Building antimicrobial stewardship through massive open online courses: a pilot study in Macedonia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The global struggle against antibiotic resistance requires antimicrobial stewardship (AMS). Massive open online courses (MOOCs) offer health professionals unprecedented access to high-quality instructional material on AMS; the question is how apprehensible it is to non-native English speakers. Furthermore, to better understand how education interventions promote change towards rational antibiotic prescribing, leading institutions call for studies integrating behavioural science. Research from lower- and middle-income countries is particularly needed.

Objectives

To measure the knowledge improvement from an AMS MOOC, the influence of language, course satisfaction and subsequent effect on intention to change antibiotic prescribing behaviour.

Methods

Fifty-five

SUBMITTER: von Schreeb S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8210003 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature