- Discuss the importance and potential outcomes of developing antimicrobial stewardship programs in veterinary practice in Australia
- Outline proposed AMS training program for veterinary graduates
- Seek stakeholder feedback on the training program’s proposed content and delivery methods in order to optimise uptake and impact
Invited speakers:
- Dr Stephen Page – Veterinary Pharmacologist, Director of Advanced Veterinary Therapeutics
- Professor Glenn Browning – Veterinary Microbiologist, Director Asia-Pacific Centre for Animal Health, University of Melbourne
About National Antimicrobial Resistance Forum 2-3 November 2017
The National AMR Forum Brisbane Friday 3 November, 2017.
The AMR Forum will be preceeded by free workshops on Thursday 2 November. Please register your interest for the workshops further down the page.
View the Forum Program Schedule
The Forum will be held at the Pharmacy Australia Centre of Excellence (PACE) L4, 20 Cornwall St Woolloongabba, QLD.
Keynote speakers:
Alison Holmes – Professor of Infectious Diseases at Imperial College and the Director of Infection Prevention and Control (DIPC) and Associate Medical Director for Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust
Anton Peleg – Professor of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology; Director, Department of Infectious Diseases The Alfred Hospital and Monash University, Melbourne
The scientific meeting is a collaboration between Queensland Statewide Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, CRE REDUCE, the UQ’s Institute for Molecular Bioscience, the National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship (NCAS) based at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity and Queensland University of Technology.
To attend the Forum via a videoconference please register here.
This forum will bring together groups from varying scientific disciplines, including medicine, veterinary science, nursing, the pharmaceutical and agricultural industry, reflecting the ambitions to respond to the challenges of AMR with a unified One Health approach.