With about 1.8 million people with diabetes in Australia, all health practitioners regardless of professional discipline, provide healthcare to people with diabetes.
Diabetes predisposes people to poorer health outcomes. The condition is complex, and the care is complex.
There is strong evidence quality diabetes care and self-management support prevents and /or delays the onset of associated short and long-term complications such as post-operative complications, blindness, lower limb amputations and kidney disease.
Hence all health professionals who provide healthcare to people with diabetes need to attain a level of diabetes competency.
The Western Diabetes Education Program has replaced AUSCDEP and is now available to all South Western Sydney clinicians at no cost.
This diabetes competency-based online short course will enhance our clinicians’ ‘knowledge’ and ‘know how’ in the essentials of diabetes care.
To access the program for free, please email
Simone Bennetts at Simone.Bennetts@health.nsw.gov.au
Elizabeth Romero at Elizabeth.Romero@health.nsw.gov.au or
George Karliychuk at G.Karliychuk@westernsydney.edu.au