Undergraduate Psychological Sciences

Department of Surgery Teaching Conference

Antibiotic Stewardship

Provided by University of Connecticut School of Medicine
Office of Community and Continuing Medical Education and the Department of Surgery

Speaker: David Banach, MD
Date: 1/16/2019
Time: 7:15 – 8:15 a.m.
Location: Massey Auditorium, Main Building, AG058

Target Audience: Department of Surgery Faculty, Residents, Mid-Levels/Clinicians, Medical Students

Learning Objectives: Participants will (be able to):
1. Describe the prevalence of antibiotics use in hospital settings and the frequency of antibiotic-associated adverse events.
2. Describe the currently available guidelines for antibiotic prophylaxis prescribing.
3. Describe examples of antibiotic stewardship activities at UConn Health.

Accreditation: The University of Connecticut School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of Connecticut School of Medicine designates this live activity for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Conflict of Interest Policy: All faculty members participating in CME activities provided by the University of Connecticut School of Medicine are required to disclose to the program audience any actual or apparent conflict of interest related to the content of their presentations. Program planners have an obligation to resolve any actual conflicts of interest and share with the audience any safeguards put in place to prevent commercial bias from influencing the content.

Neither the activity director, planning committee members, nor the speaker, Dr. Banach, have a financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organizations that could be perceived as a real or apparent conflict of interest in the context of the subject of this presentation.

Dr. Banach will not be discussing the off-labeled use of any product.

This CME activity has no commercial support associated with it.

Evaluations: Participants are required to complete an electronic evaluation in order to obtain CME Credits. An email from http://MyEvaluation.com with instructions will be sent to participants. Please complete the evaluation within one week of receiving the email.

If you do not receive an evaluation assignment from http://MyEvaluations.com within 10 business days of this activity, please contact the Department that hosted this activity (indicated above) to ensure that your http://MyEvaluations.com account is set up and your participation in this activity was forwarded to the CME office.

***advance registration required***4 day Writing Retreat

Maintaining momentum on your dissertation can be tough, but making a commitment to structured writing time can help. Similarly, writing in the presence of others brings a sense of solidarity and productivity that get you through the complex challenges a dissertation presents. To this end, the Writing Center sponsors four-day writing retreats modeled on a similar event at Stanford.

The boot camps run during the January intersession, during the March Spring Break, and after the last week of classes in May. Participants arrive with their laptops, any notes or books, and their drafts–or simply ready to produce drafts. There is no tutoring, nor any lectures. The point is to commit to sustained, undistracted writing time. We supply coffee and tea each day to keep you fueled up.

Go to: https:/http://writingcenter.uconn.edu/boot-camps/ for more information and registration information.

Staying on the Storrs Campus over Winter Break? Need a break from your roommates? Feeling lonely? Come to our Snack and Chat! Join OCSS on Wednesday from 9am-10am in SU 315 throughout the Break to grab some coffee and snacks and mingle with the OCSS staff. Stay awhile or come for a little break from studying.