Webinar: Diabetes Distress – Diabetes WA

Mon, 18 May 2020
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM

Telehealth Health Professional Upskilling with Diabetes WA.

Presented by Dr Melanie Burkhart Dr Burkhardt is a Clinical Psychologist at Fiona Stanley Hospital who works in the Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes to support people living with diabetes. She is going to discuss how diabetes distress is diagnosed and what impact can that have on a person’s ability to manage their diabetes? What can health practitioners do to support people living with diabetes, to reduce their risk of diabetes distress.

Delivered by Diabetes WA through a partnership with the WA Country Health Service, Diabetes Telehealth builds diabetes management capacity in country WA by providing regular updates for health professionals with patients living with diabetes. The upskilling is delivered via videoconferencing technology (telehealth). Every month different diabetes-related topics are comprehensively covered, sometimes by staff within Diabetes WA, and sometimes by guest experts. Join us for some free professional development, in the comfort of your own workplace or home*.

For more information about the Health Professional Updates, call Nyaree Lawler at Diabetes WA on (08) 9436 6278 or email nyaree.lawler@diabeteswa.com.au The Diabetes Telehealth service also provides diabetes education and support services through telehealth to people in rural and regional WA, where local diabetes services are limited or do not exist. For more information about the services of the Diabetes Telehealth service, call Diabetes WA on 1300 001 880 (ask for the Telehealth team) or email telehealth@diabeteswa.com.au.

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