The National Students' AMR Conference

We are back! Come join us on Saturday the 16th of November for a fantastic day of talks and workshops. Check out our speakers below This year, students can present their research too! More coming soon... Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/national-stu… #KeepAntibioticsWorking #TheNSAMRC

Didn't get a hand on the BVA One Health report at #TheNSAMRC? Don't worry! #OneHealthInAction Scroll down to 'What Next?' on the page to download the pdf: bva.co.uk/news-campaigns… #AntibioticGuardian #OneHealth

Great to see student engagement, and action in #WAAW2019 @chessbenson - #AntibioticGuardian in action! #TheNSAMRC

MSc Biochemistry + Sci&Tech Editor of the @redbrickpaper, @chessbenson wrote about #TheNSAMRC Drug-Resistant Bugs: How Can We Stop Them? - Tackling AMR: Where are we now? - Role of Vets and Dentists - Using bacteria to fight infection - How we behave issuu.com/redbrickonline…

A third of E.coli infections are now resistant to antibiotics and those who are infected with resistant strains are twice as likely to die. Fiona Reakes-Wells @TheNSAMRC @DrDianeAshiru @Rabia_Ahm3d #TheNSAMRC

@TheNSAMRC @MicrobLog_me_uk @DrDianeAshiru Thank you for the opportunity to talk and meet such an interactive and enthusiastic audience! A fantastic event to raise awareness of this hugely important public health issue to our future healthcare professionals. @TheNSAMRC @DrDianeAshiru @Rabia_Ahm3d #AntibioticGuardian

Huge thanks to the fantastic professionals from @NHSBSolCCG who spoke yesterday at #TheNSAMRC in preparation for #WAAW2019 Incredibly informative and engaging talks: we are very grateful! @rakhi2382, Dr Stephen Banham @MicrobLog_me_uk and Shahzad Razaq. #AntibioticGuardian

There was some very interesting questions for the panel including: - Should AMR a part of healthcare student's curriculum? - Why can't we develop new classes of antibiotics? - Can AMR bacteria in food cause AMR in people?

There was some very interesting questions for the panel including: - Do we see cases of AMR in animals or just in humans? - Which field contributes the most to the problem of AMR? - Can antimicrobial cleaning products lead to resistance? @TheNSAMRC @AntibioticGuardian

For the final session of the day we had a multi-disciplinary panel "Why am I worried about AMR? Dental, Nursing, Veterinary and Medical cases" Speakers: Rakhi Aggarwal, Dr Stephen Bentham, Fiona Reakes-Wells, James Russel, Dr Phil Thomson, Chioma Achi and Jaspreet Dhanda.

Chris Ganacias from Queens University Belfast gave a presentation on “Successful elimination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms with a novel bacteriophage @QUBelfast

Olivia Knowles from Bart's and The London school of medicine and dentistry presented “Assessing Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing in a Primary Care Setting” @QMUL

Continuing with the mini oral presentations from some of the students at the conference! @AntimicrobialGuardian @TheNSAMRC

Projects and partnerships which are using behaviour change as a tool to tackle AMR - Commonwealth partnership for antimicrobial stewardship - The change exchange project, lead by behavioral scientist and psychologists (case study of two hospitals in Ghana and Uganda)

Key learning points: -Knowledge alone doesn’t change behaviour -Behavior is caused by capability, motivation, and opportunity. -Impulsive plays a big part how we behave. @AntibioticGuardian @TheChange_X

The fourth talk of the day was by Dr Lucie Byrne-Davis on using behaviour change techniques to improve antimicrobial stewardship in Ghana and Uganda! @luciebd @jonijojo @ManchesterUniv @TheNSAMRC

Explaining how the #AMS teams work in the NHS for @TheNSAMRC @ShahzadRazaq @uhbipc @Rabia_Ahm3d. Great to be able to explain our processes @DrDianeAshiru

Very early start... grateful to all colleagues giving up their Saturday to educate; the FAB student leads; @Rabia_Ahm3d @AstonLHS #AntibioticGuardian theNSAMRC

Want to collaborate with @OliviaEGKnowles on auditing Antibiotic usage? Complete this form! Register of Interest: Researching Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prescribing in Primary Care Settings docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI… #TheNSAMRC #AntibioticGuardian #OneHealthInAction