Investing in the Future: A Role for Professional Societies to Prepare the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders Through Curriculum Development and Dissemination

Vera P Luther; Rachel Shnekendorf; Ashleigh Logan; Sonali D Advani; Alice E Barsoumian; Cole Beeler; Kenza Bennani; Kartikeya Cherabuddi; Marisa Holubar; Misha Huang; Dilek Ince; Julie Ann Justo; Matthew S L Lee; Conan MacDougall; Priya Nori; Christopher A Ohl; Payal K Patel; Paul S Pottinger; Jennifer O Spicer; Conor Stack; Trevor C Van Schooneveld; Zachary I Willis

doi:10.1093/cid/ciab244

Investing in the Future: A Role for Professional Societies to Prepare the Next Generation of Healthcare Leaders Through Curriculum Development and Dissemination

Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Sep 7;73(5):911-918. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab244.

Authors

Vera P Luther¹, Rachel Shnekendorf², Ashleigh Logan², Sonali D Advani³, Alice E Barsoumian⁴, Cole Beeler⁵, Kenza Bennani², Kartikeya Cherabuddi⁶, Marisa Holubar⁷, Misha Huang⁸, Dilek Ince⁹, Julie Ann Justo¹⁰, Matthew S L Lee¹¹, Conan MacDougall¹², Priya Nori¹³, Christopher A Ohl¹, Payal K Patel¹⁴, Paul S Pottinger¹⁵, Jennifer O Spicer¹⁶, Conor Stack¹¹, Trevor C Van Schooneveld¹⁷, Zachary I Willis¹⁸

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, USA.
² Infectious Diseases Society of America, Arlington, Virginia, USA.
³ Department of Medicine, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina, USA.
⁴ Infectious Disease Service, Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, USA.
⁵ Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA.
⁶ Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, USA.
⁷ Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA.
⁸ Division of Infectious Diseases, University of Colorado, Aurora, Colorado, USA.
⁹ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, USA.
¹⁰ Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Outcomes Sciences, University of South Carolina College of Pharmacy, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
¹¹ Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
¹² Department of Clinical Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy, San Francisco, California, USA.
¹³ Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, USA.
¹⁴ University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.
¹⁵ University of Washington School of Medicine, Division of Allergy & Infectious Diseases, Seattle, Washington, USA.
¹⁶ Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA.
¹⁷ Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, USA.
¹⁸ Department of Pediatrics, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA.

PMID: 33730751
DOI: 10.1093/cid/ciab244

Abstract

Professional societies serve many functions that benefit constituents; however, few professional societies have undertaken the development and dissemination of formal, national curricula to train the future workforce while simultaneously addressing significant healthcare needs. The Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) has developed 2 curricula for the specific purpose of training the next generation of clinicians to ensure the future infectious diseases (ID) workforce is optimally trained to lead antimicrobial stewardship programs and equipped to meet the challenges of multidrug resistance, patient safety, and healthcare quality improvement. A core curriculum was developed to provide a foundation in antimicrobial stewardship for all ID fellows, regardless of career path. An advanced curriculum was developed for ID fellows specifically pursuing a career in antimicrobial stewardship. Both curricula will be broadly available in the summer of 2021 through the IDSA website.

Keywords: antimicrobial stewardship; curriculum; education; infectious diseases fellows; professional society.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Antimicrobial Stewardship*
Communicable Diseases*
Curriculum
Delivery of Health Care
Humans
Societies

Grants and funding

Infectious Diseases Society of America