This course is designed to increase the learner?s knowledge of challenges related to antimicrobial pharmacotherapy and how they can be addressed by individual patients or providers, as well as by the health system or policy makers on a broader level. The course will introduce basic principles of pharmacokinetics to help learners examine common ways to optimize effectiveness of and minimize adverse outcomes related to antimicrobials. The course will enhance the learner?s ability to understand complications related to infectious diseases treatment, such as emergence of resistance and microbiome disruption. The course will discuss antimicrobial stewardship practices in various settings, including roles played by healthcare professionals and actions that can be taken by informed consumers and patients. Learners in this course will be able to explain how characteristics of the U.S. healthcare system, such as medical costs and drug shortages, contribute to challenges with antimicrobial use, and they will consider ways to combat these challenges. The intended audience for this course is undergraduate students who are intending a career in the health sciences and students who wish to work in a health-related industry in which some knowledge of the healthcare system may be useful.
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