The 2nd Diabetes Conference

30. 10. 2018

On 5th October 2018 the Diabetes Care Division, in cooperation with PROMEDICA INSTITUT, organized a conference for medical professionals, specifically for nurses from diabetes centres.

The Diabetes Conference was focused on motivating the patient from the point of view of a psychologist, nutritionist and physiotherapist. The whole event was organized under the auspices of the Czech Nurses Association, the Diabetes Care Section under the leadership of Bc. Vladimíra Havlová.

An interesting program, filled in by various lectures prepared by PhDr. Tamara Hrachovinová with her lecture – Motivation of DM patient from the psychologist’s point of view, Mgr. Jana Eliášová with a lecture – Diabetes Diet and Mgr. Eliška Vratná, who presented the importance of physical activity and recommendations for DM patients.

In the afternoon, participants of the conference welcomed a foreign guest from Ascensia ‘s Diabetes Care, Mrs. Dagmar Salamun. The company is committed to improving the lives of diabetics around the world and Dagmar has shared her knowledge about the utilization of modern technology Contour Plus ONE and Contour Diabetes application.

The afternoon part ended with the presentation of Bc. Hana Nováková, who presented to the diabetes care nurses participating in the congress her experience from the Diabetes Care Centre practice in Jihlava concerning the glucometer outputs reading.

The conference was attended by a total of 50 nurses from all over the Czech Republic, who had the opportunity to hear a whole range of new information and to exchange experiences from individual outpatient departments.

At the end of the expert section, all participants received certificates confirming their participation in the training.

We believe that this well-organized activity brought benefits to the healthcare professionals who had been able not only to spend a nice day, but also to acquire lots of interesting knowledge.