Boost your antibiotic stewardship IQ with Get Smart Week

On Friday, Nov. 18 at 11 a.m. ET, clinicians will gather online for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s #AntibioticResistance Twitter chat. The event is part of the CDC’s Get Smart Week, Nov. 14-20, which aims to promote appropriate use of antibiotics. To learn more about antibiotic resistance, check out these articles from The DO and The Journal of the American Osteopathic Association (JAOA).

• Jennie H. Kwon, DO, MSCI, is the 2016 National Academy of Medicine Osteopathic Medicine Fellow and the recipient of a $450,000 grant from the CDC to study antibiotic resistance. Read more.
• The CDC’s Lauri Hicks, DO, who assisted the White House in forming their plan to fight antibiotic resistance, shared tips for physicians and provided context for the AOA’s policy on the importance of practicing responsible antibiotic use.
• A 2015 JAOA study found that osteopathic manipulative treatment may boost antibiotic effectiveness in pneumonia patients. Read more.
• JAOA Editor-in-Chief Robert Orenstein, DO, shared insights gleaned from attending last year’s White House Forum on Antibiotic Stewardship. Read more.
• A group of physicians and pharmacists published research in the JAOA on their experiences implementing an interprofessional antimicrobial stewardship program at two academic medical centers. Read more.