Organisation ESCMID Online Education

Registration procedure Course

Please register on the ESCMID website at
www.escmid.org/education until 12 october 2023.

Registration fee ESCMID Online Education

• EUR 150 for ESCMID members
• EUR 200 for non-ESCMID members Course Communication with patients
• EUR 80 for attendees from the Balkan countries
(Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, in decision making on
Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania,
Serbia, and Slovenia) antibiotic prescribing in
• EUR 50 for ESCMID Young Scientist Members
• EUR 20 for ESCMID Low-income country
Communication with primary and outpatient care
members patients in decision making
on antibiotic prescribing in
Contact primary and outpatient care
Organisers
Faculty of medicine, University Ss Cyril and Methodius Skopje
For the scientific programme & Institute for Social Innovation - Skopje
Katarina Stavrikj,
Faculty of Medicine, Course Coordinator
University Ss Cyril and Methodius Katarina Stavrikj
Skopje
50 Divizija no 6, Online Education Course University Ss Cyril and Methodius Skopje, Skopje, North
Macedonia
Skopje,
North Macedonia 26-27 October, 2023 Course Objectives
Phone: +38970365038 1. Recognizes problems that should be addressed in
kstavric@hotmail.com outpatient setting and is capable for addressing them by
organizing appropriate structures, interventions, and
Administrative inquiries monitoring
Neda Milevska Kostova, 2. Understands the role of cultural and behavioral
Institute for Social Innovation determinants in antibiotic prescribing in outpatient and
Nikola Parapunov 41, primary care
Skopje 3. Can recognize the facilitators and barriers to ASPs and is
North Macedonia able to address them
Phone: + 38923065837 4. Understands and can perform different communication
nmilevska@isi.edu.mk techniques
5. Can communicate with all stakeholders involved in AMS
The educational activities included in the ESCMID AMS at primary care level
Certificate are supported in part by an unrestricted grant
by Pfizer Inc., who had no role in the design or content of
the activities, or in the selection of speakers.
Application being made for CME Accreditation

Biomerieux has provided an unrestricted grant in support The timings are in Central European Summer Time (CEST)
of the online educational activities included in the This course is part of the
ESCMID AMS Certificate.
 15:45 Clinical and peer pressures Interactive
Course Programme Q&A and Discussion
Milena Rovcanin (Interactive session)
26 October 2023 16:15 Conclusion of the day
Katarina Stavrikj
Clinical “life” of antibiotics (1): policies, guidelines and practices
09:00 Welcome and introduction to the course 27 October 2023
Katarina Stavrikj
Social “life” of antibiotics: prescribers, patients and
09:15 How do we choose antibiotics in primary physician-patient communication in prescribing
care?
Milena Kostic 09:00 What are the main drivers of irrational
prescribing? Interactive survey
09:45 What do I use in my practice?
09:15 Communication skills with patients,
Survey results discussion – do’s and don’ts
community and general public
Milena Kostic (Interactive session)
Katarina Stavrikj
10:15 Break
09:45 Break
10:30 Antibiotics to a geriatric population Empiric
vs. diagnosis-based prescribing: challenges 10:00 Case study/Role play – parallel sessions
and pitfalls Session 1:
Katarina Stavrikj How to communicate with a parent of a feverish
child?
11:00 How do I prescribe? Discussion – do’s and Dragan Georgievski
don’ts Session 2:
Katarina Stavrikj (Interactive session) How to communicate with a patient requesting
antibiotics
11:30 Lunch break
Neda Milevska-Kostova
12:30 Evidence-based practical tools in primary care 11:00 Role play discussion – do’s and don’ts
Interactive Q&A and Discussion Dragan Georgievski
Milena Rovcanin Neda Milevska-Kostova
13:30 Upper respiratory infections and antibiotics Physician-patient relationship: Protocols for
11:30
Interactive Q&A and Discussion continued communication (telemedicine)
Dragan Georgievski Katerina Kovacevikj

14:15 Urinary tract infections treatment in primary 12:30 Lunch break

care
Interactive Q&A and Discussion 13:30 Patients and patience: lessons learnt from
Milena Kostic COVID-19
Katarina Stavrikj
15:00 Clinical and peer pressures: Assessment of Irena Kondova
empiric therapy prescribed by emergency
services or another physician 14:30 Interactive Q&A and Discussion
Milena Rovcanin
15:00 Farewell and post-course assignments
All faculty