Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast
Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast is a monthly satellite broadcast series on new and emerging public health issues. It is sponsored by the School of Public Health, the NYS Department of Health, the NYS Community Health Partnership, the NYS Association of County Health Officials, and the NYS Nurses Association.
Antibiotic Resistance: A New Public Health Problem
Satellite broadcast originally aired January 17, 2002
- Now available via videostreaming (Requires basic RealOne Player which is available as a free download.)
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts
The emergence of bacterial strains that are increasingly resistant to antibiotics is a growing concern. A significant part of this problem can be attributed to the overuse and misuse of antibiotics. This presentation will include an overview of the antibiotic resistance problem for patient and practitioner and strategies for the practitioner in dealing with patient pressure to prescribe antibiotics inappropriately. Speakers: Marilyn Kacica, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Regional Epidemiology & Infection Control Prog., Bur. of Communicable Disease Control, NYS DOH; Richard Propp, MD, Medical Consultant, Office of Medicaid Mgmt., NYS DOH
Objectives
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:
- Give at least one example of a disease that has become resistant to antibiotics
- Describe at least one strategy a healthcare worker can use to deal with patient pressure to prescribe antibiotics inappropriately.
Continuing Education
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 5TLL8T-PRV-04-004.
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive up to 1 Category I CECH in health education.
For further information, contact Cheryl Reeves, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, School of Public Health via e-mail and include "t2b2" in subject line. creeves@albany.edu
Last update: March 29, 2004
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