ORGANISED BY: JABATAN PERUBATAN, HOSPITAL MELAKA
OBJECTIVES To enhance knowledge regarding latest information and international/local guidelines on various infectious diseases commonly encountered in our healthcare setting To provide adequate exposure on infection control practices and appropriate antibiotic usage To raise awareness among all healthcare workers about the importance of infection control practices and optimization of antimicrobial therapy in order to reduce infections and prevent antimicrobial resistance
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS Melaka Infectious Disease Update 2024 16 May 2024 (Thursday) Auditorium Seri Baiduri, Hospital Melaka TIME TOPIC SPEAKER 8.00 – 8.30am Registration & Quiz Organising committee 8.30 – 8.40am Opening Remark Dr Gan Wee Fu Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka Theme 1: Caring for People Living with HIV (PWH) 8.40 – 9.10am Paradigm shift in antiretrovirals prescribing: What’s hot and new? Dr Mahaletchumi a/p Rajappan Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 9.10 – 9.40am Marching on with U=U ! Dr Gan Wee Fu Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 9.40 - 10.10am Comorbidities in PWH Dr Tan Kok Tong Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 10.10 – 10.40am Tea break Theme 2: Tropical Medicine 10.40 -11.10am “Tropical UTI” Dr Gan Wee Fu Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 11.10 – 11.40am Dengue fever: Back to Basics Dr Mahaletchumi a/p Rajappan Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka
11.40 – 12.10pm The Great Mimicker Dr Tan Kok Tong Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka Theme 3: Fight against Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) 12.10 – 12.40pm Why AMR matters to everyone? Dr Nor Zaila binti Zaidan Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Kajang 12.40 – 1.10pm Fight Against AMR: Back to Basics Dr Tan Kok Tong Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 1.10 – 2.00pm Lunch break 2.00 – 2.30pm Diagnostics in The Fight Against AMR Dr Kasturi a/p Subramaniam Pakar Klinikal Mikrobiologi Hospital Melaka Theme 4: Antimicrobial Stewardship in Daily Practice 2.30 – 3.00pm IV to Oral Switch: Principles and Practice Dr Mahaletchumi a/p Rajappan Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 3.00 – 3.30pm Invasive candidiasis: Who, What, When & How Dr Gan Wee Fu Pakar Perubatan Penyakit Berjangkit Hospital Melaka 3.30 – 4.00pm Antimicrobial Pharmokinetics & Pharmacodynamics in Critically Ill Patients: Principles & Clinical Implications Miss Siow Chee Chen Ahli Farmasi AMS Hospital Melaka 4.00 – 5.00pm Q&A session and Quiz 5.00pm End of course