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The Importance of Self Management Education
Ever wondered what self management education is? How it can make a difference to your population? How to implement and embed it successfully and most importantly cost-effectively? If so, then read on...
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Gloucestershire Educators Win National Award
Gloucestershire DESMOND Educators win national Nursing Standard award for delivering DESMOND
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A Safer Ramadan Toolkit: 3 ways to raise awareness of fasting safely
We are pleased to announce the release of the A Safer Ramadan Toolkit. For a one-off payment of £500.00, you can provide community awareness, Healthcare Professional (HCP) training and patient education sessions to help raise awareness in your local community of the need to fast safely with Type 2 diabetes during Ramadan.
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National Institute For Health Research Showcases Its Work In Diabetes Research
To showcase the ground-breaking work that top researchers are doing to tackle diabetes the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) has launched an online resource. www.FocusOnDiabetes.nihr.ac.uk was launched today, 14th November 2012, to coincide with World Diabetes Day. It features interviews with NIHR-funded researchers, case-studies on activity taking place in NIHR-supported facilities, a list of studies funded by the NIHR in this area, and information for patients on how to get involved in diabetes clinical research.
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My Life as a Lay Educator - Or, how to ride the rollercoaster, and not fall off. I hope!
Dr Marian Carey, the National Director of DESMOND, and Principal Investigator of the DESMOND Lay Educator study, presented the results of this successful trial at the Diabetes UK Annual Professional Conference in March 2012. It was a great moment for everyone involved, and we hope it will open the way for greater access to essential diabetes education for people with Type 2 diabetes.
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Open your own DESMOND Web Account for Educators and Coordinators!
We have dedicated secure area for both Educator and Coordinators on this site. This password-protected area will form the first steps of ‘Social Networking’ where you'll have your own messaging system and be able to communicate with other people in the DESMOND Community.
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