the Group for Technical Assistance (GTA) Study Team at Henry Ford Health Systems has graciously agreed to collaborate with us. Henry Ford Health Systems, is a non-profit healthcare provider based in Michigan, USA.
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For our project, the Group for Technical Assistance (GTA) Study
Team at Henry Ford Health Systems has graciously agreed to collaborate with
us. Henry Ford Health Systems, is a non-profit healthcare provider based in
Michigan, USA. It has been serving the community through its various hospitals
and medical centers since 1915. Along with providing healthcare locally, Henry
Ford Health Systems has also contributed to research and philanthropy projects
overseas such as the one we will be analysing for this project.
Over the last few
decades, there has been an increase in Antimicrobial Resistance (NCBI),
especially in low and middle-income countries. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR)
is the ability of a microbe to resist the effects of medication that once could
successfully treat the microbe.To combat this growing epidemic, the GTA study
team has proposed the development of a Global Learning in Antimicrobial Resistance
(GLAMR) Platform.
The long-term vision
of the GLAMR Platform is for it to be a web-based e-learning site that health
practitioners across the globe can use to learn, discuss, and mentor each other
on practices to reduce antimicrobial resistance. To start however, this
platform will be used to support e-learning in AMR and stewardship in Nepal,
with the potential for future expansion to other low- and middle-income countries.
Since 2015, the GTA study team has been working in Nepal to train healthcare
professionals in AMR and to develop an education model that can easily be
incorporated in healthcare centers with limited resources. The training
material developed by the study team in Nepal will serve as a springboard for
the GLAMR Platform. There are a few characteristics for the GLAMR platform that
have been outlined by the project sponsor. Their vision includes a platform
that is contextual, capacity building and consultative. The aim is to have
healthcare professionals collaborate with each other through high volumes of
interaction where students and healthcare professionals can connect with peers
in their respective fields and share knowledge and information through rich
channels of communication.
