December 2021: The University of Edinburgh has put together a 5-month teaching programme for Fleming Fund fellows, covering various aspects of antibiotic resistance. It was originally anticipated that the Fleming fellows would receive training applicable to their work in the surveillance of antimicrobial resistance and use of antibiotics during visits to Edinburgh. However, as travel restricitions have prevented the professional fellows from the Malawi, and Uganda II cohorts, and the policy fellows in Kenya and Uganda, from travelling to Scotland, the University of Edinburgh has developed a new 5-month, online teaching programme delivered by mentors and other experts from the University. This new course started in August 2021, and has covered topics ranging from diagnostics to epidemiolgy, policy and communication. In each area fellows have accessed a number online recorded lectures, which have been followed by live discussion sessions with the mentors to help them reflect on what they had learned and how they might apply it in their own work. The asynchronous delivery of much of the material has provided flexibility for the fellows to access the training at times that are most onvenient. The live sessions have been particularly fruitful in promoting interactions amongst fellows from different countries, and allowing broad sharing of insights and experience. Teaching programme Fundamentals of AMR Prof. David Gally - An introduction to antimicrobial resistance Prof. Ross Fitzgerald - Tracking the spread of AMR at the human-animal interface Diagnostics for AMR Dr. Gavin Paterson - Veterinary Antimicrobial Use and Resistance Prof. Till Bachmann - Point of care diagnostics for Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance of AMR Dr. Adrian Muwonge - A microbial community view of AMR emergence and spread at the human animal interface Dr. Bryan Wee - Genomics of AMR: from isolates to microbiomes Use of antibiotics and stewardship Dr. Alexandra Viner - Use of antibiotics in maternal health Dr. Alexander Corbishley - Antibiotic use on farms Dr. Diego Robledo - Aquaculture and alternatives to antibiotics Policy and communication Prof. Lisa Boden - AMR at the Science-Policy-Industry Interface Prof. Liz Grant - Global Health policy in practice Dr. Christine Campbell - Involving patients and the public in our work - Community engagament, and in research Epidemiology Prof. Mark Bronsvoort - Introduction to Epidemiology Statistics Dr. Stella Mazeri, Introduction to Statistics Dr. Stella Mazeri, Introduction to R and RStudio The last series of sessions with Dr. Mazeri will be followed by a 3-day workshop: Introduction to Statistics in R with Dr. Stella Mazeri in January 2022. Image Live discussion with Dr. Stella Mazeri Related Links About the Fleming Fund This article was published on 2024-06-20
