Hi!
I've been invited to attend a conference with the DEN by my pump nurse on the 23rd June, to represent people with Type 1 diabetes. There is another person there also with diabetes representing people with Type 2.
Some info for you...
The Diabetes Education Network (DEN) was set up in 2003 (as the Type 1 Education Network) to support local diabetes teams in developing and delivering structured education for people with diabetes. The Network now represents over 400 individuals and 60 centres delivering type 1 programmes, and an increasing number involved in type 2 education.
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The aim of the meeting is to explore from the clinical, educational and policy perspective how we can develop more appropriate services to support self management of those who live with diabetes. The outcome will be a report with some recommendations which will be published on the DEN website, and possibly as an article in a peer-reviewed journal.
So basically it looks like they are looking for idea's and ways to improve the standard of diabetes education in the UK!
So i'd like to know if anyone here has any thoughts, ideas or would like to share their experiences of their own diabetes education that I could pass on at the meeting.
This is hopfully a great opportunity to have an involvment with the development of Diabetes education in the UK!
Cheers
Stuart
I've been invited to attend a conference with the DEN by my pump nurse on the 23rd June, to represent people with Type 1 diabetes. There is another person there also with diabetes representing people with Type 2.
Some info for you...
The Diabetes Education Network (DEN) was set up in 2003 (as the Type 1 Education Network) to support local diabetes teams in developing and delivering structured education for people with diabetes. The Network now represents over 400 individuals and 60 centres delivering type 1 programmes, and an increasing number involved in type 2 education.
...
The aim of the meeting is to explore from the clinical, educational and policy perspective how we can develop more appropriate services to support self management of those who live with diabetes. The outcome will be a report with some recommendations which will be published on the DEN website, and possibly as an article in a peer-reviewed journal.
So basically it looks like they are looking for idea's and ways to improve the standard of diabetes education in the UK!
So i'd like to know if anyone here has any thoughts, ideas or would like to share their experiences of their own diabetes education that I could pass on at the meeting.
This is hopfully a great opportunity to have an involvment with the development of Diabetes education in the UK!
Cheers
Stuart