Syndromic Testing and Antimicrobial Stewardship FutureLearn

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.

Key facts

• 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.

• 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.

What will you achieve?

By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...

• Explore the syndromic approach to medical diagnosis

• Identify clinical conditions which necessitate rapid Syndromic testing

• Evaluate the role Syndromic testing plays in AMS programs

• Assess the benefits and hurdles of rapid Syndromic testing as a Point of Care diagnostic testing tool

• Identify the great value Syndromic testing has in real-life clinical scenarios