Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Education of young children with type 1 diabetes mellitus is challenging. We report a collaboration between a hospital diabetology team and a young, diabetic 3D animator.Materials and methods: This resulted in a novel education tool – a series of five 3D cartoons lasting 5–6 min linked by a diabetic diary. Part 1 describes normal glucose metabolism in a healthy body. Part 2 describes diabetes and DKA. Parts 3–5 deal with: ini...