AMRSim: A Microbial Reality Simulator
Lead Research Organisation:
Glasgow School of Art
Department Name: School of Design
Abstract
Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria are an established and growing issue in small animal veterinary practice in the developed world. The problem is, people can't see the bacteria on them, on animals, or on the surfaces and objects they touch. This makes it difficult to prevent and control infection in the most effective manner, as habits and standard practice are hard to change if you don't know what you are dealing with. While data exist to inform best practise in infection control, they are usually published in academic journals, thus having limited impact on what is done in practise.
Our solution is to make the 'invisible, visible' by building a three-dimensional graphical simulator of the interior of a veterinary practice in which humans, animals, and bacteria interact, according to rules observed from real-life. We are calling this simulator, AMRSim - A Microbial Reality Simulator.
The indoor environment of the vet practice can be viewed as a complex 'ecosystem' in which animals and humans interact with one another and their physical environment. Within this ecosystem there is a third, unseen group of actors - microbial agents - some of which have the capability to cause infectious disease in animals and/or humans. In the case of bacteria, they often persist in the environment on surfaces as a community. It is within these bacterial communities that they are more resistant to physical or chemical removal and are able to exchange mobile genetic elements that confer resistance to antibiotics. For this reason, activities such as disinfecting surfaces, sterilising instruments and treating patients with antibiotics, are a fundamental part of the working life of health professionals.
AMRSim will take data from the real world and make them 'come alive' in a visual way. Actual video footage will be used of the movements of humans and animals within a busy vet practice and the procedures undertaken, including those intended to reduce infection. The bacteria within the simulation will be introduced according to what is known of bacterial infection (types, location, antibiotic resistance) within vet practices from data already avaliable. Importantly, AMRSim will allow these normally invisible bacteria to be 'seen' as they multiply and spread through the indoor environment on people, animals and surfaces. By 'seeing' the interactions of animals, humans, and bacteria within space and time it will be possible to improve efforts to prevent bacteria entering and spreading through the physical environment, and improve their removal when they do.
AMRSim will be brought, at progressive stages of its development, to a series of co-design workshops with end-users to ensure it is made meaningful, appropriate and usable, and addresses key learning outcomes with respect to preventing and controlling infection.
The theory we shall test is that as practitioners interact with AMRSim, both in its development and then in its application, they will gain a greater appreciation for: 1) the impact their behaviours and activities can have on infection; 2) where weaknesses lie in current practise; and 3) where changes made to the way people and animals interact with each other and their environment can disrupt the status quo. These will lead to a reduced risk of bacterial contamination and infection, and ultimately reduced reliance on antibiotics.
Our previous work in the human health environment has shown the power of 'making the invisible, visible' by simulating infection control on a hospital ward using a visual simulator. We shall build on this experience with a new, multidisciplinary team with expertise in digital design, spatial design, co-design, environmental psychology, veterinary practice, and microbiology. It is our intention that the experience we gain in developing and using AMRSim will be applied more widely, such as for teaching students and to simulate other indoor environments where biosecurity is paramount.
Our solution is to make the 'invisible, visible' by building a three-dimensional graphical simulator of the interior of a veterinary practice in which humans, animals, and bacteria interact, according to rules observed from real-life. We are calling this simulator, AMRSim - A Microbial Reality Simulator.
The indoor environment of the vet practice can be viewed as a complex 'ecosystem' in which animals and humans interact with one another and their physical environment. Within this ecosystem there is a third, unseen group of actors - microbial agents - some of which have the capability to cause infectious disease in animals and/or humans. In the case of bacteria, they often persist in the environment on surfaces as a community. It is within these bacterial communities that they are more resistant to physical or chemical removal and are able to exchange mobile genetic elements that confer resistance to antibiotics. For this reason, activities such as disinfecting surfaces, sterilising instruments and treating patients with antibiotics, are a fundamental part of the working life of health professionals.
AMRSim will take data from the real world and make them 'come alive' in a visual way. Actual video footage will be used of the movements of humans and animals within a busy vet practice and the procedures undertaken, including those intended to reduce infection. The bacteria within the simulation will be introduced according to what is known of bacterial infection (types, location, antibiotic resistance) within vet practices from data already avaliable. Importantly, AMRSim will allow these normally invisible bacteria to be 'seen' as they multiply and spread through the indoor environment on people, animals and surfaces. By 'seeing' the interactions of animals, humans, and bacteria within space and time it will be possible to improve efforts to prevent bacteria entering and spreading through the physical environment, and improve their removal when they do.
