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This course will briefly recap carbohydrate counting before looking at insulin profiles and dosing including looking at insulin pump therapy, recapping hypoglycaemia and managing sickness with diabetes. Applying nutritional management in gestational diabetes. Current diabetes technology will be discussed, with a focus on the assessment and the interpretation of CGM and flash monitoring data. Finally, we will look at insulin and dietary management in physical activity.
Aim
To advance practice in the dietetic management of diabetes.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course delegates will:
- Examine the role and profiles of insulin, including adjustment covering insulin to carbohydrate ratios and corrections
- Assess continuous glucose monitoring data and advise patients on changes to diet and or insulin doses
- Formulate appropriate advice for people on pump therapy – standard and hybrid closed loop
- Examine the main considerations of dietary management of the people with diabetes who are physically active
- Apply nutritional management for diabetes in pregnancy
- Translate theory into action in a variety of clinical scenarios including renal disease, enteral feeding in the acute setting and cystic fibrosis related diabetes
- Appraise current practice and formulate strategies for increasing knowledge and skills
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