Ms Anne Belton from Canada is a diabetes nurse educator and consultant and author of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) International Curriculum for Diabetes Health Professional Education. She is a Vice-President of IDF for the 2009-2012 triennium, and a member of the Federation's Consultative Section on Education.
In 1991, Ms Belton opened the Diabetes Education Centre (DEC) at William Osler Health Centre, the first DEC in Canada to be recognized as meeting the Canadian Standards for Diabetes Education. She has been recognized for her dedication and commitment to people with diabetes, winning several awards including the Canadian Diabetes Educator of the Year in 1992 and the Charles H. Best Award in 1999. She is currently consulting in the development of patient education materials and professional education programs nationally and internationally.
As a member of the International Diabetes Federation Consultative Section on Diabetes Education, she has chaired the 2003 revision of the International Standards for Diabetes Education, the development (2002) and revision (2008) of the International Curriculum for Health Professional Education in Diabetes and the Diabetes Education Modules (2006) to accompany the Curriculum. She has co-authored two books, The How to of Patient Education (2003), written to help health care professionals develop their teaching skills, and Diabetes in Adults (2009), a publication for people with diabetes and their families.
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