This large professional conference in the Orange County area will provide specialty care training to the local health care community. Professional education will enable health care professionals to learn about new advances in diabetes education, research, medications and care practices to reduce diabetes complications and enhance quality of life. Also included will be information for professionals to help them overcome the medical, social and educational challenges of diabetes.
Proposed Program Agenda:
Invited Speakers/Topics for 2010
- Ken Moritsugu, MD, MSPH; Diabetes: A Global Perspective
- Mark Daniels MD; Diabetes Research Update; Type 1 and Type 2
- Alan Cortez MD; Diabetes in Children and Adolescents
- Greg Nichols PhD; Diabetes Risk along the Continuum of Fasting Plasma Glucose
- Dr. Sheldon Greenfield; Diabetes and Healthcare Policy
- Daniel J. Tucker D.P.M., FACFAS; Diabetic Foot and Ankle Complications
- Dr. Michael Gault; Diabetes and Cardiovascular Health
- Dr. Jane E. Weinreb; The Role of Oral Antidiabetic Therapy
- Dr.Dean Schillinger; Diabetes Care in Vulnerable Populations: a Focus on Food Insecurity and Limited Literacy
- Dr. Patrick Chen; Diabetes and Community Medicine
Learning Objectives:
- Utilize various behavioral medicine and health education techniques in the treatment of diabetes to improve inpatient and outpatient care. Addressing: exercise, innovative care models, technology, research, and patient barriers to adherence.
- Discuss clinical implications of recent research in the areas of diabetes and care of adults and children, new insulins and medications.
- Access current clinical findings related to the treatment of acute and chronic complications of diabetes.
- Assess the social, medical and educational challenges of diabetes through the lifecycle and develop strategies for improving clinical outcomes.
- Design and implement individualized patient education forspecific targeted populations to improve outcomes of care.