Adea Podcast

Person-centred care and use of language with Kirrily Chambers, Jan Baldwin National CDE of the Year 2016, Registered Pharmacist - Credentialled Diabetes Educator. In this episode, Jan Alford explores the concept of person-centred care and how our choice of language impact on people with diabetes. The ADEA podcast mini-series on person-centred care is sponsored by the National Diabetes Services Scheme, an initiative of the Australian Government administered with the assistance of Diabetes Australia. Listening to all 3 episodes of the ADEA podcast mini-series on person-centred care will allow you to claim 1 CPD points under Category 1 - Clinical Practice for your next credentialling application. Complete the Evaluation Survey from the ADEA E-learning Management System (https://learning.adea.com.au) to be able to download the Certificate of Completion.

In this episode, the host Jan Alford will discuss oral health and diabetes with Dr Kimberly Coulton and Karen Lansdown from the Faculty of Dentistry at the University of Sydney. To download a certificate of completion, please visit https://learning.adea.com.au/lms/course/view.php?id=86 and complete the survey.

In this episode, the host Jan Alford will discuss diabetes and aged care with Professor Trisha Dunning. Professor Dunning is an internationally recognised clinician, author and researcher. She has served on many professional and other committees including two terms on The board of The International Diabetes Federation , Member of the Bard of Diabetes Victoria, and has held positions in the Australian Diabetes Educators Association (ADEA), including President and currently chairs the ADEA Diabetes Research Foundation Council. She is regularly invited to speak at national and international conferences and has published over 300 peer-reviewed publications, 10 books and several diabetes-related guidelines, including the McKellar Guidelines for Managing Older People with Diabetes, which won two safety awards and has been implemented in many aged care sites in Australia. Her research areas are older people with diabetes and end of life care. She has a passion for created writing and is also published in that genr

In this episode, the host Jan Alford will be discussing the role of metabolic surgery in diabetes with Dr George Hopkins. Dr Hopkins is Visiting Upper Gastrointestinal and weight loss surgeon at the Royal Brisbane & Women’s Hospital and Holy Spirit Northside Private Hospital. He is also an Executive Member of the Obesity Surgery Society of Australia and New Zealand. Most of Dr Hopkins' general surgical practice is now in the field of bariatric and revisional bariatric procedures. He is working in private practice at the Chermside Medical Complex and runs the Surgical Weight Management Clinic at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. To download a certificate of completion, please visit https://learning.adea.com.au/lms/course/view.php?id=86 and complete the survey.

In this episode, the host Jan Alford will discuss a diabetes education program and service needs of young adults with type 1 diabetes with Ashley Ng, who is undertaking some research in this area as part of her PhD. Ashley is currently completing her PhD in the field of mHealth use in diabetes education in young adults with diabetes during life transitions at Deakin University. She is also an accredited practising dietitian, a diabetes advocate and blogs about her lived experience with diabetes at bittersweetdiagnosis.com. Through her own experiences and work, she has developed a passion in digital health. Her area of interest revolves around integrating existing social media platforms and mHealth technology in patient-centered care to empower people with diabetes towards better self-management. Since her diagnosis at the age of 19, Ashley has found herself thrown into diabetes advocacy. To date, her volunteerism has spanned across the International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes Australia and Diabetes Cam

In this episode, the host Jan Alford will discuss relevant issues around continuous glucose monitoring system with Wendy Bryant. Wendy is a Credentialled Diabetes Educator with 23 years of experience with specialised diabetes knowledge and skills in the provision and advancement of diabetes care and diabetes self-management education. She is currently employed at the Mater Hospital in North Sydney working as Clinic Nurse Consultant in Diabetes and working in private practice as part of a multidisciplinary team both at the Mater and St. Vincent’s private Clinic. To download a certificate of completion, please visit https://learning.adea.com.au/lms/course/view.php?id=86 and complete the survey.

In this episode, Professor Jerry Greenfield will join the host Jan Alford to discuss key interactions of other hormones in diabetes. Professor Greenfield is an Endocrinologist and Clinical researcher. He is Head of the Department of Endocrinology and Director, Diabetes Services, at St Vincent’s Hospital. His current positions and roles include: Professor of Medicine, University of New South Wales; Clinical Associate Dean, St Vincent’s Clinical School, University of New South Wales; Editor-in-Chief, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism Case Reports; Editorial Board member, Clinical Obesity; Council Member, Australia and New Zealand Obesity Society. He previously held an NHMRC Neil Hamilton Fairley Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, which allowed him to study in the Departments of Medicine and Clinical Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK (2005-6, Supervisors: Prof Stephen O’Rahilly and Dr Sadaf Farooqi). He undertook a PhD at the Garvan Institute from 2001-2004, under

In this episode, Jan Alford will discuss with Amanda Bartlett on gestational diabetes. Amanda Bartlett is a credentialled diabetes educator and a certified midwife. Amanda has worked in the field of women’s health for over 30 years and in the specialised field of diabetes in pregnancy for the last 15 years. She is currently the chair of the Special Interest Group Diabetes in Pregnancy of the Australian Diabetes Educators Association. Amanda managed the diabetes service at a major obstetric hospital in Sydney for 7 years and is currently working as a midwife and credentialled diabetes educator in private practice. To download a certificate of completion, please visit https://learning.adea.com.au/lms/course/view.php?id=86 and complete the survey.