The Unit has Australianised the Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme (AUSCDEP) platform and is rolling this out across primary and secondary care in South West Sydney . Evaluation is a pivotal aspect of this and has so far included: - Pilot on one medical ward at Campbelltown Hospital
- Cluster randomised controlled trial comparing AUSCDEP vs Face to face vs usual health care professional education across 3 medical wards at Campbelltown Hospital
- Testing in primary care
An ongoing program is under development with the PHN with Diabetes Integrated Care components across the LHD area: - Integrated diabetes clinic including: (i) facility for diabetes teaching among undergraduate students from medicine, nursing and eleven School of Health sciences disciplines, including podiatry and gp/practice nurses; (ii) step down diabetes foot clinic; (iii) primary care annual review facility; and (iv) development of clinical database from patients attending clinic
- Endocrinologist virtual clinics within general practices
- Benchmarking and decision support tool for primary care and pipeline development for primary care support and clinical studies
- Online and face to face primary care health care professional education
- Joint governance development
- Practice nurse education programme
- Masterclass programme
- Annual conference
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