Antibiotic prescribing challenges
Date Published:
Wednesday, June 13, 2018 - 07:32
Duration:
26:53
Professor Bruce Arroll talks about antibiotic use, the prescribing challenges that GPs face and updates antibiotic use. Bruce is a professor at the department of General Practice and Primary Health Care at the University of Auckland. He also works in clinical practice at Greenstone Family Clinic in South Auckland.
Topics:
- Strategies for managing patient expectations
- Antibiotic risks
- Skin infections
- Bites
- The diabetic foot
- Can we stop before the course is finished?
- Mastitis
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Upper respiratory tract infections
- Ear infections
- Acute otitis media
- Sore throats and tonsillitis
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Take home messages
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Resources
- Highlights from 2017 BPAC antibiotic guide Goodfellow Gem, May 2018
- Why are we using antibiotics as placebos? Don’t we care about the future efficacy of these valuable medicines? Webinar archive: May 2018
- Antibiotics: choices for common infections BPAC Update 2017
Presenter
Bruce Arroll
Professor
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