Surgeons can significantly enhance antimicrobial prescribing practices through targeted education, tackling the critical issue of antibiotic misuse.

• Educational interventions led to better antibiotic selection, timing, and duration.
• Review included 17 studies, primarily from high-income, tertiary hospitals, emphasizing pre-post design effectiveness.

These findings underscore the importance of implementing educational strategies to strengthen antimicrobial stewardship in surgical practices.

• Multimodal approaches, such as lectures and guidelines, were notably effective in achieving these improvements.