This RACGP free webinar aims to provide general practitioners with the latest updates on Type 2 Diabetes management.
Type 2 diabetes is a chronic condition where the body does not produce normal levels of insulin, a hormone needed to regulate blood sugar levels. The condition can lead to disorders of the circulatory, nervous, and immune systems, and currently affects about 1 million Australian adults, according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare.
This RACGP free webinar will provide GPs with a comprehensive update on therapies, sick days, definition of remission, and current guidelines.
The webinar will be hosted by Dr Gary Deed (Chair, RACGP Diabetes Specific Interest Group) and Dr Tom Dover (endocrinologist, dietitian and exercise physiologist).
About the presenters
Dr Gary Deed – Facilitator
Dr Gary Deed is a general practitioner promoting quality patient care of diabetes in general practice through education, development of resources including guidelines, policy development, research and strategic collaboration. He is the Chair of the Diabetes Specific interest network for the Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP), and a Ministerial appointment to the Commonwealth Diabetes Implementation Reference Group for Australia. He is the editor for the General Practice management of type 2 diabetes guideline for the RACGP. He is an Adjunct Senior Research Fellow of Monash University and helps co-ordinates the NHMRC funded ‘STAREE’ Statins in Reducing Events in the Elderly trial. He has published peer reviewed journal articles in diabetes and is an editor for Diabetes Therapy and adviser/editor for Endocrinology Today.
Dr Tom Dover – Presenter
Dr Dover is an Endocrinologist working across Ipswich and Mater hospitals, Indigenous clinics in Ipswich and Bundaberg, Heart of Australia (rural Qld) and private practice. Prior to medicine he completed degrees in exercise science, and nutrition and dietetics, working both as an exercise physiologist and dietitian in the community and public hospitals
Event details
Date: 10 February, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (Perth Time)