The EAHP Board, elected for three-year terms, oversees the association’s activities. Comprising directors responsible for core functions, it meets regularly to implement strategic goals. Supported by EAHP staff, the Board controls finances, coordinates congress organization, and ensures compliance with statutes and codes of conduct.
EAHP held 2 Academy Seminars in Vienna, Austria
between 29 September – 1 October 2017.
Seminar 1: Hospital Pharmacy Practice Research – Scientific Quality
This seminar will address the below preliminary topics:
- Inspiring example(s) of pharmacy practice research
- Formulation of research question
- Operationalisation of research question
- Qualitative research
- Statistical considerations
- Medical ethical aspects
- Examples of research and development without patients involved
- Pharmaceutical research – In search of evidence for the hospital pharmacist’s added values
Seminar 2: Antibiotic Stewardship for Beginners
Lectures, interactive sessions and workshops will take place to address topics such as:
- Guidelines and framework of Antibiotic Stewardship
- Consumption surveillance methods: How to collect and report data, how to avoid common pitfalls
- From antibiotic therapy to peri-surgical antibiotic prophylaxis: measures/interventions to influence antibiotic use and consumption
- Practical application of antibiotic use data
- Rationale antibiotic therapy in practice (clinical cases)
- How to implement Antibiotic Stewardship without having the resources for that?
- First ABS studies in your hospital: How to do it, what to learn from it?
- Quality improvement approach to optimise antimicrobial prescribing
- How to engage and educate healthcare professionals and the public in antimicrobial stewardship
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