PCDE Forum 2023

The PCDE Forum sessions will take place on three days: March 16th, 23rd and 30th

Each day of the PCDE Forum has a different theme relevant to diabetes management primary care.

Learning objectives

DAY 1: Obesity - early intervention
To discuss the impact of clinical and therapeutic inertia on quality of primary diabetes care and therapeutic outcomes
To discuss novel pharmacotherapies for diabetes and obesity management
To discuss the importance of obesity related to diabetes prevention.
To explore multi factorial cardio vascular renal metabolic risk reduction
To gain an understanding of non-pharmacological treatment options (medical nutrition therapy, exercise prescription, behavioral lifestyle interventions) & discuss novel therapies for obesity management

DAY 2: Primary Care Approach to Chronic Kidney Disease
To discuss epidemiology of CKD in Primary Care
To discuss risk factors and risk groups and screening methods for CKD in Primary Care
To discuss CKD staging clinical presentations and prognosis
To discuss treatment approach and therapeutic management of CKD in Primary Care in people with and without Type 2 Diabetes
To discuss the epidemiology of cardio reno metabolic comorbidity in Primary Care
To discuss person centered risk stratified preventive and therapeutic approaches to cardio reno metabolic comorbid patients in Primary Care

DAY 3: Digitalization in health care
To demonstrate the use of electronic health records for pro-active preventive care outreach into the community.
To outline possibilities for patient empowerment by using smart IT solutions
To highlight the importance of personalizing diabetes care with smart digital tools
To discuss the possibilities to implement CGM in daily PC practice for PwD