Transdisciplinary ECMM Antifungal Stewardship Workshop

WEDNESDAY 27 JANUARY

Plenary session 1: The changing epidemiology of invasive fungal infections
12:30 Emergence and spread of azole resistance (Anuradha Chowdhary, India)
13:15  The role of antifungal stewardship in practice and science (Patricia Munoz, Spain)
14:00 Fungiscope & Fungiquest – Tools for evidence generation and pratical guidance in the therapy of rare & emerging fungal infections (Danila Seidel, Germany)

14:45-15:30 break

15:30-17:00 Workshop session 1: Assessment of antifungal consumption (crossover groups)
Assessing prescription knowledge and identifying decision pathways (Maricela Valerio, Mexico)
Performance indicators and their assessment (hospital and/or country wide) (Russell Lewis, Italy)

Late afternoon session
17:00 Activism beyond the clinic: The role of the medical mycologist as a spokesperson for safe and responsible antifungal and antimicrobial use in medicine and agriculture (Paul Verweij, the Netherlands)

17:45 drinks and dinner

THURSDAY 28 JANUARY

Plenary session 2: Antifungal therapy
09:45 Empiric and targeted therapy in common scenarios (Andrew Ullmann, Germany)
10:30 Tools and approaches to measure consumption of antifungals and identify faulty prescription patterns (Andrea Liekweg, Germany)
11:15   Antifungal therapy in the surgical ICU (Riina Richardson, UK)

12:00-12:45 lunch

12:45-14:15 Workshop session 2: Mycological diagnostics (crossover groups)
Implementing state of the art diagnostics in the mycological laboratory (Axel Hamprecht, Germany)
Designing and implementing a diagnostic pathway with trans-disciplinary involvement and support (Jörg Janne Vehreschild, Germany)

14:15-14:45 break

Plenary session 3: Antifungal stewardship design considerations
14:45 Hallmarks of successful antifungal stewardship programmes (Elizabeth Dodds-Ashley, USA)
15:15 When and how will antifungal stewardship pay off (Sebastian Heimann, Germany)

16:00-16:30 break

Late afternoon session
16:30 Antifungal drugs – What’s in the pipeline (Oliver Cornely, Germany)

17:15 drinks and dinner

FRIDAY 29 JANUARY

09:45-11:15 Workshop session 3: Implementation and assessment of antifungal stewardship programmes in general (crossover groups)
Implementing ward and hospital based stewardship programmes // who takes the lead (Rafael Duarte-Palomino, Spain)
Effective communication of unpopular measures (Maria Vehreschild, Germany)

11:15-11:35 break

Interactive case studies
11:35 Haematology & Oncology (Oliver Cornely, Germany)
12:20 ICU & Pulmonology (Malcolm Richardson, UK)

Ask the expert session
13:05 ECMM experts are seated at separate tables giving participants’ the opportunity for questions and direct interaction. 

13:50 Closing

Registration fees:

The registration fees include: participation in the workshop, coffee, lunch and dinner breaks and 2 hotel nights.

2 hotel nights in Hotel Haus Duden are included in the registration fees.

Location:
Hotel Haus Duden
Konrad-Duden-Straße 99
46485 Wesel, Germany

Accreditation:

The Transdisciplinary ECMM Antifungal Stewardship Workshop is accredited by the European Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (EACCME) to provide the following CME activity for medical specialists. The EACCME is an institution of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS), www.uems.net.
The Transdisciplinary ECMM Antifungal Stewardship  Workshop is designated for a maximum of 11 hours of European external CME credits. Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. The EACCME credit system is based on 1 ECMEC per hour with a maximum of 3 ECMECs for half a day and 6 ECMECs for a full-day event.

Through an agreement between the European Union of Medical Specialists and the American Medical Association, physicians may convert EACCME credits to an equivalent number of AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Information on the process to convert EACCME credit to AMA credit can be found at www.ama-assn.org/go/internationalcme. Live educational activities, occurring outside of Canada, recognized by the UEMS-EACCME for ECMEC credits are deemed to be Accredited Group Learning Activities (Section 1) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.