Overview
This Syndromic Testing and Antimicrobial Stewardship at British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy by FutureLearn offers healthcare professionals the chance to explore the background, benefits, and challenges of a syndromic approach to the diagnosis of clinical infections.
You’ll use clinical case studies to better understand the real-life application of the syndromic testing system and learn about the medical indications which align with a syndromic approach.
Understand the use of syndromic testing for infectious disease diagnosis and its role in AMS
Rapid syndromic testing aims to speed up the medical diagnosis of defined infectious diseases.In a hospital setting, this is key to improving patient outcomes and has been shown by numerous studies to be cost-effective and clinically useful.
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Topics:
Rapid syndromic testing
Point of care testing
Medical diagnostics/diagnosis
Clinical/medical microbiology and infection
Antimicrobial stewardship (AMS)
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Duration
- Part-time
- 14 days
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
Language
English
Credits
6 alternative credits
Delivered
Online
Disciplines
Public Health Health Sciences View 331 other Short Courses in Health Sciences in United KingdomExplore more key information
Visit programme websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
This course is designed for healthcare professionals, in particular microbiologists and clinicians, who’d like to gain an understanding of how syndromic testing in the lab can aid rapid diagnostics within a clinical setting, as well as the implications of this for existing antimicrobial stewardship programs.
The course has been approved by the Royal College of Pathologists at a level of 6 credits.
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International
59 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 59 USD for the full programme during 14 days. -
National
59 USD/fullTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 59 USD for the full programme during 14 days.
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- $349.99
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