Endocrine Abstracts

Background: At diagnosis of diabetes is a critical time in the life course of diabetes. This a critical time for patient take on knowledge and using it (ref). Utilisation of this information is suboptimal due to logistical factors such as ward environment, time constraints of staff, psychological impact of the diagnosis. Current models of education are mainly didactic with limited impact in some patients.Aims: In collaboration with demontfort design unit...