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41st Meeting of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes

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Diabetes Professionals Meeting Programme

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Implementation of structured education

Thornton H

Basic education about diabetes is a cornerstone to diabetes management but in the UK there was, until recently, no national recognised programme easily available in every Paediatric unit despite several being under development for considerable time.Children in any age group vary considerably in their ability to learn and accept new responsibilities. Diabetes education, therefore, should be adapted to the individual child’s level of development and u...

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Developing the role of diabetes educator in the UK

Ross K

The multidisciplinary diabetes team consists of health care professionals (HCP) each with a profession specific role who are required to be competent to a basic level in all aspects of diabetes care. Working together, teams provide all the education required to manage this condition to children and families as they grow up. The amount and complexity of information is increasing making it difficult to deliver to all individually. Group education is a solution but introduces a r...

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Kids in control of food: results from the KICk-OFF randomised controlled trial

Price K

KICk-OFF is a 5 days structured education course for 11–16 years old with type 1 diabetes. It has been developed with input from school teachers, children and families and follows constructivist learning theory. A pilot study resulted in some changes to the curriculum.From 2008–2013 a cluster randomised controlled trial, funded by Diabetes UK, has been undertaken, involving 396 participants from 31 UK NHS diabetes centres. Centres were randomis...

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How does the The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit help improve outcomes for CYP with diabetes?

Warner J

The National Paediatric Diabetes Audit (NPDA) has now been established for 9 years and collects data on standards of care as defined by the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE). These include demographics of paediatric diabetes, care process completion rates and outcomes.Since April 2011 the NPDA has been managed by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) which comprises a project board advised by specific working groups as...