The Antimicrobial Stewardship (AS) Working Group (ASWG) of the CVM-OSU oversees the Infection Control, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program (ASP), and Diagnostic Stewardship efforts of the Veterinary Medical Center. The ASWG has also created the BuckeyeASP, which extends efforts on AS into private practice. Members of the ASWG include experts in veterinary epidemiology, pharmacologists, clinicians, and microbiologists. This elective rotation is a learning hands-on experience accomplished in a period of 2 – 4 weeks and offered to veterinary students that have an interest in infectious diseases with a focus on infection control, diagnostic and antimicrobial stewardship. Members of the ASWG will contribute with the experience. The student will follow cases that are processed by the Clinical Microbiology Laboratory having the opportunity to review cases (clinical history, selection of appropriate tests, result interpretation, and antimicrobial selection). In addition, the student will participate in activities of the ASWG and infection control efforts including a mini project on infection control. It is expected that the student will also attend microbiology rounds. It is expected the student will present the assigned case or mini project at the end of the rotation.
The students will have the support of the ASWG members. The experience is tailored based on the student’s interests. In addition, the student will have daily access to the clinical microbiology laboratory of the VMC. This is a fully equipped laboratory that mainly serves the VMC. The student will have access to all the resources available for students at OSU.
At the beginning of the rotation, the student will receive a schedule with details of activities the student should perform daily. It is expected the student will put in eight hours of work every day. The student will work on clinical cases in the clinical microbiology laboratory and work on a mini project on infection control.
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