Diabetes and Endocrinology Update for Primary Care

3rd Annual | Friday, September 28, 2012

"It was very practical, very informative. An eye opener to a lot of things doctors are not aware of."

"Excellent conference! Very practical information! Excellent point of care tools."

"At most conferences we have to lineup and hope the speaker has time to address our questions. Here there are multiple opportunities for this to happen."

Course Outline

The University of Toronto / Banting and Best Diabetes Centre’s Diabetes and Endocrinology Update for Primary Care is an accredited one-day continuing education event targeted to health care providers in primary care.

The 3rd Annual University of Toronto Diabetes and Endocrinology Update for Primary Care is an accredited one-day continuing education event targeted to health care providers in primary care. Several unique and innovative features highlight this course:

  • Over 75% of the day devoted to interactive learning, including small group workshops and interactive question-and-answer sessions
  • Personalized learning: Opportunities to submit personal questions at the time of registration, during the event and even after the event! All questions will be answered.
  • Provision of clinical point-of-care tools to participants
  • "The Doctor’s Lounge": entire workshops during which participants can discuss their own cases informally with specialist facilitators
  • All course material, including submitted questions and answers, will be posted online after the event in a searchable format

Due to the emphasis on small-group learning, registration will be limited to 100 participants.

Topic Highlights

  • A practical guide to choosing oral diabetes treatments
  • Update on the newer treatments for diabetes
  • "I’ve arranged for a patient to start insulin – now what?"
  • Strategies for the patient intolerant of statins
  • Patients with "prediabetes" – what should be their BP and cholesterol targets?
  • Implementing osteoporosis guidelines in your practice
  • What is the role of thyroid hormone for diffuse goiter or nodules?
  • Appropriate follow-up of benign thyroid nodules – what to watch for, when to re-biopsy
  • Management of hot flashes in menopause – is HRT safe?