Making the APPropriate choice: Utilization of a smartphone application to optimize antimicrobial decisions among internal medicine trainees

Thomas R Brooke; Herman O Pfaeffle; Walter O Guillory; Sorana Raiciulescu; Roseanne A Ressner

doi:10.1017/ash.2022.345

Making the APPropriate choice: Utilization of a smartphone application to optimize antimicrobial decisions among internal medicine trainees

Antimicrob Steward Healthc Epidemiol. 2022 Dec 9;2(1):e194. doi: 10.1017/ash.2022.345. eCollection 2022.

Authors

Thomas R Brooke¹, Herman O Pfaeffle¹, Walter O Guillory¹, Sorana Raiciulescu², Roseanne A Ressner^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ Internal Medicine, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
² Biostatistics Consulting Center, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland.
³ Infectious Diseases, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland.
⁴ Department of Medicine, Uniformed Services University, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abstract

Utilization of a smart phone application paired with a time-spaced learning curriculum was investigated to determine its impact on antimicrobial stewardship practice among internal medicine trainees. Stewardship behaviors increased, barriers decreased, and trainees had increased confidence in managing common infectious disease syndromes after the intervention.