A national webinar on Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR)-A Growing Concern was conducted on November 18, 2020, from 10.30 am to 1.15 pm by Amrita College of Nursing. The webinar was conducted on the ZOOM platform. The subthemes of the webinar were Antimicrobial Resistance- A Global Concern, AMR- The Indian Scenario, Role of Nurses towards WHO goals and AMR- Threats and Challenges.
A total of 287 participants attended the webinar. The resource persons were Dr. Merlin Moni (Associate Professor, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS)); Dr. Anil Kumar V. (Professor and HOD, Department of Microbiology, AIMS), Bri. Sai Bala (Nursing Director, AIMS), and Dr. Dona Boban (Associate Researcher, AIMS, Kochi). Feedback was collected from 267 participants using Google forms which depicted that the webinar was very informative, thought-provoking and relevant.