Live virtual workshops (via Zoom)
During the coronavirus pandemic, we ran virtual workshops via Zoom, facilitated by experienced healthcare professionals.
In May 2022 we resumed face to face training and due to the demand for 'in person' sessions, the virtual open workshops have been suspended. However, there is an exception...
If you would like to arrange a virtual workshop exclusively for your organisation please contact us by emailing us at info@duetdiabetes.co.uk or using the form on our 'contact us' page. We can then get in touch with you to discuss your training needs, the number of attendees and provide you with a specific quote. Alternatively, click the buttons found with the summary of the workshops below.
We want to ensure that our customers (present and future) have access to evidence-based, clinically relevant diabetes training appropriate to their role / workplace. The ultimate aim being to make a positive difference to people living with diabetes and their quality of life, regardless of their age or circumstances.
More information about the full range of our workshops, including their content, can be found on our workshops page.
Our face to face workshops are held as small, interactive groups which include activities and practical sessions. In the virtual setting this is less easy to achieve, however we will endeavour to accommodate interactive elements to the workshops and video based demonstrations if live ones are not possible.
If you or your organisation has a particular interest or training need relating to any of the workshops within our training portfolio, please do not hesitate to contact us.
See below for currently available virtual workshops.
Bookings/payments
Prices quoted include an electronic copy of the slides presented during the training session along with additional information to support further learning and access to useful resources to aid your support of people living with diabetes. An electronic attendance certificate will be emailed to the learners after the workshop has taken place.
Virtual platform information
The virtual platform we will be using for these sessions will be 'Zoom'* (unless otherwise stated). Once your booking has been made and payment/deposit received, the named organiser will be sent a confirmatory email including details on how to join n the virtual session (link and passcode). If you do not receive this please do not hesitate to contact us.
Virtual workshops
In response to the need to treat and care for an ageing population who live with diabetes, and because of the significant adverse effect of the coronavirus pandemic on this sector of the population, this new workshop has been developed collaboratively by Lynne Reedman (DUET diabetes) and Professor Alan Sinclair from the foundation for Diabetes Research in Older People (fDROP) and Kings College London.
Framed around existing guidelines including the ‘National Advisory Panel on Care Home Diabetes’ guidance issued in May 2022, this workshop focuses on supporting care homes to ensure that staff have the skills and confidence with which to appropriately care for the acutely unwell older person living with diabetes.
Who would benefit from attending this workshop? It is relevant for managers/deputy managers, clinical leads, nurses, diabetes leads/’champions’, senior carers/support workers (unregistered practitioners); highlighting the need for people working in different roles to work as a team to benefit the person they are caring for.
The aims of the workshop are to:
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increase skills and confidence within this care sector by providing the knowledge and tools with which to appropriately care for the acutely unwell older resident living with diabetes
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minimise morbidity and mortality from acute illness (such as Covid-19) in the older adult living with diabetes; and maintain or even improve quality of life (QoL).
Learning objectives:
- Gain an overview of what diabetes is (including signs and symptoms) along with greater awareness of implications
for the older adult
- Understand how to manage high and low blood glucose levels – how this may manifest in the older person
- Obtain a greater understanding of diabetes related monitoring and how that alters in an unwell individual
- Understand how Covid-19 (and other serious infections) can cause serious acute illness in the older adult and which medications
may need to be stopped during acute illness
- Gain an understanding of frailty and the modifiable risk factors (linked with diabetes) of becoming unwell
- Have an awareness of how to do a basic foot examination and identify foot problems that should be reported promptly in acutely unwell residents with diabetes
- Understand current practice regarding End of Life Care, including monitoring and diabetes medication requirements
This workshop will be run as a live and interactive webinar session (maximum of 25 attendees) led by Professor Alan Sinclair and Lynne Reedman - mix of slides and discussion (attendees will be able to ‘unmute’ and engage) lasting 3.5 hours, refreshment breaks included.
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
Managing Diabetes in the Acutely Unwell Older Person
Diabetes Awareness and Blood Glucose Monitoring and Glucometer Training
The content reflects the face to face workshop with some of the activities replaced with discussion. The main difference being the the inability to have a practical session for the learners to practice skills learnt during the theoretical session. However pre-filmed demonstrations for performing 'quality assurance' of the device used and for undertaking a blood glucose test using a glucometer will be shared during the workshop.
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
This workshop will be run as a live and interactive webinar session (maximum of 25 attendees)
Timings: usually 9am - 3.30pm (there will be lunch and refreshment breaks)
Enhanced Diabetes Awareness Training
In response to requests to provide training for nurses (particularly for those working for care providers), we have created a full day's workshop as a live and interactive webinar session.
This workshop covers everything within the ‘diabetes awareness session’
along with:
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Oral and injectable therapies
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Injection sites and lipohypertrophy
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Legal requirements for the use of 'sharps'
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Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
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Current advice around end of life care (for someone with diabetes)
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Discussion regarding individualising care / treatment plans
The content will reflect a face to face workshop with some of the activities replaced with discussion, breakout rooms and pre-filmed demonstrations.
This workshop involves the provision of a pre-workshop video ‘how we regulate our blood glucose & what is diabetes?’ to be watched prior to attending the workshop, the content of which we briefly summarise at the beginning of the workshop allowing us more time to spend on the other aspects of understanding and managing diabetes.
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
Timings: usually 9am - 4.30pm (there will be lunch and refreshment breaks)
This live and interactive webinar based workshop is relevant for healthcare professionals working in primary care, in community teams (such as district nurses) and for care providers. It includes:
-What insulin is and the role it plays in the body
-Why do people with diabetes need insulin?
-The different types of insulin (including an update on newer insulins)
-The administration of insulin – how and where it can be administered safely (including new devices/needles)
-Storage of insulin
-Health and Safety (Sharp Instruments in Healthcare) Regulations
-Identifying and preventing areas of lipohypertrophy
-Management of hypoglycaemia
-Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) and Hyperosmolar Hyperglycaemic State (HHS)
-Q & A sessions (including discussion of hypothetical scenarios and case studies)
Led an experienced Diabetes Specialist Nurse.
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email,
stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
This training is run as an interactive webinar session (maximum of 25 attendees) -
a mix of slides and discussion (attendees will be able to 'unmute' and engage) lasting 3.5 hours, refreshment breaks
included
Insulin Awareness/Update and Injection Technique
Diabetes: Eating for Health
A live and interactive webinar workshop for people working in health and social care roles. Based around the Eatwell Guide and including practical examples and tips, this workshop is useful for anyone supporting someone with diabetes or helping them manage their diabetes; such as carers, healthcare assistants and practice nurses.
The content will reflect the face to face workshop with some of the activities replaced with discussion and 'break out room' sessions.
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
Maximum number of learners: 25 - attendees will be able to ‘unmute’ and engage with the educator.
Diabetic Foot Screening
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
Maximum number of learners: 25
The content of the webinar sessions will reflect the face to face workshop with some of the activities replaced with discussion. The main difference being the the inability to have a practical session for the learners to practice skills learnt during the theoretical session. However a pre-filmed diabetic foot examination and will be shared during the workshop.
Ankle Brachial Pressure Index (ABPI) Assessment
To find out more or request a quote, please click the button below to send us an email, stating your name, role and a contact telephone number.
Maximum number of learners: 25
The content will reflect the face to face workshop with some of the activities replaced with discussion. The main difference being the the inability to have a practical session for the learners to practice skills learnt during the theoretical session. However a pre-filmed ABPI and TBPI assessment will be shared during the workshop.