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Kelly M. Pyrek has served as editor in chief of Infection Control Today magazine for the past seven years, and manages a number of ICT-affiliated print and online offerings, including the Infection Control Education Institute, the ICT Conference on Professional Development, the ICT Series of Webinars, and GermStop. Recognized by the Society of Professional Journalists as an award-winning practitioner, she has served as an editorial manager, editor, and writer for newspapers, magazines, wire services, and public information bureaus for 25 years. She is a graduate of the Universityof Southern California. |
Making a Game of Infection Prevention
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American Medical News is reporting on two physicians, Dr. Arun Mathews and Dr. Francis Kong, who have turned their appreciation for infection control into a promising new venture, Nerdcore Learning, a gaming company that targets medical students and delivers a powerful message about antibiotic stewardship through its role-playing game, “The Healing Blade.” The game, which blends fantasy and science fiction with medical instruction, features a fantasy world of sorcerers, villains and heroines, including characters called The Apothecary Healers, named after real-world antibiotics, and The Lords of Pestilence, named after bacteria such as Clostridium difficile. To read the entire news item, CLICK HERE.
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