Diabetes in Youth Seminar
Sunday, 6 November 2016, 10.00AM-4.00PM
3 W’s Pavilion, UWI, St. Michael
Chairpersons: Dr. Michele Lashley, Paediatrician & Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist
Programme:
Description: Continuing Medical Education Workshop designed to highlight the clinical, care and transition issues in children with diabetes through to young adults with diabetes – both Type 1 and Type 2.
| Time | Topic | Speaker |
| 10AM-10.10 | Opening Remarks: Diabetes in Youth | Chairperson |
| 10.10-10.40 | Understanding the Diagnosis of Diabetes in Youth | Dr. Diane Brathwaite, Diabetologist |
| 10.40-11.10 | After Diagnosis: Then What? | Dr. Michelle Lashley, Paediatrician |
| 11.10-11.40 | Diabetes in Children & Mental Health | Dr. Elizabeth Rochester, Psychiatrist |
| 11.40-11.50 | Discussion | |
| 11.50-12.20 | Childhood Diabetes & The School | Cheryl Williams, Teacher + Others |
| 12.20-12.50 | Sick Days with Diabetes & The School | Kevamae Sobers, DSN |
| 12.30-1.30 | Working Lunch: Carbohydrate Counting:
Meal Planning For Children & Adolescents with Diabetes |
Karen Griffith, Nutritionist; Tracey Bushell, DSN |
| 1.30-1.50 | Living With Diabetes – Through The Years | Patient Advocates |
| 1.50-2.50 | Diabetes in Adolescents/ Transition Care of Diabetic Youth | Dr. Carlisle Goddard, Endocrinologist |
| 2.50-3.50 | Concurrent Session: Insulin Pumps | Dr. Carlisle Goddard, Tracey Bushell, Diabetes Specialist Nurse, KevaMae Sobers, Diabetes Specialist Nurse |
| 3.50-4.00 | Discussion & Closing Remarks | Chairperson |
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Registration Fee: $168 – Physicians; $115.50 Nurses; $52.50 – Students (with ID)
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