Consensus-based antimicrobial resistance and stewardship competencies for UK undergraduate medical students
Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: BACKGROUND: In the UK there is limited coverage of antimicrobial stewardship across postgraduate curricula and evidence that final year medical students have insufficient and inconsistent antimicrobial stewardship teaching. A national undergraduate curriculum for antimicrobial resistance and stewardship is required to standardize an adequate level of understanding for all future doctors. OBJECTIVES: To provide a UK national consensus on competencies for antimicrobial resistance and stewardship for undergraduate medical education. METHODS: Using the modified Delphi method over two online survey rounds, an expert panel comprising leads for infection teaching from 25 UK medical schools reviewed competency descriptors for antimicrobial resistance and stewardship education. RESULTS: There was a response rate of 100% with all 28 experts who agreed to take part completing both survey rounds. Following the first-round survey, of the initial 55 descriptors, 43 reached consensus (78%). The second-round survey included the 12 descriptors from the first round in which agreement had not been reached, four amended descriptors and 12 new descriptors following qualitative feedback from the panel members. Following the second-round survey, a total of 58 consensus-based competency descriptors within six overarching domains were identified. CONCLUSIONS: The consensus-based competency descriptors defined here can be used to inform standards, design curricula, develop assessment tools and direct UK undergraduate medical education.
Source: JAC-Antimicrobial Resistance
Authors: David McMaster, Molly Courtenay, Catherine Santucci, Angharad P Davies, Andrew Kirby, Owen Seddon, David A Price, Gavin Barlow, Felicia H Lim, Bethany S Davies, Matthew K O’Shea, Paul Collini, Marina Basarab, Afshan Ahmad, Mahableshwar Albur, Carolyn Hemsley, Nicholas M Brown, Ciaran O’Gorman, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Geraint R Davies, Christopher N Penfold, Sanjay Patel, Keep Antibiotics Working (KAW) group, Afshan Ahmad, Andrew Kirby, Angharad P Davies, Bethany S Davies, Brian D Robertson, Carolyn Hemsley, Catherine Santucci, Christopher N Penfold, Ciaran O’Gorman, David A Price, David McMaster, Deborah Mitcheson, Elizabeth Hart, Felicia H Lim, Gavin Barlow, Geraint R Davies, Mahableshwar Albur, Marina Basarab, Matthew K O’Shea, Molly Courtenay, Nicholas M Brown, Nicola Jones, Owen Seddon, Patricia McGettigan, Paul Collini, Peter Munthali, Riina Rautemaa-Richardson, Sanjay Patel, Sophie Roberts, Tim Sloan, Timothy Paget
Institutions: University of Nottingham, Cardiff University, Queen Mary University of London, Swansea University, University of Leeds, Public Health Wales, Newcastle upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, University of York, Hull York Medical School, University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, University of Birmingham, University of Sheffield, St George’s University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Aston University, North Bristol NHS Trust, St Thomas' Hospital, Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Queen's University Belfast, Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, University of Liverpool, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust
Language: English
Subfield: Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology
Field: Immunology and Microbiology
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $2,609
OpenAlex ID: W3111149022