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Education Courses Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship

About the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship masterclass & expert consultancy

"How to improve antibiotic use: a practical introduction to the development and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs." read more

About the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship masterclass & expert consultancy

“How to improve antibiotic use: a practical introduction to the development and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs”

Our goal is to guide professionals and policy makers through the process of developing and implementing a successful Antimicrobial Stewardship Program in their hospital, healthcare system, region or even country. We achieve to do so by preparing you through pre-course online courses and project assignments, by teaching you through a 4-day course and helping you to elaborate your project. After the masterclass a dedicated coach will assist you with the evaluation and refinement of the project.


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This masterclass is endorsed by ESGAP.

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Jeroen Schouten
Intensivist & Senior researcher IQ Healthcare

+31 (0)24 361 72 73

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+316 29 12 90 83
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Program

The combined education/implementation program consists of a pre-course, a 4-day course and a post-course expert consultancy support for implementation of your project developed during the course.

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Program

The combined education/implementation program consists of a pre-course, a 4-day course and a post-course expert consultancy support for implementation of your project developed during the course.
Depending on availability of data for your hospital, the program can be expanded with pre-course (baseline) and post-course (follow-up) measurement of antibiotic use.

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Learning objectives of the course

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Learning objectives of the course

Learning objectives

  • to understand the problems of Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) across global, national and local levels;
  • to understand and be able to describe the core elements of antimicrobial stewardship;
  • to understand how to develop local/national guidelines for appropriate antibiotic use, based on international guidelines and local/national resistance levels;
  • to be aware of the main barriers to the development of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, and to be able to apply improvement strategies to address these;
  • to be able to convey the knowledge and skills needed for Antimicrobial Stewardship to both clinical and management teams in hospitals;
  • to have decided next steps to take to improve antibiotic use/implement antibiotic stewardship in my health care setting/country.

Why this course?

  • The Radboudumc offers small classes, excellent and reknown clinical and implementation scientists as well as tutors, clear learning goals, modern teaching skills, examination and certification.
  • The Radboudumc cooperates with other Centers of Excellence in Infectious Diseases exchanging guest professors.
  • Participants in 2019 awarded the masterclass a 9.2 (on a scale from 1 to 10).
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Why this course?

We offer small classes, excellent and reknown clinical and implementation scientists as well as tutors, clear learning goals, modern teaching skills, examination and certification. Furthermore, we cooperate with other Centers of Excellence in Infectious Diseases exchanging guest professors.

We are ideally placed for groups, responsible for the implementation of an Antimicrobial Stewardship Program, including clinicians (micro, ID, clinical pharmacy) and policymakers.

Participants in 2019 awarded the masterclass a 9.2 (on a scale from 1 to 10).


Tutors of the masterclass

The practical introduction to the development and implementation of Antimicrobial Stewardship Programs is taught by excellent and reknown tutors. read more

Tutors of the masterclass

Marlies Hulscher PhD, professor of Quality of Care for infectious diseases

Marlies is a senior researcher at the Scientific Institute for Quality of Healthcare (IQ healthcare) of the Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen. IQ healthcare has a multi-disciplinary health services research staff with a background in e.g. sociology, social psychology, humanities, (bio)medical sciences, and economics and management. Marlies has more than 25 years experience in implementation research and behavioral science. Implementation scientists seek to understand the behavior of healthcare professionals and other stakeholders as a key variable in the uptake of evidence-based interventions into routine practice. Such insight into factors that underpin behaviors is crucial so that theories on behavioral change can be selected to generate ideas for the planning of effective interventions to change professional and stakeholder behavior and improve patient health.

As a Principal Investigator Marlies has performed numerous studies on defining, measuring, understanding and improving appropriate hospital antibiotic use and infection prevention. She is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research and in effect, process and economic evaluations.

Read more about Marlies or visit the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship team page.

Heiman Wertheim, professor in clinical microbiology

Heiman is clinical microbiologist and heads the clinical microbiology department at Radboud University Medical Center.  He is board member for the Nederlandse Vereniging voor Medische Microbiologie (NVMM) and member of the ‘Raad voor Wetenschap en Innovatie’ at the Federatie Medisch Specialisten.

One of his main interests is antibiotic resistance in both resource rich and resource constrained settings and does this through a multidisciplinary approach: health systems, policy development, behavior, surveillance, prevention, genomics, stewardship and clinical trials. Heiman is currently part of a WHO expert panel to develop a priority pathogens list (PPL) for antimicrobial resistant bacteria.

Read more about Heiman or visit the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship team page.

Jaap ten Oever MD PhD, infectious disease physician

Jaap’s interest are community- and hospital-acquired infections and antimicrobial stewardship, in which he has extensive hands-on experience, is involved in research and policy-making. He was trained as an infectious disease specialist at the Radboud university medical center and obtained his PhD in 2014 with his thesis “Footprints of infections novel diagnostic strategies in infectious diseases”. Besides being a member of the Radboud university medical center antimicrobial stewardship team, he participates in the antibiotic resistance & infection prevention network Gelderland (GAIN), is secretary of the Dutch working Party on Antibiotic Policy (SWAB) working group on antimicrobial stewardship, and a board member of the SWAB. He coordinates the development and implementation of the Dutch antimicrobial stewardship monitor. He is the vice-coordinator of the infectious diseases training program.

Read more about Jaap or visit the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship team page.

Jeroen Schouten MD PhD, intensivist and senior researcher

Jeroen is an intensivist at Radboud University Medical Center in Nijmegen and is a senior researcher at IQ healthcare. Jeroen earned a PhD in Infectious Diseases and Implementation Science and has been involved in qualitative research with a focus on antimicrobial stewardship ever since, focusing on its application in Intensive care medicine. As senior researcher, Jeroen has performed numerous studies on understanding and improving hospital antibiotic use. He is experienced in qualitative and quantitative research methods and has been involved in many (inter)national initiatives to improve antibiotic prescribing (e.g. SWAB, ECCMID, ECDC, WHO).

Read more about Jeroen or visit the Dutch Antimicrobial Stewardship team page.


Training locations and completed trainings

Read more about the current AMS training locations and completed trainings. 

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Special programs


Drive-AMS in EU

A EU4Health funded project for data-driven implementation of a behavioural antimicrobial stewardship approach with expert consultancy for appropriate antimicrobial use in Europe (2022-2025).

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Drive-AMS in EU



Drive-AMS in Low- and Middle Income Countries

The overall aim of the drive-AMS LMICs project is to ensure sustainable and long-term capacity in LMICs for Antimicrobial Stewardship in human health with a One-Health perspective and applicability.

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Masterclass: IPC-track

To prevent the development and spread of resistant pathogens in healthcare settings, antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention & control go hand-in-hand.
We are currently preparing the integration of an Infection Prevention and Control (IPC)-track within the Antimicrobial Stewardship Masterclass program.

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Masterclass: IPC-track



ESCMID-AMS Certificate program Basic course

The ESCMID-AMS Certificate is an exciting two-year programme for early-career healthcare professionals. Our Masterclass as the basic course of the program, delves into the intricate workings of antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), focusing on the "what" and "how" to effectively manage antimicrobial therapy.

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ESCMID-AMS Certificate program Basic course



SPICE: Expert Registry

The Specialized Program for Infectious Disease Care Everywhere (SPICE) is an expert registry for providing expert consultancy and support matched to the need of healthcare sector in LMICs to ensure standardized and integrated infectious diseases (ID) care.

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