Diabetes UK Professional Conference: Upcoming coverage and session recommendations
Medicine Matters diabetes will be bringing you coverage from the annual Diabetes UK Professional Conference (DUKPC), which kicks off Wednesday, March 6th, 2019 in Liverpool. Bookmark our DUKPC conference hub page or follow us on Twitter to ensure that you won't miss live reporting on late-breaking abstracts, session summaries and video commentaries from experts in the field.
DUKPC is a multi-disciplinary conference that draws on the latest research and clinical guidance from leading specialists and clinical bodies, and encompasses a wide variety of themes and professional groups including:
Retinopathy
Diabetes prevention
Dietetics and the DiRECT study
Inpatient care
Pharmacists and primary care
This year's programme will be delivered by a number of diabetes experts, including site contributors:
Editorial Board member John Wilding will be chairing a session at the conference and has made five session recommendations, swipe through them below. You can view more of Prof. Wilding’s latest features here.
Diabetic Medicine symposium: DiRECT
Wednesday 6th March, 11:35-13:05
Main clinical outcomes of DiRECT at 2 years – Alison Barnes, George Thom, Naomi Brosnaham
How the body achieves return to normal health – Ahmad Al-Mrabeh
Experience with low energy diets for diabetes remission in primary care: 3 perspectives from DiRECT evaluation – Lucia Rehackova
Reintegrating the eye back into diabetes clinical care and research
Wednesday 6th March, 11:35-12:35
Why is retinopathy so important? – Marc Evans
Latest developments in retinopathy impacting the diabetes team – Simon Harding
Reintegrating retinopathy into clinical diabetes care: Practical examples from a medical ophthalmology clinic – Amira Stylianides
Working towards the prevention of type 1 diabetes
Wednesday 6th March, 14:15-15:45
Type 1 Diabetes TrialNet: An update – Polly Bingley
A systematic review of therapies to preserve beta cell function: Preliminary results – Parth Narendran
GPPAD: Launching the UK arm – John Todd
Arnold Bloom Lecture
Thursday 7th March, 8:30-9:10
Improving patient care in monogenic diabetes through research and education – Maggie Shepherd
Eating disorders and disordered eating in type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Thursday 7th March, 14:20-15:50
Binge eating disorders in type 2 diabetes: What’s the problem and what can we do? – Jacqueline Fosbury
Insulin omission for weight loss: My journey – Lynsey Choules
When is it an eating disorder and what do I do? Perspectives from a children and young person’s diabetes doctor – Simon Chapman
Psychological patient engagement skills for healthcare professionals – Abeni Lüken