Welcome to the DCPNS Spring 2008 Workshop - Diabetes - Much More than Glycemia.

We are pleased to present you with a varied program that is intended to provide:

• A forum that develops and encourages critical appraisal in the application of

recommended therapies for diabetes management.

• Insight into new and emerging approaches aimed at the treatment of diabetes.

• Context for health system change in Nova Scotia.

• Opportunity for networking among and between health care professionals.

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2008

(1300 to 2130)

1300 to 1330 - Registration

1330 to 1630 - Roll-out of the Diabetes Physical Activity Exercise Tool-kit

                        Speakers: Jonathan Fowles, Chris Sheilds, Rene Murphy, and Shayne Fryia

Evening Symposium - The Complex World of Obesity

1800 to 1830 - Registration and Exhibits

1830 to 1915 - Dinner (Compliments of our Industry Sponsors)

1915 - WELCOME - Opening Remarks

1915 to 2000 - “To be or not to be?” Is obesity really a question of choice?

                        Speaker: Diane T. Finegood (view/download)

2000 to 2030 - Our Changing world: Exploring the obesogenic environment of Nova Scotia

                        Speaker: Sara F. L. Kirk (view/download)

2030 to 2100 - Managing Obesity: a review of the evidence

                        Speaker: Dale Clayton (view/download)

2100 to 2130 - Panel Questions

FRIDAY, APRIL 11, 2008

(0800 to 1500)

0800 to 0845 - Breakfast with our Industry Sponsors

0845 to 0930 - Numbers and More Numbers - Making Sense and Influencing Practice

                        Speakers: Jennifer Payne and Peggy Dunbar (view/download)

0930 to 1030 - Diabetes and Mental Disorders: A New Frontier in Combating

Complex, Chronic, Comorbid Disorders in the Community

Speaker: L. Panth Voruganti

1030 to 1100 - Nutrition Break

1100 to 1145 - Managing Gestational Diabetes (view/download)

                        Speakers: Tony Armson, Lois Ferguson, and Judy Mahar

1145 to 1230 - DCPNS Priorities and Projects - Where Are We Now and

Where Are We Going…Highlights:

                            • Provincial Blood Pressure Initiative

                            • Prediabetes Guidelines

                            • Moving On With Diabetes (targeting transition)

                            • The Diabetic Foot in Nova Scotia

                            • Long Term Care Guidelines

                        Speakers: Brenda Cook , Bev Harpell (view/download) ,

Lynn Harrigan (view/download), and Beth Cummings

1230 to 1330 - Lunch and Exhibits

Open Mic - Sharing and Story Telling

How Has Humor Found its Way into Your Workplace? (view/download)

1330 to 1400 - Diabetes Centre Grants - What Did We Learn?

                        Speaker: Peggy Dunbar (view/download)

                        Step Forward - Delivery System Design in Annapolis Royal

                        Speaker: Terri Delisle (view/download)

1400 to 1430 - Chronic Disease Management Strategy…

                        Implementation of the Stanford Model

                        Speakers: Lynn Edwards (view/download), Susan Miles,

and Peggy Dunbar (view/download)

1430 to 1530 - The Glitazones: Getting to the Heart of the Story

                        Speaker: Linda Levesque

1530 - Wrap Up…Safe Travel Home