NCAS Seminar Archive
Welcome to the webinar archive page.
Below we have links to talks presented at the monthly NCAS Journal Club seminars in 2018.
Wednesday, 19 December 2018
Prof. Danielle Mazza, Head, Department of General Practice, Monash University; NCAS Chief Investigator (Primary Care)
Challenges of antimicrobial prescribing in general practice
Prof. Mieke van Driel, Head, Primary Care Clinical Unit, University of Queensland
Interventions in the community: An international perspective
Wednesday, 14 November 2018
A/Prof. Mark Davis, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
A year in the public life of superbugs: Multimodal narrative analysis of news media on antimicrobial resistance and implications for public awareness
Wednesday, 17 October 2018
Dr. Minyon Avent, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Queensland State-wide Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, Queensland Health
Avent, M.L., Fejzic, J. and Driel, M.L., 2018. An underutilised resource for Antimicrobial Stewardship: a ‘snapshot’ of the community pharmacists’ role in delayed or ‘wait and see’ antibiotic prescribing. Int J Pharm Pract, 26: 373-375
Caroline Chen, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist; Project Officer, Guidance Group, Royal Melbourne Hospital
A nudge in the right direction: The use of nudge factors in stewardship
Wednesday, 19 September 2018
Lesley Hawes, PhD Fellow, NCAS; Department of General Practice, Monash University
Reducing antibiotic prescribing in general practice
Courtney Ierano, PhD Fellow, NCAS; Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne
Preliminary analysis of the Surgical National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey dataset, 2016-2018
Wednesday, 15 August 2018
Prof. Karin Thursky, Infectious Diseases Physician, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre; Director, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Think sepsis, act fast: Implementation of a whole-of-hospital clinical pathway for sepsis
Assoc. Prof. N. Deborah Friedman, Infectious Diseases Physician, Barwon Health; Associate Investigator, National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship
Antimicrobial stewardship and mathematical models
Wednesday, 18 July 2018
Dr. Jason Trubiano, Infectious Diseases Physician, Austin Health & Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Building the case for antibiotic allergy programs in your AMS program
Dr. Kirsten Bailey, Veterinarian & NCAS Research Fellow
Update from the Australian and New Zealand College of Veterinary Scientists’ science week on the challenges of improving veterinary antimicrobial use
Wednesday, 20 June 2018
Karen Urbancic, NCAS PhD Fellow, University of Melbourne
Antifungal stewardship in Australian hospitals: The tip of (a very large) iceberg
(Please note: the recording of this presentation will be made available after publication of the results.)
Robyn Ingram, Program Manager, National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (NAPS), Royal Melbourne Hospital
The results of the pilot General Practice National Antimicrobial Prescribing Survey (GP NAPS) study
Wednesday, 16 May 2018
Sonia Koning, AMS Pharmacist, Eastern Health, Melbourne
Filling the gaps for the AMS clinical care standard: Keeping our patients informed
Ruby Biezen, PhD Fellow, Monash University
Dissonant views: GPs’ and parents’ perspectives on antibiotic prescribing for young children
(Please note: the recording of this presentation will be made available after publication of the results.)
Wednesday, 18 April 2018
Dr. Laura Hardefeldt, NCAS Research Fellow, University of Melbourne
Veterinary students' knowledge of and attitudes towards antimicrobial use, antimicrobial stewardship and infection control
Leslie Dowson, NCAS PhD Fellow, Monash University
Antibiotic use near the end of life in aged care homes: Insights of nurses and general practitioners
Friday, 23 March 2018
Associate Professor Mark Davis, School of Social Sciences, Monash University
How can we engage publics with communications on antimicrobial resistance?
Wednesday, 21 March 2018
Leslie Dowson, NCAS PhD Fellow, Monash University
Do nurse-led respiratory multiplex PCR test results influence antimicrobial prescribing in aged care homes?
Courtney Ierano, NCAS PhD Fellow, University of Melbourne
Evaluating the implementability of surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis guidelines
Wednesday, 17 February 2018
Jaclyn Bishop, NCAS PhD Fellow, University of Melbourne
Barriers and facilitators to antimicrobial stewardship program delivery in regional and rural hospitals: A qualitative study with coal-face clinicians
Dr. Kudzai Kanhutu, Telehealth Clinical Lead, Royal Melbourne Hospital
Telehealth: State of play
Wednesday, 17 January 2018
Dr. Marion A. Kainer, Director, Healthcare Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance Program, Tennessee Department of Health
Antimicrobial stewardship in the US: Progress and opportunities
Combatting antimicrobial resistance and Candida auris