Webinar: Baby Steps Telehealth Health Professional Upskilling

Mon, 08 June 2020
02:00 PM – 03:00 PM

Presented by Sara Calginari, Senior Manager -Projects and Carly Luff, CDE, EP, Diabetes WA Looking for programs that people in regional areas can easily access to help them to prevent type 2 diabetes? BabySteps is an online program aimed to help women after having Gestational Diabetes to reduce their risk of developing type 2 diabetes. Sara and Carly will summarise the program contents, talk about the results of the evaluations from the pilot programs and let you know how you can refer people.

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.

Register here.