobial stewardship programs to reduce inappropriate antibiotic use to prevent resistance. This approach does not include the patient in shared decision-making, which has been identified as a potential area to improve stewardship. The purpose of this project will be to evaluate patients’ perception and attitudes towards antibiotic use, antimicrobial stewardship, and the value of a board-certified clinical pharmacist to optimize stewardship practices.”
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