This webinar is presented by the Audit & Feedback MetaLab at Women's College Hospital This session is the second of an ongoing webinar series designed to bring together researchers and health system partners to review evidence, share real-world Canadian examples, and collaboratively identify future research and implementation priorities.
# Webinar Overview
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an urgent and growing health threat, fueled in part by the overuse and inappropriate prescribing of antibiotics. Audit and feedback approaches, particularly those that include peer comparison, have been shown to improve prescribing practices among clinicians. Ensuring these approaches are designed and implemented with equity in mind is important for supporting appropriate antibiotic use across diverse health care settings.
In this interactive, 60-minute webinar, Dr. Noah Ivers will open with key findings from his audit and feedback Cochrane review. Dr. Kevin Schwartz will then discuss the evidence base for antibiotic prescribing feedback and highlight the CANBuild-AMR project, which aims to scale and optimize audit and feedback programs across Canada to improve antibiotic use. Jonathan Lam will provide a brief overview of Canada’s Drug Agency (CDA-AMC) and lead a facilitated discussion exploring opportunities to spread and scale effective audit and feedback initiatives, equity considerations in implementation, and future directions for research and practice.