AMRSim will be brought, at progressive stages of its development, to a series of co-design workshops with end-users to ensure it is made meaningful, appropriate and usable, and addresses key learning outcomes with respect to preventing and controlling infection.
The theory we shall test is that as practitioners interact with AMRSim, both in its development and then in its application, they will gain a greater appreciation for: 1) the impact their behaviours and activities can have on infection; 2) where weaknesses lie in current practise; and 3) where changes made to the way people and animals interact with each other and their environment can disrupt the status quo. These will lead to a reduced risk of bacterial contamination and infection, and ultimately reduced reliance on antibiotics.
Our previous work in the human health environment has shown the power of 'making the invisible, visible' by simulating infection control on a hospital ward using a visual simulator. We shall build on this experience with a new, multidisciplinary team with expertise in digital design, spatial design, co-design, environmental psychology, veterinary practice, and microbiology. It is our intention that the experience we gain in developing and using AMRSim will be applied more widely, such as for teaching students and to simulate other indoor environments where biosecurity is paramount.
Planned Impact
This research has the potential to reduce infection in veterinary practice, thereby reducing reliance of antibiotics and creating an environment where AMR is disfavoured. As well as this direct application, this proposal will also be relevant to other stakeholders. Specifically, we expect it will provide benefit to the following stakeholders in the following respects.
With respect to all communities that use quantitative data, the project will be an example of how data that are traditionally published in academic formats can be made to come alive and have demonstrable impact in the real world, thereby improving the accessibility and reach of data and their potential to be understood, adopted and to change behaviour. Our approach to realising this is described in the Pathways to Impact document.
To the scientific community:
>Providing an example of how the inclusion of Design that incorporates stakeholder engagement, e.g., via co-design, visualisation and iterative prototyping expertise, can add significant value to multi-disciplinary teams and provide benefit to the more traditional scientific disciplines usually linked with AMR research.
>Furthering our understanding of how to measure and incorporate drivers of behaviour into interventions for the behavioural sciences. Specifically, habits are recognised as a key barrier for behaviour change. However, as they are difficult to measure due to their nature of being an automatic process, this project will produce methodological and theoretical developments of important to the psychology community.
>Promoting a 'One Health' approach to tackling AMR, by directly showing the importance to infection of how humans, animals, and the environment interact with one another in ways that can be manipulated, disrupted, and visualised.
To veterinary practitioners across their various roles - consultant, nurse and auxiliary:
>Helping untangle, and making visible and more understandable, the complex mechanisms of infection spread, control and prevention in a demanding service environment, the potential threats and risks of certain practices, and to explore improved practices aimed at minimising infection and reliance on antibiotics.
To veterinary bodies and associations:
>Such as the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Royal College of Pathologists, Society of Practicing Veterinary Surgeons, British Veterinary Association and Defra, by providing evidence-based recommendations for safer practise.
To digital design and 3D software practitioners:
>Providing an example of how their skills can contribute, in a very practical way, to the global AMR challenge. Poyade is an executive member of EuroVR, an association whose aim is gather VR/AR actors in the EU. Although the visualisation and interaction in the digital tool are not developed as Virtual Reality, the EuroVR conference can be a useful means for dissemination.
To the designers and architects of healthcare environments:
> Providing evidence-based rationales for particular spatial layouts which inform building notes, design guidelines and risk assessment.
To healthcare communities - those involving both people and animals:
>Providing proof of concept that our novel approach might be applied usefully in other human and animal settings.
To the public at large:
>By making research on infection control and AMR accessible and engaging; making it possible to 'see' the conditions for how AMR might occur, contextualised in a largely familiar everyday setting, particularly for those who are pet owners.
To the media:
>We can foresee that an ability to communicate visually to lay audiences will be helpful for media purposes.
With respect to all communities that use quantitative data, the project will be an example of how data that are traditionally published in academic formats can be made to come alive and have demonstrable impact in the real world, thereby improving the accessibility and reach of data and their potential to be understood, adopted and to change behaviour. Our approach to realising this is described in the Pathways to Impact document.
To the scientific community:
>Providing an example of how the inclusion of Design that incorporates stakeholder engagement, e.g., via co-design, visualisation and iterative prototyping expertise, can add significant value to multi-disciplinary teams and provide benefit to the more traditional scientific disciplines usually linked with AMR research.
