Program

7:45 Registration & Breakfast
8:20 – 8:30 Welcome, Opening Remarks and Introduction

Dr. Rene Wong

8:30 – 9:10

PLENARY LECTURES

Person-Centred Care: Perspectives, Plans, and Applications to Working with Individuals with Diabetes

Dr. Arno Kumagai


Active Learning: Panel discussion – Diabetes Q & A

9:30 – 10:10 The Psychology of Interprofessional Collaboration: How Ready Are We?

Dr. Zubin Austin

10:30 – 11:00 Health break and networking
11:00 – 12:15 CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 1

  1. Strategies to improve care of Patients with Diabetes, Heart Disease and Kidney Disease

    Dr. Marisa Battistella, Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, and Ms. Diane Zianis

  2. Strategies to improve care of Elderly Patients with Diabetes

    Dr. Camilla Wong and Dr. Afshan Zahedi

  3. Strategies to improve care of patients with diabetes and Disordered Eating

    Dr. Barry Simon

  4. Strategies to improve care of patients with diabetes with Socioeconomic Barriers

    Ms. Jane Rajah

  5. Strategies to improve the transition of patients with diabetes from the Paediatric to the Adult Setting

    Dr. Denis Daneman and Dr. Geetha Mukerji

12:15 – 13:30 Lunch break
13:30 – 14:10

PLENARY LECTURE

The Top Five Papers of the Year: Should they Change our Practice?
Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, Dr. Ross Upshur and Heidi Lazar-Meyn
View the Top Papers of the Year

14:10 – 14:25 Active Learning: Q & A
14:25 – 14:35 Presentation of the 2016 Diabetes Educator of the Year Award
14:35 – 14:55 Health break and networking
14:55 – 16:10

CONCURRENT WORKSHOPS 2

Repeat of concurrent workshops 1

16:10 Evaluation and adjournment