Welcome to the DCPNS Spring 2010 Workshop

Navigating the Changing Landscape of Diabetes Care

 

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

•     A forum that develops and encourages critical thinking.

•     Insight into new and emerging approaches aimed at the treatment of diabetes and diabetes care in Nova Scotia.

•     Opportunity for networking among and between health care professionals.

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010 (cont)

 

2:30 to 3:15 p.m.           Self-Management Support – Application to Practice

                                    Speaker:  Michael Vallis

 

3:15 to 3:30 p.m.           Nutrition Break

                                   

3:30 to 4:15 p.m.           Self-Management Support (cont)

                                    Speaker:  Michael Vallis (view/download)

 

4:15 to 4:35 p.m.           Table Talks (choose 2 to attend):

                                    •     Standards for Diabetes Education in Canada

                                    •     Foot Blitz Day!!

                                    •     Goal Setting and Action Plans

                                    •     PHAC Funded Project: Improving Psychosocial Management of Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Cardiovascular Risk

 

4:35 to 6:30 p.m.           Meet and Greet Networking and Sharing

 

 

FRIDAY, APRIL 16, 2010

 

7:45 to 8:30 a.m.           Registration (confirm attendance for CE hours)

                                    Breakfast with our Industry Partners

                                    (Maritime Breakfast – Hot Buffett)

                                   

8:30 to 9:30 a.m.           The Origins of Type 2 Diabetes in Children:

                                    Is There a Window of Opportunity in Pregnancy                                     Speaker:  Heather Dean (view/download)

 

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.         Initiating Pump Therapy – Looking for Efficiencies

                                    Speakers:  IWK Team – Beth Cummings,

                                    Sheilagh Crowley & Fran Martin (view/download)

 

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.       Nutrition Break

 

10:45 to 11:30 a.m.       Novel Therapies: A Look into the Future

                                    Speaker:  Dale Clayton (view/download)

 

11:30 a.m. to Noon       Balancing Risks and Grocery Lists in

                                    Pediatric Diabetes

                                    Speaker:  Stacey Marjerrison (view/download)

 

Noon                            Wrap Up…

 

 

THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 2010

 

7:45 to 8:30 a.m.           Registration & Viewing of Industry Partner Displays

                                    (Continental Breakfast)

 

8:30 to 9:15 a.m.           DCPNS Priorities and Projects…

                                    Highlights from the Registry

                                    Speakers:  DCPNS Staff (view/download)

 

9:15 to 9:45 a.m.           DHA Projects:

 

                                    •     CBDHA (DHA8) – Collaborative Team Approach

                                          to Improved Diabetes Care

                                          Speaker:  Phillip Morehouse (view/download)

 

                                    •     CEHHA (DHA 4) – The “Green” Report

                                          Speaker:  Maureen Topley (view/download)

 

9:45 to 10:15 a.m.         Toolkit – Key Learning on Physical Activity

                                    and Exercise in Diabetes

                                    Speaker:  Jonathon Fowles (view/download)

 

10:15 to 10:45 a.m.       Nutrition Break

 

10:45 to 11:30 a.m.       Patients and Providers – In Search of Best Care

                                    Case-Based Discussions

                                    Speaker:  Lynne Harrigan (view/download)

 

11:30 a.m. to                Insulin Analogues & SMBG –

12:15 p.m.                    Messages from Academic Detailing

                                    Speakers:  Pam McLean-Veysey & Jill Duncan (view/download)

 

12:15 to 12:30 p.m.       Introduction of New SMBG Tools

 

12:30 to 1:30 p.m.         Lunch (Open Mic…Sharing & Story Telling)

 

1:30 to 2:30 p.m.           The Skin and Diabetes – Head to Toe

                                    Speaker:  Scott Murray (view/download)