Challenges and Opportunities in Tacking Antimicrobial Resistance

Dates and Times

Start: 9/11/2024 8:00 AM
End: 9/11/2024 9:00 AM

Objectives

1. Provide an overview of the definitions, burden and epidemiology of antimicrobial resistance with a focus on resistance in Enterobacterales
2. Review the global challenges of developing a new antibiotic pipeline.
3. Through review of recent mechanistic and diagnostic studies, including bacterial sequencing studies review novel insights into optimizing treatment strategies of infected patients.

4. Provide insights into interactions between antimicrobial resistance and pathogen virulence and their impact on treatment outcomes.
5. Demonstrate the need to formulate and implement novel strategies and tools for early detection and treatment of antimicrobial resistance.

Speakers

Accreditation

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The School of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits ^™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.00 MOC points in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.