Advancing Health Equity through Antimicrobial Stewardship

Atlanta, GA US
September 6, 2023

This in person, one-day educational program is designed for learners to develop skills in building multidisciplinary partnerships that aid in identifying and addressing health inequities as they relate to antimicrobial stewardship and antimicrobial resistance.

This workshop will be held on Wednesday, September 6, 2023 7:45 am - 3:00 pm in Atlanta, GA at the Loews Hotel.

Visit the Program and Venue tabs to learn more.

Target Audience

Inpatient and outpatient clinicians (pharmacists, physicians, nurses, advanced practice providers, dentists, or others), public and community health leaders, health policymakers, researchers and trainees

Learning Objectives

  1. Describe health inequities as they relate to antimicrobial use, antimicrobial resistance and antimicrobial stewardship.
  2. Define gaps and opportunities in antimicrobial stewardship equity.
  3. Identify resources available and specific collaborative actions within stewardship teams as well as with other stakeholders aimed at mitigating antimicrobial prescribing inequities. 

Funding for this conference was made possible (in part) by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The views expressed in written conference materials or publications and by speakers and moderators do not necessarily reflect the official policies of the Department of Health and Human Services, nor does the mention of trade names, commercial practices, or organizations imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. 

Please only register for this course if you plan to attend in person in Atlanta, GA.

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Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 6.00 ABIM MOC
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC point’s equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.00 Participation
Course opens: 
05/03/2023
Course expires: 
10/06/2024
Event starts: 
09/06/2023 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
09/06/2023 - 3:00pm EDT
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Advancing Health Equity through Antimicrobial Stewardship Workshop Agenda*

 

7:45 – 9:00 am Opening: Inequities in Antibiotic Prescribing: Where are we now?
 Coordinator: Mike Smith, MD, MSCE
 

Speakers:

  1. Pharmaco-equity and Antimicrobial Stewardship - Utibe R. Essien, MD, MPH
  2. Inequities in Antibiotic Prescribing: A Systematic Review - Lauri Hicks, DO
  3. Discussion about equity and prescribing in various setting Panel - Bethany Wattles, PharmD, Adam Hersh, MD, Jeff Gerber, MD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Define the concept of pharmaco-equity 
  2. Apply the concept of pharmaco-equity to antimicrobial stewardship
  3. Identify existing knowledge gaps around health equity and antibiotic prescribing in various healthcare settings
 9:00 – 9:45 amAdvancing Equity through Antimicrobial Stewardship: History Impacting Present 
 Coordinator: Zanthia Wiley, MD
 

Speakers:

1. Panel Discussion - Jasmine Marcelin, MD, Edo McGee, PharmD, Chris Evans, PharmD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the historical and contemporaneous issues leading to health inequities
  2. Identify stakeholders involved in addressing health inequities in antimicrobial stewardship
  3. Differentiate impacts of inequities in antimicrobial stewardship on various populations 
9:45 – 10:15 amBREAK
  
10:15 – 11:00 amLeveraging Data to Incorporate Health Equity into Antimicrobial Stewardship to Improve Prescribing
 Coordinator: Lauri Hicks, DO
 

Speakers:

1. Panel Discussion – Eili Klein, PhD, Sonali Advani, MD, Bethany Wattles, PharmD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Discuss antibiotic stewardship strategies that may be leveraged to improve health equity.
  2. Describe the importance of collection of health equity variables and opportunities to leverage electronic health record data to assess for health disparities and potential inequities.
  3. Provide strategies that can be leveraged to seek leadership support and resource allocation to support a health equity focus in antibiotic stewardship.
11:00 – 11:45 amStrategies Across Settings
 Coordinator: Edoabasi McGee, PharmD, BCPS
 

Speakers:

1. Strategies for mitigating inequities in antimicrobial stewardship at community health centers and FQHC - Sheetal Kandiah, MD, MPH
2. Health equity challenges specific to stewardship at the transition from hospital to home - Louise Vaz, MD
3. Leverage health equity to meet antimicrobial stewardship standards in long term care facilities - Morgan Katz, MD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe potential strategies for successful implementation of stewardship initiatives in community health centers
  2. Recommend health systems strategies that can improve access to antibiotic stewardship expertise in outpatient settings
  3. Identify LTCF strategies that advance health equity in antimicrobial stewardship
11:45 am – 12:45 pmOptimizing Health System Antimicrobial Stewardship To Improve Inequities and Access Panel
 Coordinator: Anurag Malani, MD, CPE
 

Speakers:

1. Panel Discussion – Payal Patel, MD, Anu Malani, MD, Libby Dodds-Ashley, PharmD, David Hyun, MD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe various models of health system antimicrobial stewardship including structure/resources at system and local levels
  2. Discuss development and implementation of guidelines and deliverables including electronic medical record (EMR) optimization/enhancements across health systems including small and critical access hospitals
  3. Describe strategies for health system metrics and dashboards including measures surrounding diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) 
12:45 – 1:30 pm BREAK (Lunch on your own)
  
1:30 – 2:00 pm Inequities and Antimicrobial Resistance
 Coordinator: Jasmine Marcelin, MD
 

Speaker:

1.  Inequities and Antimicrobial Resistance - Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe existing disparities in antimicrobial resistance and how they occur 
  2. Identify upstream causes of disparities in antimicrobial resistance and strategies to mitigate them 
2:00 – 3:00 pmHow to Implement/QI & Working Groups
 Coordinator: Rekha Murthy, MD
 

Speakers:

1. First Steps in the Long Road to Equity - Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc
2. Using quality metrics to address health equity gaps ASP - Victoria Parente, MD
3. Working Group Session: Develop your ASP and Health Equity Plan with Session Faculty and Moderators

Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe how to communicate the value of incorporating health equity into ASP. 
  2. Identify potential DEI related tactics that every ASP should include 
  3. Discuss how to address gaps in data collection to assess disparities in clinical outcomes
  4. Discuss how quality metrics can be utilized to address gaps in health equity in antibiotic prescribing
3:00 pmClosing Remarks

*Subject to change. This will be updated as speakers accept and finalize titles.

Loews Hotel Atlanta
1065 Peachtree St NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
United States
Book Your Hotel!

SHEA has secured a special rate for those traveling and need to stay the night, whether that be before the workshop, after, or both! Rooms are $229 per night plus 16.9% tax and $5 state lodging fee. 

Book your room now! When on the booking site, please click the red “MAKE A RESERVATION” button in the top right corner of the page. The check in date of September 5th and check out September 6th will automatically be selected. If you wish to change the date, you will need to click the date at the top of the page. Be sure to reserve your room by as soon as possible. Rooms will be available while inventory lasts.  

If you are a government employee and need a government rate room, please email learningce@shea-online.org prior to August 5. There are a limited number of government rooms available and will be first come first serve. 

Travel

The hotel is ~20-30 minute uber/taxi ride from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. 

In accordance with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education's (ACCME) Standard for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all faculty and planning partners must disclose all financial relationship(s) with any ineligible company within the prior 24 months for any amount. SHEA identifies and mitigates all conflict of interest prior to delivering the educational activity to learners. 

Program Committee 

Rekha Murthy, MD
Co-Chair
Professor of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
Cedars-Sinai 
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Zanthia Wiley, MD
Co-Chair
Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory Division of Infectious Diseases
Emory University Hospital Midtown
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Lauri Hicks, DO
CDC Representative 
Director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships 

Sarah Kabbani, MD, MSc
CDC Representative
Office of Antibiotic Stewardship 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships  

Anu Malani, MD, CPE
Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Special Pathogens
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Jasmine Marcelin, MD
Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases
Associate Program Director, UNMC Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
Co-Director, Digital Innovation & Social Media Strategy, Division of Infectious Diseases
Honorarium (Grant Reviewer): Pfizer/Mayo Clinic Global Bridges

Edoabasi McGee, PharmD, BCPS
Department of Pharmacy Practice Associate Professor
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Victoria Parente, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University 
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships 

Mike Smith, MD, MSCE
Professor of of Pediatrics
Chief of Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Medical Director Pediatric Antimicrobial Stewardship
Duke University Medical Center
Contracted Research (Principal Investigator): Pfizer

Speakers

Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir, PharmD, MPH
Assistant Professor
University of California San Diego
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Sonali Advani,MBBS, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine 
Duke University School of Medicine
Speaker/Consultant: GSK
Advisory Board: Biomeriux
Consultant: Locus Biosciences (ended)

Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, PharmD 
Liaison Pharmacist
Duke University
Scientific Advisor: HealthTrackRX
Consultant: Oxford University

Utibe Essien, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Medicine
David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Chris Evans, PharmD
Pharmacist
TN Department of Health
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Jeffrey Gerber, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Adam Hersh, MD, PhD
Professor
University of Utah
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

David Hyun, MD
Project Director
The Pew Charitable Trusts
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Lauri Hicks, DO
Director, Office of Antibiotic Stewardship 
Division of Healthcare Quality Promotion 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships 

Sheetal Kandiah, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Emory University
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Morgan Katz, MD
Assistant Professor of Infectious Disease 
Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Director of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program 
Johns Hopkins Bayview Hospital
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Eili Y. Klein, PhD
Associate Professor
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Anu Malani, MD, CPE
Medical Director, Hospital Epidemiology and Special Pathogens
Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship
Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Edoabasi McGee, PharmD, BCPS
Department of Pharmacy Practice Associate Professor
Philadelphia College of Pharmacy
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Victoria Parente, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University 
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships 

Payal Patel, MD, MPH
ID Physician
Intermountain Healthcare
Advisor: Qiagen

Valerie Vaughn, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor of Medicine
University of Utah School of Medicine
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships 

Louise Elaine Vaz, MD MPH
Associate Professor, Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Doernbecher Children’s Hospital 
Oregon Health & Science University
Disclosed no relevant financial relationships

Bethany Wattles, PharmD, MHA
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Grant Support: Merck

*All of the relevant financial relationships listed have been mitigated

Accreditation Statements 

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. 

Physicians: 

The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America designates this live activity for a maximum of 6 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

ABIM MOC: All CME accredited sessions are also available for all attendees to earn American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Points. 

By submitting a claim for ABIM MOC, you hereby give SHEA permission to share MOC data with ACCME.

 

Available Credit

  • 6.00 ABIM MOC
    Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC point’s equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.
  • 6.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
    The Society for Healthcare Epidemiology of America is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
  • 6.00 Participation

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