Dear Colleagues,

Please join this webinar on behavioural change for AMS. This workshop will be led by Prof Fabiana Lorencatto (BSc, MSc, PhD health psychology), who is a Professor of Behavioural and Implementation Sciences at the University College London, UK..

The event will be held on Zoom on November 17th 19.00 – 20.30 CET.

Aim:

Increase knowledge in behaviour change methodology in AMS and to encourage and support participants to confidently practice these techniques in their area of practice

Objectives:

• Increase knowledge around the importance of behaviour change in AMS
• Identify barriers and facilitators to local AMS practices around Europe
• Support attendees to identify and begin to develop solutions to barriers in their practice
• Share good practice across networks in Europe
• Encourage the development and use of behaviour change techniques in AMS

Brief Bio Speaker:

Fabiana Lorencatto is a Professor of Behavioural and Implementation Sciences at University College London, where she is the Co-Director of the Centre for Behaviour Change and WHO Collaborating Centre for Behavioural and Implementation Sciences. She is a psychologist by background whose research focuses on applying theories and methods from the behavioural sciences to understand factors influencing behaviour as a basis for co-designing interventions to improve health and healthcare delivery. Her applied research spans a range of clinical areas related to health, with a number of studies focused on understanding and improving antimicrobial stewardship and infection prevention control. She regularly collaborates with colleagues across disciplines, clinical specialties and policy makers, and is passionate about capacity building and knowledge exchange for the behavioural and implementation sciences.

We are looking forward to your active participation in this SIG initiative!