Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is an important component of diabetes management and has shown to improve clinical outcomes when incorporated as part of total diabetes care. To enhance clinical outcomes, healthcare professionals need to acquire the knowledge and skills in recommendation of structured SMBG, facilitate people with diabetes and carers in interpretation of SMBG results and then work together with them to form the necessary action plan. In this workshop, healthcare professionals will have the opportunity to acquire the above knowledge and skills through real-life case studies.

Highlights

• Diabetes management and glycaemic control
• Factors affecting SMBG
• Strategic SMBG in optimising diabetes care
• Ensuring quality SMBG results
• Case discussions – interpretation and interventions
• Medication Counselling and SMBG

Objectives

• To emphasize the usefulness of SMBG
• To update knowledge and practical skills in SMBG
• To learn the interpretation of the data and action plan

Target Audience

• Diabetes Educators, Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, Assistant Medical Officers
• Internal Medicine and Family Medicine Specialists, General Practitioners, Medical and Public Health Officers
• Other Allied Healthcare Professionals, Academicians and Pharmaceutical Staff

Keynote Speakers

• A/Prof Dr Rohana Abdul Ghani
  Consultant Endocrinologist, MARA Technology University
• Dr Loh Vooi Lee
  Consultant Endocrinologist, International Medical University
• Dr Tan Ming Yeong
  Diabetes Nurse Specialist, International Medical University
• Lee Ching Li
  Dietitian and Lecturer, International Medical University
• Noraini Mohamad
  Deputy Director, Pharmacy Practice & Development, Ministry of Health
• Wong Yoke Lian
  Senior Diabetes Educator, Malaysian Diabetes Educators Society

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