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Three full days to take on
Antimicrobial Resistance
The focus of this 3-day workshop is on understanding the complex causes underlying the emergence and spread of AMR, and on practical approaches to tackle antibiotic misuse in different settings.
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Course Description
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is now one the biggest threats facing modern medicine. Initially described mostly in association with hospital-associated infections in high-income countries, the highest rates of AMR are now reported from low and middle-income countries (LMIC) around the world. The causes underlying the global rise in AMR are complex, but central to this crisis is overconsumption of antibiotics.
This 3-day workshop will focus on understanding the complex causes underlying the emergence and spread of AMR, and on approaches to tackle antibiotic misuse in different settings. The workshop format is a mix of plenary talks and panel discussions, with opportunities to interact with participants who work across the spectrum of the antimicrobial resistance space in different countries.
Clinicians, researchers, implementers, and health educators from both high-income and LMIC will share questions, successes, and lessons learned to advance the field of AMR.
NOTE: Global Health Diagnostics and the Antimicrobial Resistance course will be taught together on Wednesday, June 12th.
Target Audience
This course appeals to a wide range of participants including:
- Clinicians, pharmacists, technologists, researchers and students studying infectious diseases, tropical medicine, or global health
- Policy makers and public health agency officials
- Product developers and funders
- Community advocacy groups working in global health
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Meet our Antimicrobial Resistance Course Directors
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Dr. Makeda Semret, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Dr Semret is an Assistant Professor of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology at the McGill University Health Centre and St-Mary’s Hospital Centre, and a visiting Faculty at Addis Ababa University (AAU, Ethiopia). She is a founding member of the AAU-McGill Partnership in Infectious Diseases (AMP-ID) which she currently co-directs. Her research is focused on assessing the burden of antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections in low-resource settings, and the impact of laboratory diagnostics and antimicrobial stewardship interventions on patient outcomes and antimicrobial prescriptions in Ethiopia and in Canada. She has contributed to several of the Summer Institute courses (Tropical Medicine course since 2010, and Global Health Diagnostics course since 2015). She is the founding director of the AMR special session.
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Dr. Erika Vlieghe, MD
Professor Erika Vlieghe is an infectious diseases clinician with professional experience within and outside Belgium (UK, Uganda, Ecuador, Cambodia). She studied medicine at the Leuven Catholic University, followed by a Postgraduate course in Tropical Diseases at the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine (ITM) and a specialization in internal medicine and infectious diseases at the Leuven Catholic University.
From 2004 to 2017 she has been working as a senior staff member and researcher at the ITM. Since 2017 she is heading the Department of General Internal Medicine, Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine at the University Hospital of Antwerp (UZA).
Over the past few years she has been involved in research and capacity building in the field of antibiotic resistance in low and middle income countries; she obtained a PhD in this field in 2014.
From October 2014 – October 2015 Erika Vlieghe was temporarily appointed ‘National Ebola-coordinator’ in Belgium.
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Course Faculty
Haileyesus Getahun Gebre, MD PhD MPH – AMR secretariat, WHO, Geneva
Peter J. Dailey, PhD, MPH – University of California, Berkeley
Jorg Janne Vehreschild, MD – University of Cologne
Christian Lavallée, MD – Université de Montréal
Yoshiko Nakamachi, RN, BScN, BA, PMP – University Health Network, Toronto
Cédric Yansouni, MD, FRCPC, DTM&H – McGill University
Louis-Patrick Haraoui, MD MSc – Université de Sherbrooke
Michael Libman, MD FRCP – McGill University
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Week 1: June 10-14, 2019
- TB Research Methods • Monday-Friday
- Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century: Challenges and Dilemmas • Monday-Wednesday - New Course!
- Global Health Diagnostics • Monday-Wednesday
- Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) • Wednesday-Friday
Week 2: June 17-21, 2019
- Advanced TB Diagnostics • Monday-Wednesday morning
- Clinical TB: A Focused Clinical & Public Health Review for Healthcare Workers • Monday-Wednesday morning
- Short Course on Qualitative Methods in Global Infectious Diseases Research • Wednesday afternoon-Friday
- Quality of TB Care • Wednesday afternoon-Friday - New Course!
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TB Research Methods
June 10-14, 2019
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An intensive course on methods of operational research, molecular epidemiology, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews and meta-analyses, qualitative / community based research, decision analyses and modeling. Format will include lectures, debates, panel discussions and small group work.
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Humanitarian Action in the 21st Century:
Challenges and Dilemmas - New course
June 10-12, 2019
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This unique three-day course will explore four key challenges confronting humanitarian action today: forced migration, climate change, access to medicines and attacks on humanitarian aid. Through a combination of inspiring lectures and interactive case studies, the course will explore emerging ethical dilemmas and current controversies around these issues.
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Global Health Diagnostics
June 10-12, 2019
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This workshop on global health diagnostics focuses on cross-cutting issues affecting diagnostics for TB, HIV, sexually transmitted and blood borne infections (STBBIs), acute febrile illnesses, and selected neglected tropical diseases (NTDs).
NOTE: Global Health Diagnostics and the Antimicrobial Resistance course will be taught together on Wednesday, June 12th.
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Antimicrobial Resistance
June 12-14, 2019
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The focus of this 3-day workshop is on understanding the complex causes underlying the emergence and spread of AMR, and on practical approaches to tackle antibiotic misuse in different settings.
NOTE: Global Health Diagnostics and the Antimicrobial Resistance course will be taught together on Wednesday, June 12th.
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Advanced TB Diagnostics
June 17-19, 2019
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This advanced course will cover advanced topics in TB diagnostics research and implementation, including critical pathways for new TB tests, impact of new tests on clinical decision-making and therapeutic choices, cost-effectiveness in routine programmatic settings, and impact on patient-important outcomes.
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Clinical TB: A focused clinical & public health review for healthcare workers
June 17-19, 2019
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This 3 day course provides a concise review of the clinical and public health aspects of managing TB. It will be of particular interest to healthcare workers and trainees in Canada, or other low TB incidence countries, who are seeking to develop or strengthen their TB management skills.
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Short Course on Qualitative Methods in Global Infectious Diseases Research
June 19-21, 2019
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A short-course course focused on the principles and rigorous application of qualitative methods in formative, operational, evaluation and policy research in infectious diseases.
Note: the 2019 course is an abbreviated version of the previous two qualitative method courses which were week-long.
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Quality of TB Care - New Course
June 19-21, 2019
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Poor quality TB care is widespread and is a key driver of the TB epidemic. This course will address the critical need to go beyond coverage and improve quality of TB care in low and middle-income countries.
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