>Furthering our understanding of how to measure and incorporate drivers of behaviour into interventions for the behavioural sciences. Specifically, habits are recognised as a key barrier for behaviour change. However, as they are difficult to measure due to their nature of being an automatic process, this project will produce methodological and theoretical developments of important to the psychology community.
>Promoting a 'One Health' approach to tackling AMR, by directly showing the importance to infection of how humans, animals, and the environment interact with one another in ways that can be manipulated, disrupted, and visualised.
To veterinary practitioners across their various roles - consultant, nurse and auxiliary:
>Helping untangle, and making visible and more understandable, the complex mechanisms of infection spread, control and prevention in a demanding service environment, the potential threats and risks of certain practices, and to explore improved practices aimed at minimising infection and reliance on antibiotics.
To veterinary bodies and associations:
>Such as the Veterinary Medicines Directorate, Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons, Royal College of Pathologists, Society of Practicing Veterinary Surgeons, British Veterinary Association and Defra, by providing evidence-based recommendations for safer practise.
To digital design and 3D software practitioners:
>Providing an example of how their skills can contribute, in a very practical way, to the global AMR challenge. Poyade is an executive member of EuroVR, an association whose aim is gather VR/AR actors in the EU. Although the visualisation and interaction in the digital tool are not developed as Virtual Reality, the EuroVR conference can be a useful means for dissemination.
To the designers and architects of healthcare environments:
> Providing evidence-based rationales for particular spatial layouts which inform building notes, design guidelines and risk assessment.
To healthcare communities - those involving both people and animals:
>Providing proof of concept that our novel approach might be applied usefully in other human and animal settings.
To the public at large:
>By making research on infection control and AMR accessible and engaging; making it possible to 'see' the conditions for how AMR might occur, contextualised in a largely familiar everyday setting, particularly for those who are pet owners.
To the media:
>We can foresee that an ability to communicate visually to lay audiences will be helpful for media purposes.
Publications
Adams JRG
(2023)
Preventing bacterial disease in poultry in the post-antibiotic era: a case for innate immunity modulation as an alternative to antibiotic use.
in Frontiers in immunology
Brown HL
(2020)
The One Health European Joint Programme (OHEJP), 2018-2022: an exemplary One Health initiative.
in Journal of medical microbiology
Kupfer T
(2019)
Determinants of hand hygiene behaviour based on the Theory of Interpersonal Behaviour
in Journal of Infection Prevention
Macdonald A
(2020)
Addressing Infection Risk in Veterinary Practice through the Innovative Application of Interactive 3D Animation Methods
in The Design Journal
Nicholls H
(2023)
Foodborne antimicrobial resistance (AMR) research and surveillance in the UK: priorities identified through the Food Standards Agency's AMR programme review (2023).
in Journal of medical microbiology
Noble S
(2019)
AMRSim, a microbial reality simulator
Subasinghe, DWD
(2024)
Efficacy of an Antimicrobial Reality Simulator (AMRSim) as an Educational Tool for Teaching Antimicrobial Stewardship to Veterinary Medicine Undergraduates
in Journal of Veterinary Medicine Education
Description | Our aim was to develop a software tool to support training in infection prevention and control (IPC) for veterinary practitioners and students. The intention of this work is to motivate the changes in behaviour needed to reduce infection risk. Antimicrobial-resistance (AMR) is a growing issue in human and animal health. Increasing numbers of resistant infections are leading to many existing antibiotics becoming less effective. AMR is a continuing challenge in veterinary medicine and AMR bacteria are more likely to emerge and transmit AMR genes where there are higher microbial densities. We developed and evaluated an innovative training intervention, supported by a new type of digital tool, for training veterinary practice staff in IPC. This comprised an interactive mode of presentation and delivery supported by a 3D graphical simulation tool recreating the interior of a vet practice and the interactions of humans, animals, and microbes (such as bacteria), according to rules observed from real-life. Additional visual layers, able to be switched on/off, enabled normally invisible bacteria to be easily 'seen' as they spread via contact between animals, people, equipment and the indoor environment, and the effect of various IPC measures. By 'making visible the invisible' our objective is to reduce microbial contamination in small animal vet practices, hence to reduce reliance on antibiotics, and to contribute to decreasing the risk of AMR developing. The current tool is a laptop-hosted digital animation designed to support a trainer delivering a short in-house workshop session. In 2019, our intervention was delivered to 51 vet staff during a trial within a large referral vet practice. Participants found the novel approach taken to discussing IPC increased their awareness and appreciation of the issues: comments such as 'very clear', 'informative' and 'showed easy steps on how to prevent infection' were typical of the feedback received. After experiencing the intervention, 92% of the 51 participants agreed to change their behaviour and stated an intention to implement an infection control behaviour that aligned with training objectives. The 3D software enhanced the delivery of training content by making difficult and abstract contamination concepts easy to understand. Our trial demonstrated that our prototype intervention was able to meet its training objectives within a 30-minute trainer-led session. |
