Videos exploring antibiotic use for RTIs in children in primary care launched at TARGET event

Resources to help GPs and parents manage coughs and respiratory tract infections (RTIs) have been launched by the University of Bristol’s Centre for Academic Primary Care (CAPC) at a special antimicrobial stewardship event on 26 February in London.

The event was the culmination of CAPC’s TARGET programme which aims to improve the quality of care given to children presenting to primary care with RTIs. More than 70 delegates attended the event, which saw the launch of:

• an animation about
  what parents want from a GP consultation
  
  
  
• posters and leaflets for parents
• a parent-focussed website
• posters summarising their research
• their research publications
• press releases

A summary of tweets from the day shows the discussions that went on:

If you have any questions about the event or
about infections research at the
Centre for Academic Primary Care, please email [email protected].

The research was led by CAPC’s Alastair Hay, who is also Director of the Respiratory Infections Health Integration Team.

Watch some of the presentations from the event below.

Opening discussion

The parent perspective

The clinician perspective