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IDF Europe Symposium at EASD - Improving the HCP-PwD interaction for better health outcomes, quality of life and resilient health systems

Last update: 14/06/2022

People living with type 2 diabetes identify the relationship with their primary healthcare professional (often, at least at diagnosis, a GP) as critical to achieving optimal health outcomes and quality of life. The IDF Europe symposium will explore what the key components of this relationship are and what needs to be put in place to ensure that this interaction is effective and promotes a patient-centred and holistic approach to diabetes management.

After an introduction on the work conducted by IDF Europe’s platform of people living with diabetes on the HCP-PwD interaction, three panels will address different approaches/solutions that contribute to improving the quality of the interaction between PwD and HCPs:

The HCP as member of a multi-disciplinary team
Guidelines from theory to point of care
The HCP as a conduit to the best possible care – looking beyond standard practice: education and engagement in clinical trials

Agenda

Symposium chaired and moderated by Dr Niti Pall, Chair, IDF Europe

16.00-16:05: Welcome and introduction, Dr Niti Pall

16.05-16.15: Presentation of the work of IDF Europe’s Platform of People living with Type 2 Diabetes

16.15-16.40: Panel 1 – The HCP-PwD relationship: how to support a multi-disciplinary approach?

The panellists will discuss the prerequisites to the effectiveness and quality of a relationship which is increasingly becoming multi-dimensional through the move towards integrated, multi-disciplinary care (within a general PHC system/dedicated diabetes clinics), involving a multitude of HCPs across several levels of care.

Panellists

João Filipe Raposo, Medical Director, APDP (Portuguese Diabetes Association), Portugal
Elena Shelestova, Diabetes Educator, Georgian Union of Diabetes and Endocrine Association, Georgia
Yvonne Johns, Type 2 Diabetes Advocate, UK
Pinar Topsever, Vice-Chair, Primary Care Diabetes Europe, Turkey

16.40-17.05: Panel 2 – Guidelines from theory to point of care; GUARDIANS FOR HEALTH implementation initiative

The panellists will discuss clinical inertia in the management of patients with type 2 diabetes. They will consider how the GUARDIANS FOR HEALTH initiative can support the implementation of guideline-directed therapies to reduce the risk of cardiorenal complications.

Panellists

Naresh Kanumilli, Northenden Group Practice, Manchester, UK
Konstantinos Makrilakis, IDF Europe Board Member, Greece
Yvonne Johns, Type 2 Diabetes Advocate, UK

17.05-17.25: Panel 3 – How can traditional and new decentralised clinical trials support PwD empowerment and self-management and improve PwD-HCP interaction?

The panellists will discuss the role of primary care professionals in clinical trials and the impact of clinical trials on a PwD’s empowerment and how both aspects can best contribute to the HCP-PwD interaction and improve health outcomes.