Exploitation Route | We were successful in receiving funding for our AHRC follow-on proposal (Grant Ref: AH/V001795/1) VIPVis (Veterinary Infection Prevention through Visualisation) to develop our proof-of-concept prototype into fit-for-deployment software for platforms which permit stand-alone, self-paced and flexible modes of learning, and which can be evaluated in a variety of training situations and environments: for veterinary students during their education to embed a life-long awareness of infection control that has lasting positive impact on the way they approach antimicrobial stewardship once qualified and in practice: for vet practitioners across their various roles - surgeon, nurse and auxiliary; and for veterinary bodies and associations such as the BVA and the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) through a standalone Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) e-learning programme, with the intention to positively influence behaviours to minimise the risk of infection and ultimately the reliance on antimicrobials. This 9-month project commence in April 2021 and completed in December 2021 with the production of a beta-version app which will be evaluated in a fully funded, industry-sponsored PhD from early 2022. https://www.surrey.ac.uk/fees-and-funding/studentships/innovative-solutions-improve-antibiotic-stewardship-and-reduced-amr-veterinary-practices. The Glasgow/Surrey research team is also actively exploring opportunities for applying the AMRSim/VIPVis approach to infection control in the livestock sector. |
Sectors | Agriculture Food and Drink Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) Education Healthcare Other |
URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14606925.2020.1850225?journalCode=rfdj20 |
Description | In the trial of our prototype, when asked, 92% of the 51 participants agreed to change their behaviour and stated an intention to implement an infection control behaviour that aligned with the learning objectives of the workshop by increasing hand hygiene (31.37%), wearing gloves (15.69%), wearing protective clothing (15.69%), reducing unnecessary touching of animals (11.76%), being more aware of self-touching face, hair and glasses (19.60%), and intending to clean their equipment, work area or touchpoints more frequently (17.76%). Participants found the 3D graphics enhanced the delivery of the workshop content by making difficult and abstract concepts easy to understand and it was considered overall a 'very good visual representation' of pathogen transfer. Feedback also indicated participants found the trial 'interesting', 'important', 'beneficial to practice' and that they could see the potential for others to similarly benefit. Indeed, suggestions for improving the intervention included making it more widely available, increasing the frequency of workshops and diversifying to include other specific aspects of infection control practice, such as kennel care. These findings were used in our AHRC Follow on (Grant Ref: AH/V001795/1) VIPVis (Veterinary Infection Prevention through Visualisation) project to make this available on a variety of platforms for self-paced training. More recently, the AMRSim prototype has continued to be useful in training Veterinary Medicine undergraduates. Significant differences between intervention groups and waitlist-control group using one-way between-groups analysis of covariance tests were found for outcomes measures related to short-term knowledge gain and confidence in IPC and AMS in small animal clinical practice. These findings will be published in the Journal of Veterinary Medicine Education in 2024 (advance access article). |
First Year Of Impact | 2020 |
Sector | Education,Healthcare |
Impact Types | Societal Economic |
Description | Member of RUMA SA & E |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Contribution to new or improved professional practice |
Impact | Improved antimicrobial stewardship. |
Description | Member of the FSA ACMSF AMR subgroup |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Contributed to a number of guidance documents relating to AMR - Will ultimately result in policy changes and reduced AMR. |
Description | Participated in an FSA AMR review (external reviewer and facilitator). |
Geographic Reach | National |
Policy Influence Type | Participation in a guidance/advisory committee |
Impact | Participated in an FSA AMR review (external reviewer and facilitator). |
Description | Veterinary Practice |
Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/vr.k3089 |
Description | Veterinary Infection Prevention through Visualisation |
Amount | £99,477 (GBP) |
Funding ID | V001795 |
Organisation | Glasgow School of Art |
Sector | Academic/University |
Country | United Kingdom |
Start | 03/2021 |
End | 01/2022 |
Description | Catherine Smith |
Organisation | Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Expertise; Intellectual input; Access to survey data/results. Access to NIHR ARC Wessex collaboration. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge & Intellectual input. |
Impact | Outputs listed elsewhere |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Co-funded PhD |
Organisation | Zoetis |
Country | United States |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | This is a PhD co-funded by Zoetis and by the University of Surrey School of Veterinary Medicine. The three supervisors for this are from the AMRSim study team (2 based at the University of Surrey and 1 at the University of Plymouth). A fourth individual from the AMRSim study team is an advisor. |
Collaborator Contribution | Financial support towards the fees and maintenance for the PhD. |
Impact | None as yet |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | Dr Emma Wadey |
Organisation | NHS England |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Public |
PI Contribution | Expertise; Intellectual Input; Access to survey data/results. |
Collaborator Contribution | Expert knowledge & Intellectual input. |
Impact | Outputs have been listed elsewhere. |
Start Year | 2022 |
Description | FPR |
Organisation | Fitzpatrick's Referral |
Country | United Kingdom |
Sector | Private |
