Short Course: Advanced diabetic care – The GP’s increasingly complex role in diabetes and co-morbidity management [HI4560]
Short Course: Advanced diabetic care – The GP’s increasingly complex role in diabetes and co-morbidity management [HI4560]
This advanced learning course provides an overview of a best-practice approach to GP diabetes management. You’ll learn:
How to select appropriate oral hypoglycaemics for your patients with type 2 diabetes
the key management issues in commencing insulin in a community setting
the assessment and management of all microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
Estimate to complete short course: 8.75 hours
This advanced learning course provides GPs with high-level diabetes management skills via the longitudinal case of ‘Lois’, a person with Type 2 diabetes falling, over time, outside recommended treatment guidelines. You’ll learn the ins and outs of both oral medication and insulin therapies, and also gain expertise in the screening for and treatment of diabetic complications. It includes a patient assessment / management framework to assist GPs in their practice management, annual cycle of care and referral.
Topics included in this lecture by Dr Tony Russell, Director of Diabetes and Endocrinology at the Princess Alexandra Hospital, are:
Diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
Lifestyle and behaviour modification strategies
The appropriate use of multiple classes of oral hypoglycaemics
Starting patients on daily insulin
How to address hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia in patients on insulin
Implementing complex insulin regimens
Diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic retinopathy
The diabetic foot
Macrovascular disease in patients with type 2 diabetes
For further information about the scope of the program, click on the links below.
If you have any queries relating to the clinical content of this course, please emailGillian Vey or telephone the UQ School of Medicine Discipline of General Practice on (07) 3365 5379.
When you complete the entire suite, you will be eligible to upgrade to the Extended Course for this topic, at a discounted fee. Extended Courses qualify for RACGP Category 1 points and may also be recognised as the equivalent of two units of prior learning for the Master of Medicine (General Practice) offered by The University of Queensland. For further information contact the Program Manager.
Be able to diagnose and manage a person with type 2 diabetes, including therapeutic, lifestyle and dietary interventions
Be able to initiate and manage first line, second line, and triple therapy in a person with type 2 diabetes
Be able to apply best practice patient management principles to ensure the safety and care of your patients with type 2 diabetes
Have access to tools for implementing a systematic approach to the assessment and continuing management of patients with potential and confirmed type 2 diabetes.
Be able to identify the indications for initiation of insulin therapy in persons with type 2 diabetes, including appropriateness of patient selection
Be able to select and manage an appropriate insulin regimen in persons with type 2 diabetes
Be able to explain the pathogenesis of microvascular disease in diabetes
Know the techniques for measuring microalbuminuria, the treatment of CKD at each stage, and the indications for referral to a nephrologist
Be able to identify the risk factors and treatment for diabetic retinopathy
Be able to assess the diabetic foot and manage foot ulcers
Have knowledge of the supporting evidence of specific drug therapies that target macrovascular risk factors associated with diabetes
Advanced diabetic care: patient assessment forms (ES-8081) This unit contains four downloadable forms for GP’s to assist with the assessment and on-going management challenges of patients with potential and confirmed type 2 diabetes. They provide a systematic approach to patient note taking and management planning...
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