PACCARB Reports & Recommendations
Recommendation Report 9
Advancing Interprofessional Education and Practice to Combat Antimicrobial Resistance
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Executive Summary
Education plays a key role in preventing antimicrobial resistance; however, because antimicrobial resistance is a complex, interconnected problem, single-disciplinary educational methods have proven ineffective. Instead, a holistic and multidisciplinary approach that promotes collaborative education and continued practice, has the potential to further advance progress on combating antimicrobial resistance. This report provides recommendations on areas of collaborative education to effectively apply interdisciplinary efforts to prevent antimicrobial resistance and promote antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention and control. The PACCARB identified three high-level recommendation themes: sharing a vision of collaborative education and practice, implementing collaborative education and practice, and defining and monitoring outcomes.
Associated PACCARB Working Group
This report was compiled by the Inter-Professional Education Working Group, and was voted on and approved by the full council at the 17th PACCARB Public Meeting on June 29, 2021. This working group was established in response to a Task Letter - PDF* from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Assistant Secretary for Health Brett Giroir, on behalf of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, Alex M. Azar, II.
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Content last reviewed August 22, 2023