Antibiotic Stewardship: Get on Board Before We Drown in Bacterial Resistance
Track:
Education Sessions (CE)
Program Code: 255-L04
Date: Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Time: 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM EST
Location:
South Seas D, Level 3, South Convention Center
PRESENTER:
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Marc Scheetz, PharmD, MSc, Associate Professor, Midwestern University
Dr. Marc Scheetz attained a Doctorate of Pharmacy from Butler University, earned a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation degree at Northwestern University, and completed his pharmacy practice residency and an infectious diseases fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Scheetz is an Associate Professor at Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy where he serves as an instructor in pharmacokinetics. He currently practices clinically as an infectious diseases pharmacist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, IL and serves as the director/site coordinator for two postdoctoral pharmacy programs in the specialty of infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Scheetz has authored a number of original research manuscripts and review articles in the area of anti-infective pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and currently serves as a reviewer for several infectious diseases and pharmacy medical journals. His primary research interest is in the ecology of antimicrobial resistance as it pertains to the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic interaction between antimicrobials, pathogens, and hosts. He is particularly interested in assessing modifiable pharmacologic variables in the treatment of infectious diseases.
PROGRAM CHAIR:
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Marc Scheetz, PharmD, MSc, Associate Professor, Midwestern University
Dr. Marc Scheetz attained a Doctorate of Pharmacy from Butler University, earned a Masters of Science in Clinical Investigation degree at Northwestern University, and completed his pharmacy practice residency and an infectious diseases fellowship at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Dr. Scheetz is an Associate Professor at Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy where he serves as an instructor in pharmacokinetics. He currently practices clinically as an infectious diseases pharmacist at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in downtown Chicago, IL and serves as the director/site coordinator for two postdoctoral pharmacy programs in the specialty of infectious diseases pharmacotherapy.
Dr. Scheetz has authored a number of original research manuscripts and review articles in the area of anti-infective pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics and currently serves as a reviewer for several infectious diseases and pharmacy medical journals. His primary research interest is in the ecology of antimicrobial resistance as it pertains to the pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic interaction between antimicrobials, pathogens, and hosts. He is particularly interested in assessing modifiable pharmacologic variables in the treatment of infectious diseases.
Design a scheme to analyze the data that captures antimicrobial utilization at a hospital.
Given a specific hospital scenario, identify factors that increase injudicious use of antimicrobials.
Utilize clinical decision support (CDS) techniques to the fullest capability.