ADS GP Training Days
2012 Australian Diabetes Society Training Day: Practical Diabetes Management for General Practitioners
The Australian Diabetes Society will be conducting a series of day seminars and workshops for general practitioners on Saturday 23 June 2012 to be held at city hotels in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane. It is anticipated that the GP Training Day will carry out Category 1 QI&CPD points accreditation with the RACGP. Further details regarding programme, venue and registration will be available in March. Please register your interest in attending the ADS GP Training Day now to the ADS Secretariat at: ads@racp.edu.au and please check the ADS website for the latest information.
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2011 ADS GP Training Day Presentations
Registered GPs can access presentations from the GP Training Days online.
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2011 Australian Diabetes Society Training Day: Practical Diabetes Management for General Practitioners
The Australian Diabetes Society has undertaken a commitment to provide ongoing education in diabetes management for general practitioners to enable them to provide better evidence based care for people with diabetes. In 2011-12 we plan to conduct a series of day seminars and workshops for general practitioners. The focus of these sessions will be on providing GPs with information and skills to facilitate their day to day care of people with diabetes. The program will draw upon the key issues identified through our consultation with general practitioners. The seminars will be conducted by prominent local diabetologists, with an additional goal being to build relationships between GPs and their local diabetes services.
The first of these training days has already been conducted in Sydney at Australian Technology Park and in Melbourne at the Convention Centre on Saturday 18 June 2011 and also in Cairns at the Sebel Hotel on Saturday 30 July 2011.
The topics covered included:
- How to diagnose and monitor diabetes: The role of HbA1c and glucose monitoring
- The place of new agents in the management of diabetes
- When and how to start insulin
- Diabetes and Pregnancy
- Management of diabetic feet
- Sick day and peri-operative management of diabetes
- Support for GPs and people with diabetes: Diabetes centres and the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS).
The formal presentations were followed by workshops on:
- Diabetes stabilisations and insulin initiation
- Practical aspects of diabetic foot disease management
Training Day Enquires:
For further enquiries about the Training Days conducted, please contact the meeting secretariat, ASN Events on telephone 03 5983 2400 or email: bk@asnevents.net.au.
Accreditation:
The course carried out Category 1 (Cairns) & Category 2 (Sydney & Melbourne) QI&CPD points accreditation with the RACGP.
Provisional Programs: Please click on the city name to see the provisional program for the Training Day in that city:-
Acknowledgements:
This course has been organised by the Australian Diabetes Society – the peak medical and scientific professional body on diabetes in Australia. Funding has been assisted by the National Diabetes Services Scheme (NDSS). The NDSS is an initiative of the Australian Government administered by Diabetes Australia.
