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Towards a Better and Harmonized Education in Antimicrobial Stewardship in European Veterinary Curricula

Education in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in veterinary medicine is essential to foster responsible antimicrobial use and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals. AMS is listed by the EU and international organizations among the basic ‘Day One Competences’ required of veterinary stud...

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Autores principales: Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen, Jessen, Lisbeth Rem, Dyar, Oliver James, Bousquet-Melou, Alain, González-Zorn, Bruno, Pulcini, Céline, Re, Giovanni, Schwarz, Stefan, Timofte, Dorina, Toutain, Pierre-Louis, Guardabassi, Luca
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808353
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040364
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author Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen
Jessen, Lisbeth Rem
Dyar, Oliver James
Bousquet-Melou, Alain
González-Zorn, Bruno
Pulcini, Céline
Re, Giovanni
Schwarz, Stefan
Timofte, Dorina
Toutain, Pierre-Louis
Guardabassi, Luca
author_facet Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen
Jessen, Lisbeth Rem
Dyar, Oliver James
Bousquet-Melou, Alain
González-Zorn, Bruno
Pulcini, Céline
Re, Giovanni
Schwarz, Stefan
Timofte, Dorina
Toutain, Pierre-Louis
Guardabassi, Luca
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description Education in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in veterinary medicine is essential to foster responsible antimicrobial use and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals. AMS is listed by the EU and international organizations among the basic ‘Day One Competences’ required of veterinary students upon graduation. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of education of European veterinary students in AMS. We distributed a 27-item survey addressing the perceptions of preparedness and acquired skills on key topics related to AMS to final-year veterinary students in Europe. We collected 3423 complete answers from 89 veterinary schools in 30 countries. Selection of treatment strategies and awareness of emerging AMR problems were markedly different between countries. Overall, only one in four students was familiar with guidelines for antimicrobial use. The students perceived a medium-high impact of veterinary antimicrobial use on AMR in humans. Notably, 75% of the students felt the need for improved teaching on AMS, half of which also demanded more teaching on general antimicrobial therapy. Our results highlight several possible strategies to improve the quality of education, ranging from a better link between clinical rotations and the theory taught in pre-clinical modules, to a more effective introduction into best practices for antimicrobial use.
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spelling pubmed-80670702021-04-25 Towards a Better and Harmonized Education in Antimicrobial Stewardship in European Veterinary Curricula Espinosa-Gongora, Carmen Jessen, Lisbeth Rem Dyar, Oliver James Bousquet-Melou, Alain González-Zorn, Bruno Pulcini, Céline Re, Giovanni Schwarz, Stefan Timofte, Dorina Toutain, Pierre-Louis Guardabassi, Luca Antibiotics (Basel) Article Education in antimicrobial stewardship (AMS) in veterinary medicine is essential to foster responsible antimicrobial use and control of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in animals. AMS is listed by the EU and international organizations among the basic ‘Day One Competences’ required of veterinary students upon graduation. Our aim was to evaluate the quality of education of European veterinary students in AMS. We distributed a 27-item survey addressing the perceptions of preparedness and acquired skills on key topics related to AMS to final-year veterinary students in Europe. We collected 3423 complete answers from 89 veterinary schools in 30 countries. Selection of treatment strategies and awareness of emerging AMR problems were markedly different between countries. Overall, only one in four students was familiar with guidelines for antimicrobial use. The students perceived a medium-high impact of veterinary antimicrobial use on AMR in humans. Notably, 75% of the students felt the need for improved teaching on AMS, half of which also demanded more teaching on general antimicrobial therapy. Our results highlight several possible strategies to improve the quality of education, ranging from a better link between clinical rotations and the theory taught in pre-clinical modules, to a more effective introduction into best practices for antimicrobial use. MDPI 2021-03-30 /pmc/articles/PMC8067070/ /pubmed/33808353 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040364 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Dyar, Oliver James
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González-Zorn, Bruno
Pulcini, Céline
Re, Giovanni
Schwarz, Stefan
Timofte, Dorina
Toutain, Pierre-Louis
Guardabassi, Luca
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title_short Towards a Better and Harmonized Education in Antimicrobial Stewardship in European Veterinary Curricula
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8067070/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33808353
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics10040364
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