Learning resources for prescribers

The following free resources for prescribers’ personal learning aim to provide up to date information and an evidence base to support optimal antibiotic prescribing. They will also help you to meet Continuing Professional Development (CPD) and revalidation
requirements. For resources to help train others, visit the TARGET Tools to Train Prescribers.
Version 1.0, November 2021.
Webinars
Please note the content of these webinars are accurate at the time of the event and are not reviewed for changes to guidance. Our clinical scenario slides are subject to evidence reviews and updated.
Please note speakers and panellists are speaking under their professional capacity, not on behalf of UKHSA.
Clinical decision making for skin infections: From Group A to insect bites
- Clinical decision making for skin infection slides
- Clinical decision making for skin infections slides with notes
- Skin infection: Group A to insect bites webinar Q&A (PDF file, 164 KB)
From guidance to practice: managing paediatric RTIs
Managing RTIs in children - what is the evidence?
Managing Recurrent UTI and Reviewing Long-Term and Repeat Antibiotic Therapy
Navigating antimicrobial stewardship for new and early career prescribers
Patient perceptions of infections and antibiotics: insights from national surveys
Management of urinary tract infections
RCGP/UKHSA TARGET webinar: Applying diagnostic and prescribing guidance of urinary tract infections in practice
- Urinary tract infections: Applying diagnostic and prescribing guidance in practice (4,314 KB, PDF)
- Urinary tract infections: Applying diagnostic and prescribing guidance in practice - notes (4,344 KB, PDF)
- Urinary tract infections: Applying diagnostic and prescribing guidance in practice (14,407 KB PPTX)
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TARGET Urinary Tract Infection Webinar – Panel Questions (63 KB, DOC)
Management of respiratory tract infections
*17 July 2024 – please note that the acute cough content in the webinar slides was updated to ensure alignment with NICE prescribing guidance.
RCGP/UKHSA TARGET webinar: Improving antibiotic management of respiratory tract infections
- Improving antibiotic management of respiratory tract infections: acute cough and sore throat V1.1 (3.2MB, PDF)
- Improving antibiotic management of respiratory tract infections: acute cough and sore throat V1.1 - notes (2.1MB, PDF)
- Improving antibiotic management of respiratory tract infections: acute cough and sore throat V1.1 (PPTX)
- Respiratory tract infections Q&A V1 (68KB, DOC)
Acne and COPD exacerbation
RCGP/UKHSA TARGET webinar: Acne and COPD exacerbation - patients on long term/repeated antibiotics
Audits as an antimicrobial stewardship tool
RCGP/UKHSA TARGET webinar: Audits as an antimicrobial stewardship tool
Skin infections: Incorporating NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines
This webinar summarises the latest research and guidance on impetigo, leg ulcer, and cellulitis whilst using clinical scenarios to improve prescribers' confidence and ability to identify and mange common skin infections in primary care.
RCGP/UKHSA TARGET webinar: Skin infections - Incorporating NICE antimicrobial prescribing guidelines
The Skin Infection Webinar Q&A document covers questions and answers given during the live webinar.
Overcoming Difficulties Discussing Antibiotics Webinars
See the Overcoming Difficulties Discussing Antibiotics website section for information on the topics covered in these webinars.
"Do I need antibiotics?" - discussing antibiotic use with patients
Back-up/delayed antibiotic prescriptions: why and how to use them in primary care settings
TARGET Remote Prescribing Webinars
- Part 1 - Common infections in extraordinary times: decision points for remote management
This presentation looks into the remote consultation during COVID-19 and aims to helps prescribers identify key decision points for remote management of common infections e.g. ears nose and throat (ENT), urinary, cough, COVID-19, insect bites (November 2020). Dr Tessa Lewis discusses key decision points for the remote management of common infections and who is most likely to benefit.
- Part 2 - Using national antibiotic resources to help improve antibiotic prescribing
Professor Cliodna McNulty discusses how and why antibiotics are used and the link between antibiotic use and resistance in patients.