Exploring Multifaceted Online Curricula to Educate the Healthcare Team

In this session, learners will have the opportunity to explore the Infectious Diseases Society of America’s Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS) Curricula, the Core AS Curriculum and the Advanced AS Curriculum, a multifaceted online educational toolbox available for the healthcare team.  The curricula were designed originally to educate ID fellows and ensure they received fundamental AS education, which is not accessible in all ID fellowship programs.  The curricula expanded and now includes education for those planning to lead AS programs, resources for students and residents, and is applicable to physicians, pharmacists and nurses.  There is also a self-study version for anyone interested in learning about antimicrobial stewardship. 

This session will include an overview of the curricula design and integration of adult learning principles, web-based and eLearning tools and strategies, as well as supplementary resources developed to enhance the educational experience both for the learner as well as for faculty teaching curricular components.  Evaluation methodologies will also be explored.   

Understanding how adults learn is crucial when designing any educational activity, whether presented online or in-person. Information that is clear to one person in a visual format may be confusing to another, but creating options for varied learning preferences can be challenging. Although one may understand a specific audience's learning preferences, there are often other limitations to consider such as time and staffing. 

IDSA’s Antimicrobial Stewardship Curricula have successfully tackled these challenges by creating a “toolbox” of sorts – providing faculty and stewardship leaders the ability to choose when and which topics they would like to cover, selecting the best format, along with guided suggestions and opportunities for evaluation. This flexibility has been instrumental in maximizing knowledge and skill building, and the overall appeal of the curricula. 

This session is applicable to participants from Health Care Education Organizations (HCEO) - Healthcare Professionals Membership Societies (HPMS), Medical Education Companies (MEC), Medical Schools, Hospitals and Health Systems, State Medical Societies and Professionals with Educational Expertise. 

Session participants will learn from the strategic approach to curricular development and examples demonstrated and go home with ideas to incorporate into their own educational activity development. 


Unlock Your Potential :

Learners will explore different modalities for online learning and tools utilized.  Multiple components of the curriculum will be shown for learners to view and ask questions, allowing them to decide how various portions can be applied and implemented. 

We will also explore challenges (and solutions!) experienced along the way. We hope that participants will be inspired and motivated with innovative ideas to enhance or create new content beneficial to their institution or workplace.