Vancouver Island Diabetes Educator Section

Past event for Vancouver Island Diabetes Educator Section (DES) fall meeting. Took place at the The Grand Hotel Nanaimo from 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM.

Our very own Katia Langton, Certified Pedorthist spoke on Preventing the Preventable in the Global Fight Against Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Amputations.

Here's the Itinerary: 

0830 Registration opens:  light breakfast, exhibitor booths open
0920 Welcome and Agenda
0930 Navigating diagnosis and treatment of gluten related issues or FODMAP intolerances in patients with diabetes – Joyce Schnetzler, RD, Canadian Celiac Association Professional Advisory Council, Outpatient RD @ Island Health
1045 Break
1100 GLP-1: 4 Years Later – Dr. Lucretia van den Berg, Endocrinologist, Victoria
1200  LUNCH AND NETWORKING: lunch provided, exhibitor booths open
1300 VI DES Chapter meeting and CDA updates
1400 Preventing the Preventable in the Global Fight Against Diabetic Foot Ulcers and Amputations – Katia Langton, Certified Pedorthist and Dr. Pieter Boshoff, MD, MBChB (Pretoria), International Interdisciplinary Wound Care Certificate, Co-Director of the Central Vancouver Island Foot and Ulcer Clinic.
1515 Meeting Wrap up and Evaluations
1530 Meeting Adjourned