The Kansas Healthcare Collaborative (KHC) and the Kansas Department of Health and Environment’s (KDHE) Healthcare-Associated Infections and Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Program are pleased to again partner to provide reimbursement assistance to select candidates who successfully complete the Society of Infectious Diseases Pharmacists’ (SIDP) Antimicrobial Stewardship Certificate Program for Pharmacists.
Pharmacists are eligible if they are actively working with a Kansas acute care hospital and/or long-term care facility to advance its antimicrobial stewardship program. The application period will open in mid-January and will be accepted through Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. The application and more information are available at www.khconline.org/SIDP.
In 2019 we offered this program for the first time. From that, 19 pharmacists completed certification in antimicrobial stewardship through the program:
- Angela Broaderway, Ellsworth County Medical Center
- Travis Coffield, Wilson Medical Center/Fredonia Regional Hospital
- Melissa Curless, Meadowbrook Rehab Hospital
- Emily Dunsing, Community Memorial Healthcare
- Katie Foster, Stormont Vail Health
- Ashley Harlow, Labette Health
- Zane Hoffman, Hiawatha Community Hospital
- Rhonda Hornberger, Village Shalom
- Travis Hunt, Ascension Via Christi Hospital Wichita
- Leisha Jones, Sheridan County Hospital
- Sara Parsons, Menorah Medical Center
- Jeff Pierce, Lawrence Memorial Hospital
- Melanie Kuder, Ottawa County Health Center
- Nicolette Lindstrom, Hutchinson Regional Medical Center
- Leah Merkel, Atchison Hospital
- Randy Moyers, Russell Regional Hospital
- Paul Schiferl, Citizens Medical Center
- Stephanie Schintler, Republic County Hospital
- Paula Winkler, Community Memorial Healthcare
“Pharmacists are a fundamental part of healthcare teams striving to be good stewards of antibiotics and other antimicrobials,” said Bryna Stacey, program director of KDHE’s HAI/AR Program. “Advancing knowledge and training in antimicrobial stewardship is important to advancing pharmacist capacity in this important role.”