

The Foundation Seminar in Infectious Diseases will be delivered by a combination of a self-paced learning package covering key infectious diseases principles followed by a one day live virtual seminar that will build on these concepts. Participants will have the opportunity to interact and learn from leading infectious diseases clinicians during the live seminar to develop the basic skills required to manage patients with infectious diseases. The choice of antimicrobial therapy for common infection syndromes (bacterial and fungal) will be discussed along with the rationale behind antimicrobial selection. Participants will also gain an understanding of the pharmacokinetics (PK) and pharmacodynamics (PD) of antimicrobials and the clinical application of PK/PD and therapeutic drug monitoring to optimise the efficacy of antimicrobial agents.
The self-paced learning package comprises approximately 12 hours of learning material and will be available from Friday 5 May 2023. The live virtual component of this seminar will take place on Saturday 17 June 2023.
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Please note: presentation recordings from the live virtual seminar will not be available.
Members |
Non-members |
Intern members |
Intern non-members |
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Early bird* |
$460 |
$570 |
$285 |
$365 |
Standard |
$580 |
$720 |
$360 |
$455 |
All registration rates include GST.
*Early bird registration ends 11:59pm AEST Friday 26 May 2023.
Seminar Lead:
Sarah Risdale, Clinical Pharmacist, Infectious Diseases and Antimicrobial Stewardship, Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital Pharmacy Department, Brisbane, Qld
Presenters:
Misha Devchand, BPharm, GardCert Pharm, MSc in Clinical Pharmacy, Project Lead & Subject Matter Expert at Safer Care Victoria, ID & AMS Pharmacist at Austin Health, Melbourne, Vic
Rachael Leng, BPharm (Hons), MSc Clinical Pharmacy, Antimicrobial Stewardship & Sepsis Pharmacist at Alfred Health, Melbourne, Vic
Melissa Faehrmann, BPharm, Clinical Pharmacist, Intensive Care Unit, Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney, NSW
Charles Palmer, Advanced Training Resident in Infectious Disease at Alfred Health, Melbourne, Vic
Tutors:
Alison Duncan, Senior Clinical Pharmacist, HIV Pharmacists Special Interest Group, Alfred Health, Melbourne, Vic
Sonia Koning, Lead Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at Eastern Health, Melbourne, Vic
Kate Morton, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist, Lismore Base Hospital, Lismore, NSW
Chin-Yen Yeo, Antimicrobial Stewardship Pharmacist at Concord Repatriation General Hospital,Sydney, NSW
Competency Standards
The program addresses the following pharmacy competency standards:
National Competency Standards Framework for Pharmacists in Australia, 2016
CPD Accreditation
This activity has been accredited for 9 hours of Group-1 CPD and 6.5 hours of Group-2 CPD (for a total of 22 CPD credits), suitable for inclusion in an individual pharmacist’s CPD plan.
The accreditation number is S2021/35.
All registration rates include GST.
Early bird registration ends 1159pm AEST Friday 26 May 2023.
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