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Tips for Antimicrobial Prescribing in an Era of Multi-Drug Resistance


Total Credits: 1.0 including 1 AOA Category 1-A Credit(s)

Average Rating:
   21
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Faculty:
Robert Orenstein, DO, FACP, FIDSA
Duration:
59 Minutes
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Description

Antibiotics are the second most commonly used class of drugs in the United States. Dr. Robert Orenstein’s lecture offers information on how to control antimicrobial resistance.  

 

Learning objectives:

• Differentiate the treatment of common infections

• Categorize which antimicrobials can be used for commonly-encountered drug-resistant infections

• Mitigate how to prevent multi-drug resistant infections 

 

 

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the accreditation requirements and policies of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The Arizona Osteopathic Medical Association (AOMA) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

 

GRIEVANCE POLICY: The AOMA strives to provide continuing medical education programs to fulfill the needs of the attendees and to meet the AOA Uniform Guidelines and AOA Accreditation Requirements. Comments, questions, or complaints should be forwarded to AOMA Executive Director Josephine Zammuto, by calling the AOMA Office at 602-266-6699 or by mail to AOMA, 5150 N. 16th Street, Suite A-122, Phoenix, AZ 85016, or by email to info@az-osteo.org.

 

 

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Faculty

Robert Orenstein, DO, FACP, FIDSA Related Seminars and Products


Robert Orenstein, DO is an associate professor of medicine in The Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, and Chair of the Division of Infectious Diseases at Mayo Clinic Arizona.  

 

He has served as the Editor-in-Chief of the American Osteopathic Association since 2013. He is a board certified in infectious diseases, internal medicine, and HIV medicine and is a fellow of both the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the American College of Physicians.  Dr Orenstein practices at the Mayo Clinic Arizona, Phoenix campus where he sees complex inpatient and outpatient infectious diseases. 

 

Dr. Orenstein received his B.S. in Biochemistry from Trinity College in Hartford Connecticut, and his DO from Des Moines University College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He completed a residency in internal medicine at the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, PA and a fellowship in infectious diseases at the Medical College of Virginia. He served as the Director of the HIV AIDS Program at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Medical Center and Medical Director of the Virginia Commonwealth University HIV/AIDS Clinic before moving to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. At Mayo, Rochester he served as the internal medicine residency coordinator for infectious diseases, and practiced inpatient and outpatient medicine as a member of both the divisions of infectious diseases and general internal medicine before moving to Mayo Clinic in Arizona in 2010. 

 

Dr. Orenstein has no disclosures. 


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Total Reviews: 21