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Overview
The use of intravenous antimicrobials and complex oral antimicrobial regimes within outpatient clinical environments is helping with non-admission to and early discharge from hospital. The course will lead you through the principles underlying these therapies, how to determine their suitability, and key practices for prescribers. Intravenous to Oral Switch - Within Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (IVOST) at British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy offered at FutureLearn is for healthcare workers who prescribe and administer antibiotics. It explores the benefits and barriers of IVOST and complex oral antimicrobial therapy in the context of an OPAT service.
What will you achieve?
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to...
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of intravenous compared to oral antibiotic therapy
- Describe the need for detailed patient assessment when switching from intravenous to oral therapy in the OPAT setting
- Describe the principles of switching patients from intravenous to oral antibiotic and the processes required to safely monitor therapy in the OPAT setting
- Explore the clinical complexity of monitoring complex oral parenteral antibiotic therapy in the outpatient setting (COPAT), the characteristics of antibiotics or antibiotic regimens that require enhanced outpatient monitoring and the key components
Programme Structure
Topics include:
- The principles of Intravenous to Oral Antibiotic Switch Therapy (IVOST) within the Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) setting; principles will apply to inpatient care too, but this will not be the focus
- How oral and complex oral antibiotics can be used in an Outpatient Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (OPAT) setting and the evolving entity of Complex (Outpatient) Oral and Parenteral Antibiotic Therapy (COPAT) services
- The key practice points for OPAT-based prescribers (e.g. route, choice, duration, recording of information)
Key information
Duration
- Part-time
- 1 months
- 3 hrs/week
Start dates & application deadlines
You can apply for and start this programme anytime.
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Language
English
Delivered
Online
Campus Location
- London, United Kingdom
Disciplines
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Academic 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.
Other requirements
General requirements
- Healthcare workers involved in the prescribing and administration of antibiotics.
- The course is set at final year medical student/1st year doctor/new specialist nurse/junior pharmacist level and should therefore appeal to a wide-range of healthcare professionals.
Tuition Fees
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International Applies to you
Applies to youNon-residents94 EUR / full≈ 94 EUR / full -
Domestic Applies to you
Applies to youCitizens or residents94 EUR / full≈ 94 EUR / full
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