SCIENTIFIC PROGRAMME 2015 India CME Tour Clinical Chronic Diseases Management - Diabetes June 2015 - Maharashtra, India
2015 India CME Tour Clinical Chronic Diseases Management - Diabetes Aim Diabetes Mellitus, especially type 2, is a growing epidemic in India as they are increasingly adopting western life styles. A particular genetic predisposition in these populations is indeed present. Current estimates indicate that 8.2% of the adult population, or 72.1 million people, have diabetes, 65.1 million of whom live in India. The management of this disease and its complications and comorbidities is a big challenge, especially for the health care, considering the low level of expenses that are dedicated to it. This situation is also a challenge for the local medical schools and institutions which has to prepare and train the health care professionals who will handle such problems. The EXCEMED CME Tour on clinical diabetes management is composed of 20 educational workshops in partnership with 14 Medical Schools and 4 cooperations of Universities in Maharashtra region. The aim of this educational projects on clinical diabetes management are to prioritize diabetes care and then to increase awareness for its prevention in India, thus creating diabetes ambassadors who would able to manage patients wherever they are needed according to international guidelines and clinical evidence-based medicine. State-of-the-art knowledge, based on international guidelines and evidence-based medicine data, will be addressed by an European lecturer, focusing on: physiopathology of diabetes; diagnostic procedures in diabetes, including screening; diabetic complications and comorbidities; therapeutic solutions in diabetes; educational and prevention strategies in diabetes. Also, the practical application of such information will be addressed through clinical case presentations prepared by the faculties. They will present evidence-based data and novel management approaches in diabetes, as well as exemplary clinical cases of diabetic patients. The main objectives of such intensive training courses are to help impart the knowledge on diabetes amongst the undergraduate students, diabetologists, endocrinologists and all the healthcare professional dealing with T2DM, to improve their skills in the clinical management of diabetic patients. Learning objectives After attending each live educational courses, participants will be able to: Evaluate subjects with altered glycemia and implement therapeutic solutions Manage diabetic patients with their possible complications and comorbidities Set up educational and prevention strategies including self-care management Target audience These live educational courses are appropriate for undergraduate students, endocrinologists, diabetologists, cardiologists and other healthcare professionals involved in the management of patients with diabetes or hypertension.
Accreditation The CME course Clinical Chronic Diseases Management - Diabetes held on June 2015 in Maharashtra, India, is designated for a maximum of 6 (six) hours of European CME credits (ECMEC). Each medical specialist should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the educational activity. EXCEMED adheres to the principles of the Good CME Practice group (gcmep). Head of the Scientific panel Prof. Shashank Joshi Joshi Clinic, Lilavati & Bhatia Hospital Grant Medical College & Sir JJ Group of Hospitals Mumbai, India President API - The Association of Physicians of India President IAD Indian Academy of Diabetes Scientific panel Dr. Narayan G. Deogaonkar Deogaonkar Hospital Nashik, India Dr. Banshi Saboo Diabetes Care Hormone Clinic Gujarat, India Faculty European visiting faculty: Prof. Jonathan Levy Clinical Director Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism Oxford, UK Local faculty from Medical schools Dr. Sanjiv Shah Diabetes Action Centre Mumbai, India EXCEMED designed this programme in partnership with Directorate of Medical Education & Research and Maharashtra University of Health Sciences.
Scientific agenda June 2015 - Maharashtra, India 08.30 Welcome and introduction - Local faculty 08.40 Introduction to the live educational course - European visiting faculty 08.50 Learning effectiveness assessment Session I Type 2 Diabetes: how it begins and where it brings 09.00 L1: Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes - European visiting faculty 09.30 PD: Screening of diabetes and its complications sharing experience - European perspective - European visiting faculty - Indian perspective - Local faculty 10.10 Break Session II Problem based learning approach session on complications and comorbidities 10.30 Clinical cases presented by local faculty CS1: Diabetic complications: nephropathy/retinopathy/neuropathy CS2: Diabetic comorbidities: cardiovascular disease 11.30 Clinical case presented by participant 12.30 Lunch break Session III Problem based learning approach session on complications and comorbidities 13.15 L2: Education and nutritional interventions - Local faculty member 13.45 L3: The pharmacology of type 2 diabetes: from oral to injective drugs - European visiting faculty 14.15 L4: How to use drugs for type 2 diabetes: the time for personalized treatments European visiting faculty 14.45 Clinical cases presented by participants 15.45 PD: Panel discussion: education / prevention strategies in diabetes Local and European faculty members 16.30 Revisiting learning effectiveness assessment 16.45 Wrap up and conclusions - Local and European faculty members 17.00 End of the live educational course Legend: L : Lecture; CS : Case presentations; PD : Panel discussion;
General information Dates and venues 15 June 2015 King Edward Memorial Hospital and Seth Gordhandas Sunderdas Medical College Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 16 June 2015 Topiwala National Medical College & B.Y.L Nair Ch. Hospital Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 17 June 2015 The Grant Medical College and Sir J.J. Group of Hospitals Mumbai, Maharashtra, India 19 June 2015 Lokmanya Tilak Municipal General Hospital & Medical College Sion Mumbai, Maharashtra, India Language The official language of the live educational courses is English. Scientific Secretariat EXCEMED - Excellence in Medical Education Salita di San Nicola da Tolentino, 1/b 00187 Rome, Italy Programme Manager: Dorina Monaco Specialist Medical Advisor: Ernesto Maddaloni Fax: +39 06 420413 677 E-mail: info@excemed.org EXCEMED is a Swiss Foundation with headquarters in 14, Rue du Rhône, 1204 Geneva, Switzerland All EXCEMED programmes are organized solely to promote the exchange and dissemination of scientific and medical information. No forms of promotional activities are permitted. This programme is made possible thanks to an educational grant received from Merck The German pharmaceutical company. This grant is part of Merck Capacity Advancement Program (CAP), as a core element of its Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR agenda in India.
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