PI Contribution | The team conceived the study which aimed to develop a new training intervention supported by an innovative digital tool 'to make visible invisible' microbes and the spread of contamination to positively influence behaviours to minimise the risk of infection and ultimately the reliance on antimicrobials in veterinary practices. |
Collaborator Contribution | In summary, the partner provided contributions as follows. 1) They enabled the team to capture video data from within the referral practice for three entire canine patient journeys for the purposes of identifying those stages in the surgical procedures posing the greatest risk, providing data on the flow of humans and animals within the veterinary practice and the interactions between humans, animals and their surroundings (e.g., person-person, person-animal, person-surfaces, and animal-surfaces). These data were used to assist in the development of the digital tool. 2) They made available a practice nurse as a full member of the team for the duration of the project, to support the team, enable access to the referral practice staff and premises, and to provide veterinary nurse practice expertise relevant to the requirements of the project. 3) They made available a large number of staff from its practice for the trial where the prototype training intervention was trialled. |
Impact | Outputs to date are listed elsewhere in this entry. The multi-disciplinary research team comprised expertise in co-design, software engineering, environmental psychology, veterinary bacteriology, pathology and veterinary infectious disease expertise, microbiology, anti-microbial resistance and veterinary nursing. |
Start Year | 2017 |
Title | AMRSim |
Description | We developed a software training tool for veterinary practitioners, staff and students which, in its early stages of evaluation has demonstrated its ability to change perception of risk of infection and potentially changed intention to change behaviour. We initially developed this as an executable folder of exe files for running on PC on this AMRSim study. In the subsequent VIPVis follow-on study we developed this as an APK file for android devices, and a WebGL folder for web browsers. These technical products are undergoing further development and evaluation and are not fully protected or in the public domain. |
Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
Year Produced | 2019 |
Impact | None as yet outwith the study itself. |
URL | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14606925.2020.1850225 |
Description | A talk to a student AMR society symposium |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | Invited speaker at University of Glasgow's 'Antimicrobial Awareness Week Symposium: an interdisciplinary perspective' 22nd November 2023. Discussed 'The art of serious storytelling using novel visual methods to engage healthcare practitioners in reducing infection risk' |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
URL | https://www.linkedin.com/posts/university-of-glasgow-antimicrobial-awareness_antimicrobials-and-anti... |
Description | AMR MOOC - Massive Open Online Course in Antibiotic stewardship in Veterinary Practice |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Better understanding of infection control and antimicrobial resistance (AMR) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antimicrobial-stewardship-in-veterinary-practice |
Description | AMR MOOC - Antibiotic stewardship in Veterinary practice - FutureLearn |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | This formed part of a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/antimicrobial-stewardship-in-veterinary-practice |
Description | AMR One Health presentation to students association (University of Surrey) |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | A presentation delivered by Prof R M La Ragione entitled 'Antimicrobial resistance: a One Health issue' to the meeting of the International Veterinary Students Association meeting, held at the School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Surrey on 22/10/22. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
URL | https://www.facebook.com/events/university-of-surrey-vet-school/ivsa-uk-6th-annual-one-health-confer... |
Description | AMR Talk WOHC |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | AMR talk at the 2020 WOHC |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | AMR a veterinary perspective |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk and discussion (Westminster Health Forum) - AMR - A veterinary perspective. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | ARC Wessex Webinar |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk titled: "Nurse wellbeing and mental health nursing." Part of a seminar series given by NIHR ARC Wessex. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Antimicrobial Stewardship: Veterinary Microbiology Laboratories teaming up with clinicians |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A short talk and involvement in a workshop. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Antimicrobial resistance: a One Health issue |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | A talk for the International Veterinary Students Association. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Antimicrobial resistance: a global one medicine challenge |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Humanimal Trust symposium - Antimicrobial resistance: a global one medicine challenge. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | GW4 ECR symposium - multidisciplinary approaches to antimicrobial resistance: bench to bedside and beyond |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Medical health and vet practitioners presented their work on antimicrobial stewardship to a mixed audience of dentists medical professionals, paramedical professionals and veterinary professionals. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://gw4.ac.uk/event/gw4-ecr-amr-symposium-multidisciplinary-approaches-to-antimicrobial-resistan... |
