Over 60 delegates from the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference (APC) rose early on Thursday 30 March to attend the DAFNE Breakfast Symposium "Future Challenges in Type 1 Diabetes: Can structured diabetes education evolve to meet them?" chaired by Dr Sue Roberts, with presentations from:

The past

Dr Ian Lawrence - Lessons learnt from national audit: Identifying and plugging the gaps in DAFNE

The present

Professor Stephanie Amiel - Hypoglycaemia stories

The future

Professor Simon Heller - Embedding and improving structured education in Type 1 diabetes

Dr Peter Mansell - DAFNE research database

Dr Julia Lawton - A structured education programme as a research test bed, findings from a mixed methods psychosocial study

 

 The symposium was well received with many questions poised by delegates.


Last Updated: 12/04/2011