An Up-to-Date Look at Antibiotic Resistance

Session Description: 
This session will  discuss the negative impact and future implications of antibiotic resistance on healthcare.  Describe the threat levels, trends in incidence, and other relevant data for pertinent antibiotic-resistant bacteria in the United States, and discuss antibiotics that have been recently approved or are currently in clinical development for the treatment of resistant infections

Speaker Bio: 
Michael grew up in Amarillo, Texas. Graduated from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas with a B.A. in Chemistry. He completed pharmacy school at the Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. After graduating pharmacy school, completed a one-year residency at Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital in Albany, Georgia and earned a teaching certificate from the University of Georgia. Shortly after, moved to wife's hometown of Bozeman and started as an inpatient pharmacist at Bozeman Deaconess Regional Medical Center. Preferred area of practice is critical care.

Montana Nurses Association is approved with distinction as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Virginia Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation

There are no relevant financial relationships with inelligible companies for those involved with the ability to control the content of this activity except for Brenda Donaldson who owned stock in Pfizer company and Margaret Hammersla who was a memnber of Pfizer virtual advisory board, all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

To earn contact hours, learners must watch 100% of the webinar and submit learner feedback and a certificate claim form; you will complete a course feedback form and then be directed to a certificate claim form to enter your name. Certificates will be available for download immediately, or within the learner profile of the learning system. 

Expires 4/1/2026
Contact hours awarded upon successful completion: 1, including 1 RX