Description | MEVMAS conference - Rapid diagnostics in animal health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Talk on rapid diagnostics and AMR at MEVMAS conference. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Novel alternatives to antibiotics for use in the livestock industry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk for the the RANK prize. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Novel alternatives to antibiotics for use in the poultry industry |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk for the Poultry Science Symposium. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | OBN alternatives to antimicrobial talk |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | OBN alternatives to antimicrobial talk |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Optimal practices to protect human health care from antimicrobial resistance selected in the veterinary domain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Participated in the following conference: Optimal practices to protect human health care from antimicrobial resistance selected in the veterinary domain. Chaired a discussion group and reported back to the main group. Currently writing up the outputs into a paper. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Podcast on AI and AMR |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A broadcast e.g. TV/radio/film/podcast (other than news/press) |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | Pocast on AI and AMR (how it can help prevent AMR). |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
Description | Presentation to health forum |
Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Oral presentation AMR by Prof Roberto La Region 'A veterinary perspective' on 24th Jan 2024 at the Westminster Health Forum. The talk resulted in a number of new contacts associated with the development of alternatives to antibiotics. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2024 |
Description | Talk at 'World One Health Conference' on 'Use of big data and digital transformation in microbiology and pathology'. |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Potential for new collaborations identified. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://worldonehealthcongress.org |
Description | UK Science and Innovation Network (SIN) in Russia |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
Results and Impact | The Science and Innovation Network (SIN) Russia is currently mapping opportunities to promote UK research excellence and to draw relevant and interested parties together for a round table discussion. I was invited by the Head of Science and Innovation Network in Russia and the Science and Innovation Officer, UK Science and Innovation Network in Russia, British Embassy Moscow to contribute, as one of a small panel, a presentation to address their Global Public Health Challenges Forum 'Enabling Practical Scientific Collaborations'. I discussed the lessons that could be learnt from the approach of the MRC-led but cross-council AMR programme comprising four calls, each led by a different council and, as a part of this, our inter-disciplinary AMR (anti-microbial resistance) work in the AHRC-funded AMRSim study, as well as the current AHRC-funded VIPVis study. The live audience was in the region of c 40 individuals but this was later disseminated via Youtube link to reach a wider audience. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4TLtRLxZlQ |
Description | Understanding and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk for the U3A (Surrey) |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Understanding and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chain |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | Regional |
Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
Results and Impact | A talk for the Woking U3A - Understanding and controlling antimicrobial resistance (AMR) in the food chain |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
Description | Use of big data and digital transformation in microbiology and pathology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
Results and Impact | Formed part of a talk at the World One Health Conference in November 2020 |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
URL | https://worldonehealthcongress2022.miceapps.com/client/sites/view/WOH2022 |
Description | Veterinary approaches to antimicrobial stewardship |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Short talk at the Westminster Health Forum AMR meeting in 2021 - Veterinary approaches to antimicrobial stewardship |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Veterinary approaches to antimicrobial use and stewardship |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | A talk at the autumn 2021 British Society of Antimicrobial Resistance meeting - Veterinary approaches to antimicrobial use and stewardship. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
Description | Veterinary schools council presentation |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
Results and Impact | Short presentation 'Efficacy of a Microbial Reality Simulator (AMRSim) as an education tool for antimicrobial stewardship teaching for veterinary undergraduates', at Veterinary Education Symposium (VetEd) Veterinary Schools Council (VSC) 2021. This particular online presentation was attended by c 80 people. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
URL | https://www.vetschoolscouncil.ac.uk/veted/ |
Description | WOHC - Use of big data and digital transformation in microbiology and pathology |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | International |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Use of big data and digital transformation in microbiology and pathology. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
Description | Zoonoses - The original One Health |
Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
Geographic Reach | National |
Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
Results and Impact | Zoonoses - The original One Health - Talk at the Royal College of Physicians. |
Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |