Workshop 18
📅 28th October to 01st November 2026
📍 All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Nagpur
SMART – AMS: Stewardship through Microbiology, AST, Rapid Diagnostics and Targeted Therapy Course
Workshop Coordinator: Dr Sumit Rai & Dr Debabrata Dash
28th October 2026, Venue - To Be Announced
| Time | Session | Event | Speaker / Organizer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 08.00 – 08.30 (30 minutes) |
Registration and Welcome Address | Organizers | |
| 08.30 – 09.00 (30 minutes) |
S01 | Implementing an AMS Program: Principles to Practical | Dr Sumit Rai |
| 09.00 – 09.40 (30 minutes) |
S02 | Diagnostic Stewardship C Lab Integration | Dr Debabrata Dash |
| 09.40 – 10.30 (60 minutes) |
S03 | Making AST Panels (KBDD Alone, KBDD + Vitek), Including Rapid AST / Direct AST Protocols | Dr Sumit Rai |
| 10.30 – 11.00 (30 minutes) |
S04 | Biomarkers in AMS | Dr Debabrata Dash |
| 11.00 – 11.15 | Tea Break | Organizers | |
| 11.15 – 12.15 (60 minutes) |
S05 | Blood Culture Seminar and Practical Case Scenarios |
Dr Sumit C, Dr Debabrata |
| 12.15 – 13.00 (45 minutes) |
S06 | Interpretive Reading C Selective AST: Making Sense of Sensitivity of AST Raw Data | Dr Sumit Rai |
| 13.00 – 13.30 (30 minutes) |
S07 | Syndromic Diagnostic Panels | Dr Debabrata Dash |
| 13.30 – 14.00 (30 minutes) |
Quick Lunch and Networking | Organizers | |
| 14.00 – 14.45 (45 minutes) |
S08 | PK PD Based Approach Towards Treatment of MDRO Pathogens | Dr Sumit Rai |
| 14.45 – 15.15 (30 minutes) |
S09 | Personalized Antibiotic Reporting and Clinical Footnotes | Dr Debabrata Dash |
| 15.15 – 16.00 (45 minutes) |
S10 | Cumulative Antibiograms and Making Hospital Antibiograms | Dr Sumit Rai |
| 16.00 – 17.00 (60 minutes) |
S11 | Practical Exercises of Making AST Panels and Interpretative Reading |
Dr Sumit Rai Dr Debabrata Dash |
