Workshop on Insulin Management in Type 2 Diabetes-Chennai

Insulin therapy is a key factor in treating patients with type 2 diabetes and maintaining their blood sugar levels. It is therefore crucial that medical practitioners that attend to diabetics are well equipped and trained in insulin management to provide optimum care.

Assimilate, along with Medvarsity, is conducting a unique one-day interactive workshop, specially designed to tackle everyday issues, concerns, and problem-solving when treating insulin-dependent patients. The participants will get to learn a pragmatic approach to insulin management through group exercises, case discussions, and didactic presentation.  

Workshop Objectives:

• Gain a broader understanding of insulin management
• Possess a new set of tools in insulin management
• Gain knowledge in managing patients on various insulin regimens
• Tackle the common complications & special scenarios in insulin-dependent patients

Who Should Attend:

• Practicing Physicians in Internal Medicine/General Medicine/Family Medicine Disciplines and Postgraduate Residents of the same
• Practicing Clinicians from other specialties (Surgery, Pediatrics, Obstetrics, etc.)
• Practicing MBBS doctors who manage diabetic patients every day
• General Practitioners and Resident Doctors

Sun, Jun 30, 08:30 AM - 09:15 AM

Welcome note

Sun, Jun 30, 09:15 AM - 09:30 AM 

Sun, Jun 30, 09:30 AM - 10:30 AM

You will learn about:

 Insulin agents

• Rapid acting insulin analogs
• Regular human insulin
• NPH
• Basal analogs
• Premixed insulin products
• Inhaled insulin
• Insulin handling and storage
• Insulin administration methods: Sc, IV
• Insulin injection sites
• Insulin injection site problems
• Insulin pen devices
• Insulin pumps

• Patient selection
• Initiation of insulin therapy
• Barriers to insulin therapy and
• Education to give patients at initiation
• Insulin doses at initiation
• Factors affecting insulin requirements
• Target Glucose/Glycemic Levels
• Monitoring insulin therapy: Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose (SMBG), Carbohydrate counting
• Adjustment of Insulin therapy dose

Tea

Sun, Jun 30, 11:15 AM - 11:30 AM

Session-3

Sun, Jun 30, 11:30 AM - 12:30 PM

You will learn about:

• Switching from basal to basal plus regimen
• Switching from basal to basal bolus regimen
• Switching from basal to premixed regimen
• Switching from premixed to basal bolus regimen
• Switching from single to multiple premixed regimen
• Intensification of premixed regimen with addition of pre-meal bolus
• Intensification of prandial regimen with addition of basal insulin

Session-4

Sun, Jun 30, 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM

You will learn about:

• Hypoglycemia
• Weight gain
• Injection site problems
• Insulin allergy and hypersensitivity 

Lunch:

Sun, Jun 30, 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM

Session-5

Sun, Jun 30, 02:00 PM - 03:00 PM

You will learn about:

• Insulin in Children
• Insulin in Pregnancy
• Insulin in Inpatients
• Insulin & Driving

 Group Exercises

 Sun, Jun 30, 03:00 PM - 04:30 PM

• Case Studies: Insulin initiation
• Case Studies: Insulin adjustment
• Case Studies: Insulin Intensification
• Case Studies: Managing problems with Insulin therapy

Certification & Tea

 Sun, Jun 30, 04:35 PM - 05:05 PM

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