5.4 Planning your study
Activity 9: Planning your study
The modules in Tackling antimicrobial resistance have been designed for AMR surveillance professionals working in a variety of different roles.
To help you select the modules that are appropriate to your role, we have put together a number of recommended study pathways based on different roles. You may find it helpful to revisit the table you were first shown in Activity 1, which listed the different groups of AMR surveillance professionals.
| Category | Description |
|---|---|
| Laboratory professionals | Laboratory technicians/assistants, technologists, laboratory scientists (across sectors) |
| Senior laboratory professionals | Head/manager of a laboratory, head of unit (across sectors) |
| Clinical service professionals | Clinicians, nurses, pharmacists, clinical officers |
| Veterinarian service professionals | Veterinarians, para-veterinarians, farmers, field/veterinarian officers, veterinarian pharmacists |
| Senior management (clinical) | Head of hospital, chair of IPU committees/drugs and therapeutics/resources, superintendents |
| Senior management (veterinary) | Director/deputy director of veterinarian services |
| Policy-makers | AMR Secretariat, government departments of health/agriculture/livestock/fisheries, WHO, FAO, OIE |
| Data scientists and epidemiologists | Data scientists, epidemiologists |
Select the group that most closely relates to your role from the list below to view the recommended study pathway for your role.
Remember that these study pathways are recommendations. The modules that you choose to study will depend on your day-to-day activities and the learning goals that you have set yourself.
You are almost ready to start studying the modules in this course! As you study them, you should return to this module to record your progress towards your learning goals. Before you leave AMR surveillance and you to continue your learning, read Section 6, ‘Bringing it all together’.
5.3 Setting your learning goals
