Investigators: Asha Bowen, Steven Tong
External collaborators: Bhavini Patel (Top End Health Services, Royal Darwin Hospital), Christine Connors (Top End Health Services, Royal Darwin Hospital), Kirsty Buising (National Centre for Antimicrobial Stewardship), Lorraine Anderson (Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Limited), Mike Stephens (National Aboriginal Controlled Community Health Organisation), Teresa Wozniak (Menzies School of Health Research), Trent Yarwood (Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital)
The HOT NORTH National Antimicrobial Surveillance Academy will be a 12-month program for 6 Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander health care workers (preferentially pharmacists, doctors, nurses or Aboriginal Health Workers embedded in clinical care in the north) interested in upskilling in antibiotic use, audit, stewardship, surveillance, and resistance.
HOT NORTH project page: www.hotnorth.org.au/project/antimicrobial-academy-for-aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islander-health-care-providers/