Moving the rocks: working with culture and psychology to improve prescribing

Moving the rocks:  working with culture and psychology to improve prescribing

Changing behavior is a fundamental aspect of antimicrobial stewardship. Lessons learned from the experience of improving clinician prescribing habits have impact far beyond the sphere of antibiotics. Join us for a lively discussion on how to work with prescriber momentum, environment and personality to improve patient care.

Speaker: Mark McIntyre

Mark McIntyre has been passionate about the role of antimicrobials in history, society and healthcare since pharmacy school. Prior to coming to Canada, Mark received his doctorate of pharmacy at Rutgers University in New Jersey. After immigrating to Canada, he practiced in community pharmacy and then completed his general practice pharmacy residency at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. After finishing residency, Mark has worked at Mount Sinai Hospital and at the University Health Network in the areas of emergency/critical care, antimicrobial stewardship and infectious disease. He’s also worked on areas of policy and regulatory change with Health Quality Ontario and OCP.

Discussant: Justin Lee

Justin Lee is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at McMaster University and he is actively involved with the clinical care of patients as a staff geriatrician at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton and Hamilton Health Sciences. He has expertise in clinical pharmacology and the care of older adults including those living with multiple co-morbidities and frailty. This stems from his training both as a pharmacist with hospital residency training at the University of Toronto and as a specialist physician in Geriatric Medicine and Internal Medicine at McMaster University.
Justin currently serves as Associate Research Director at the St. Joseph’s Health System Centre for Integrated Care, Clinician Scientist at the GERAS Centre for Aging Research, and Co-Chair of the Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network (CaDEN) Research Committee. He completed a PhD in Health Research Methods at McMaster University and has special interest in better understanding patients with high healthcare needs or costs, improving the transitional care period from hospital to home, and optimizing medication use in older adults.