Abstract
One of the unique features of the top 20 priority areas for research described in a recent Institute of Medicine report is that they are “cross-cutting areas” requiring interdisciplinary collaboration. Among the top priority areas is preventing overuse of antibiotics, which leads to resistance. 1 Board of Health Care Services IoM Priority areas for national action: transforming health care quality. National Academies Press, Washington, DC2003 Google Scholar Similarly, one of the goals of Healthy People 2010 is to reduce antimicrobial resistance. 2 U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Healthy People 2010, 2nd ed. With Understanding and Improving Health and Objectives for Improving Health, 2 volumes. Washington DC: U.S. Government Printing Office, November 2000. http://www.health.gov/healthypeople. Google Scholar The global challenge of antimicrobial resistance cuts across individual disciplines, professions, and systems. To date, this problem has not been addressed effectively, suggesting the potential effectiveness of an interdisciplinary approach.
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