Antimicrobial Futures and Societies

Prescribers

What is the research about?

This research aims to gain insights into your experiences of providing treatment and management advice for antibiotic use in the community. We would like to know about your experiences to help build knowledge and shape effective public policy and prescriber-consumer communications for people living in Australia. You are invited to take part in this research to gain your perspectives on your experience of using antibiotics and similar treatments. 

This research is being led by the Microbio-Social Futures program at Monash University and undertaken in collaboration with NCAS at the University of Melbourne.

What does it involve?

You will be asked to take part in a semi-structured interview of approximately 30-40 minutes. The interview will be conducted online at your own convenience and will be video/audio-taped with permission. In the interview, we will discuss: your experiences with prescribing antibiotics, including prescribing decision-making, advice provided to consumers, delayed prescribing, treatment compliance, and alternative treatment approaches.

Study participants will receive a $100 gift card upon completion. 

Later in this project, we are also conducting workshops with members of the community and prescribers. Please let us know if you would be willing to participate. 

What will we do with the information?

All information given during interviews and workshops will be subject to strict confidentiality guidelines and the anonymity of all participants will be ensured through the use of pseudonyms in the write-up of the research. Ethics approval for the project was granted by Monash University.

If you are interested in taking part, please send us your contact details below. We look forward to hearing from you.

Register your interest