T2DM Guideline Series
Duration: 240 minutes
Program ID: 913s | Purchase Price: $210.00 (DVD set of 4 programs on four discs)
Diabetes is the fastest growing chronic disease globally and currently affects 246 million people worldwide. This is expected to rise to 380 million by 2025. type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) accounts for 85% of this figure. In Australia, 275 people are diagnosed with T2DM daily. That’s over 100,000 people annually or an MCG of people each year. However, up to 60% of this disease is preventable by adopting a healthy diet and increasing physical activity.
The Rural Health Education Foundation presented a series of four professional development programs through simultaneous live satellite broadcast and interactive webcast surrounding the new NHMRC endorsed Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Clinical Guidelines. The Foundation’s programs focus on the key practice points and goals for management of T2DM presented in the Guidelines to assist clinicians, health services and policy makers.
The simultaneous satellite broadcasts and webcasts included live panel discussions with leading clinicians in the area of diabetes and are chaired by Dr Norman Swan. Case studies, filmed on location, showcase innovative approaches to best practice prevention, diagnosis and management of T2DM. The fourth program specifically focuses on type 2 diabetes and Indigenous Australians.
The programs that make up the series are:
913b T2DM Guideline Series: Blood Glucose Control, Patient Education in Type 2 Diabetes (8th September)
913c T2DM Guideline Series: Diabetic Retinopathy, Chronic Kidney Disease (22nd September)
913a T2DM Guideline Series: Primary Prevention, Case Detection and Diagnosis (13th October)
913d T2DM Guideline Series: Diabetes and Indigenous Australians (10th November)
About the T2DM Guidelines
Specifically, six new or revised Guidelines have recently been released:
- Evidence Based Guideline for the Primary Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence Based Guideline for Case Detection and Diagnosis of Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence Based Guideline for Diagnosis, Prevention and Management of Chronic Kidney Disease in Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence Based Guideline for Blood Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes
- Evidence Based Guideline for Patient Education in Type 2 Diabetes
- Guidelines for the Management of Diabetic Retinopathy
The Guidelines can be viewed by clicking here to be taken to the NHMRC website where the Guidelines are listed.
Clinicians will have the opportunity to contribute to the discussions via the Foundation’s live simultaneous webcast and broadcast facilities.
This series will be available in in late February 2010, but can be ordered for free as a DVD set of four programs on four discs now.
Funding Bodies
The programs and distribution of the Diabetes Guideline Series has been funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing.
Accreditation
These programs are accredited or endorsed for CPD/CPE by the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, the Australian College of Rural and Remote Medicine, the Royal College of Nursing Australia and the Australian Physiotherapy Association. An application for accreditation from ADEA will be made after each program.
