At The AMR Collective, we translate the science around AMR and stewardship into meaningful and practical information that veterinarians can call upon to make informed, evidence-based decisions in their daily practice. We want every clinician to feel confident in understanding stewardship principles so that they can diagnose, prescribe, and manage infectious patients with confidence.
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While the world’s attention has been focused on COVID, the impacts of antimicrobial resistance have continued, with attention being diverted during the stress and confusion. It’s been like the global...
Are we making assumptions about veterinary clients that are not entirely true? Do clients really want antibiotics, or do we just think they do? Veterinarians often feel the pressure of owner expectations to...
The AMR Collective translates the science around anti-microbial resistance (AMR) and stewardship into meaningful and practical information that veterinarians can call upon to make informed, evidence-based...
Do you agree with the concept of antimicrobial stewardship but find putting it into practice a challenge? These days, most veterinarians have a positive attitude towards antimicrobial stewardship (AMS), but...
How hedgehogs can teach us a thing or two about antimicrobial resistance. So,what do hedgehogs have to do with AMR? In order to answer that,we need to remind ourselves of a bit of history around AMR and MRSA. Antimicrobial resistance is usually thought
In this third and final blog post centred on the diagnostic process,we will explore the concepts discussed in the third paper around heuristics and illness scripts. So,what are heuristics? “Heuristics” can be defined as mental shortcuts and can act to s
We hope that you have been enjoying thinking about ‘thinking’ after the last blog post. Yes,we are talking “metacognition” for all of those nerds out there (we,of course,use ‘nerd’ as the greatest term of endearment)
A deep dive into how we think through diagnoses – starting with the difference between System 1 (intuitive) and System 2 (analytical) thinking. Are you keen to optimise your thinking for peak diagnostic efficiency?
Antimicrobials have a fascinating history and being aware of it helps to remind us just how lucky we are to have these amazing products in our therapeutic arsenal. The discovery of penicillin The famous story of a petri dish contaminated with a fungus le
Welcome to episode 2 of the AMR Vet Collective Podcast with the wonderful Professor Bob Donely. In this episode we talk to Professor Donely about seeing pet birds in general and small animal practice. Bob gives us a bunch of great tips to improve our avi
