Increasing Patient Education on Proper Antibiotic Stewardship

Authors

Arif S. Ahsan, University of VermontFollow

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Date

2023

Abstract

Antibiotic resistance is a growing public health issue in the United States. Coinciding with this, patients often inappropriately self-treat infections using antibiotics. Locally, this causes complications in treating patients in an outpatient setting, and nationally, this causes an increased economic burden on the United States healthcare system. A handout was developed for distribution at pharmacies in order to better educate patients on proper antibiotic stewardship, based on information that providers believed to be most important for patients to know.

Clinical Site

New Fairfield Family Practice

Keywords

antibiotic, resistance, stewardship, public, health

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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Disciplines

Community Health and Preventive Medicine | Medical Education | Primary Care | Public Health Education and Promotion

Recommended Citation

Ahsan, Arif S., "Increasing Patient Education on Proper Antibiotic Stewardship" (2023). Family Medicine Clerkship Student Projects. 928.
https://scholarworks.uvm.edu/fmclerk/928