CANCELLED: Diabetic Foot Disease: Tips & Bits for Clinical Practice (Step By Step Programme)

Diabetic Foot Disease - Tips and Bits for Clinical Practice

THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

Learning objectives :

By completing this program , the attendees should be able to :

• Review the methodology for screening of patients with diabetes to predict foot problems
• Identify methods for early diagnosis foot problems and ulcers
• Better understanding of the diabetic foot ulcer : its classification ,neuropathic and ischemic assessment
• Describe offloading options and approaches to wound management for neuropathic and ischemic ulcers.
• Acquiring the basic knowledge and skills needed for evaluation of patient suffering from diabetic foot
• Acquiring the basic knowledge and skills needed for evaluation of patient suffering from diabetic foot
• To develop a patient care plan focusing on multidisciplinary approaches

Topics Include:

Diabetic Foot Disease - A Preventative Strategy

• The Global Burden of Diabetic Foot Disease
• The role of arterial assessment in the prevention of Diabetic Foot Disease
• Neurological assessment - an essential component in the prevention of diabetic foot disease
• Structural assessment - an adjunct in the prevention of active ulceration
• Streamlining the management of diabetic foot disease utilizing a risk stratification model
• The role of education in the prevention of diabetic foot disease

Diabetic Foot Disease – A Management Plan

• Offloading the Diabetic Foot: 30 years of research in 30 minutes
• It’s not what you put on but what you take off: Debridement of the Diabetic Wound
• The Diabetic Fetid Foot: Principles of Appropriate Treatment
• Prophylactic Surgery of the Diabetic Foot
• The critical role of vascular reconstruction in the diabetic foot
• What are you wearing? Wearable technologies are transforming the role of diabetes and diabetic foot care
• Painful Diabetic Neuropathy

About Step by Step

The programme is based on the IDF Step by Step model, which aims to improve diabetes foot care in the developing world by providing education for people with diabetes and healthcare providers in the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot problems. The Step by Step model has already been effective in improving diabetes foot care in a number of developing countries, including India, Tanzania and Pakistan.

The model consists of practical training courses for teams of healthcare providers (pairs of doctors and nurses or other paramedics), who are provided with specially developed educational materials and medical equipment. A session in which participants learn how to provide training for other healthcare professionals is built into the project. Participants are encouraged to sustain and extend the achievements of the programme by communicating their newly acquired knowledge and skills to colleagues in their region. The courses are held over a two-year period, during which the participants collect data on all people in their care with foot problems.