Education

EXTOD PEAK healthcare professional annual conference 2019

Friday 18 October, 2019 9am

Glasgow

EXTOD again joined with the Association of British Clinical Diabetologists (ABCD) and JDRF’s Performance in Exercise and Knowledge (PEAK) programme to offer another interactive day of education focusing on type 1 diabetes and exercise. This year the training day was held on 18th October 2019 at the Raddison blue hotel in Glasgow.

Over 150 healthcare professional attended the event. The programme for the even is shown below

Summary of programme for conference on the 18th of October 2019

Session time	Session title	Speakers
09:20	Welcome	Dr Parth Narendran

09:30	Endocrine and metabolic responses to exercise in health and disease This lecture covered What fuels are used when exercising What endocrine changes happen with exercise How does the body respond to different exercises and different intensity of exercise? What is different about people with Type 1 diabetes in terms of these factors	Dr Ian W Gallen & Dr Alistair Lumb

10:20	Strategies to control glucose before, during and after exercise This lecture covered Insulin adjustments for exercise Fuel and fluid for exercise How exercise order and type can be used to manage glucose	Prof Rob Andrews & Dr Parth Narendran

11:15	Morning refreshments and exhibition

	Workshops 1: Assessment and simple strategies 6 workshops were run in parallel with the same content. Each workshop was fascilated by a Doctor, dietitian or specialist nurse and patient. The workshop ran through cases that the delegates had been sent prior to the event to illustrate How to assess someone is safe to exercise How to do a dietary assessment What initial advice to give How to manage different sport	Workshop facilitators

13:15	Lunch and exhibition

14:15	Workshop 2: Advanced strategies 6 workshops were run in parallel with the same content. Each workshop was facilitated by a Doctor, dietitian or specialist nurse and patient. The workshop ran through cases that the delegates had been sent prior to the event to illustrate How to provide advice on managing a long endurance event How to do a more complex dietary assessment How to manage more complex sports/events such as watersports and exercising in extreme conditions such as altitude Tips for managing common problem	Workshop facilitators

15:45	Afternoon tea and exhibition

16:15	Type 1 and exercise education programs for patient In this session results from two pilot studies of education programmes to help patient manage glucose around exercise were presented. *16.15 Australian study, Marian Brennan* An Australian study looking at a half-day education course. *16.45 The EXTOD education Study, Prof Rob Andrews and Dr. Parth Narendran* A British study looking at a three-half day education course.	Ms. Marian Brennan Prof Rob Andrews Dr. Parth Narendran

17:15	Closing remarks	Prof Rob Andrews

Initial feedback from the day has been very good with a lot of comments about the day on twitter. See our twitter page to see the comments.

The talks from this day can be found in the download section.

We would like to thank the following people for helping out with the workshops

Dr. Ian W Gallen
Dr. Alistair Lumb
Professor Susan F. Wong
Dr. Andrew Pettit
Miss Carin Hume
Ms. Manyee Li
Mrs. Elizabeth Paxton
Ms. Anne Marie Frohock
Miss Amy Cowan
Mrs. Catherine Thompson