Vol.68 No.3 May 2020
Effect of public lecture using a skit to combat antimicrobial resistance
1)Department of Clinical Pharmacoepidemiology, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Misasagi-Nakauchi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto, Kyoto, Japan
2)Department of Pharmacy, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital
3)Department of Infection control, Rakuwakai Otowa Hospital
4)Miyako Pharmacy
5)AMR Clinical Reference Center, Disease Control and Prevention Center, National Centre for Global Health and Medicine
Abstract
One of the aims of the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) is to disseminate public awareness and education. However, no efficacious means of education has been established yet and the effectiveness of such education has also not been investigated. Therefore, we prepared a public lecture using a skit, designed to combat AMR. Furthermore, a questionnaire survey was conducted before and after the lecture and the usefulness of the lecture/skit was evaluated.
Participants of the public lecture at the Kyoto Pharmaceutical University in December 2018 were surveyed. We enacted a skit about the pros and cons of using antibiotics to treat a cold. An infection control doctor and a board-certified infection control pharmacist provided the comments.
The completed questionnaires were collected from 64 participants. The number of participants who provided correct answers to the questions about the efficacy of antibiotics and their appropriate use increased after the participants watched the skit. A public lecture using a skit might be a useful medium to illuminate the public on challenging themes, such as AMR.
Key word
antimicrobial resistance, common cold syndrome, antimicrobial agent
Received
August 28, 2019
Accepted
February 7, 2020
Jpn. J. Chemother. 68 (3): 376-380, 2020
