Antimicrobial Stewardship

Ames, IA US
November 12, 2025

Purpose

Mary Greeley Medical Center Grand Rounds is a multidisciplinary clinical activity that maintains, develops, or increases a physician's knowledge, skills, professional performance, and relationships to provide services for patients, the public, or the profession.

Target Audience

Physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, medical students (rotating), non-medical students (rotating), and healthcare administrators.

Learning Objectives

  1. Highlight how applying the CDC’s core elements of antimicrobial stewardship can support patient care.
  2. Summarize key changes in empiric antibiotic selections and duration of therapy for community-acquired pneumonia based on the 2025 ATS guidelines.
  3. Review the 2025 IDSA guideline updates for complicated UTIs, focusing on new classifications, empiric antibiotic selection, and treatment duration.
  4. Explain strategies for evaluating and de-labeling beta-lactam allergies to optimize antibiotic use.

Speaker

Jill Bode, PharmD
Pharmacist, Mary Greeley Medical Center

Education

  • Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD), Drake University

Biography.

Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A
Course opens: 
11/12/2025
Course expires: 
11/12/2025
Event starts: 
11/12/2025 - 12:10pm CST
Event ends: 
11/12/2025 - 1:10pm CST
Cost:
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Mary Greeley Medical Center
1111 Duff Ave.
Ames, IA 50010
United States
+1 (515) 239-2011

Accreditation Statements

  • DO: Des Moines University Medicine and Health Sciences (DMU) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. DMU designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AOA Category 2-A credits and will report CME and specialty credits commensurate with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

EDUCATIONAL GRANTS

No ineligible company provided financial support for this continuing education activity.

DISCLOSURES

The speaker(s) will disclose if any pharmaceuticals, medical procedures, or devices discussed are investigational or unapproved for use by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The activity director is responsible for determining educational content and selecting speakers. 

Relevant to the content of this educational activity, the following individual(s) have no conflict(s) with ineligible companies to disclose.

  • Jill Bode, PharmD - Speaker

CME Committee

  • No Mary Greeley Medical Center CME Committee member who planned this activity has any financial relationship to disclose relating to the content. 

Gifts to the Mary Greeley Medical Center Foundation from Mary Greeley Medical Center, McFarland Clinic, and Availa Bank support this program. The content and selection of speaker(s) are the responsibility of the Mary Greeley Medical Center for Continuing Medical Education Committee, not the sponsors of this program.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided in this activity is for continuing education purposes only. It is not a substitute for a healthcare provider's independent medical judgment regarding diagnostic and treatment options for a specific patient's medical condition. 

Available Credit

  • 1.00 AOA Category 2­A

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