Healthcare professionals working in podiatry invited to webinar on diabetes footcare in dark skin tones
Following the publication of new guidance on diabetes footcare for different skin tones the online event will explore this topic for healthcare professionals.
A webinar designed to help clinicians understand how to check for skin damage in dark skin tone will be hosted later this month.
The English Diabetes Footcare Network Autumn webinar: Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones will be held on Thursday, 24th October from 7pm to 8pm.
Healthcare professionals who work in lower limb care are invited to the free webinar which will share guidance on diabetes footcare in dark skin tones.
The online event is open to GPs, hospital doctors, speciality nurses, podiatrists, tissue viability teams and community practitioners.
The English Diabetes Footcare Network (EDFN) is holding the event following the recent publication of the Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones handbook, produced by Diabetes Africa.
Delegates will hear more on the guidance issued by Diabetes Africa, which aims to reduce inequity in diabetes-related footcare outcomes as a result of skin tone differences. It will cover the subtle variations in symptoms and disease progression in diabetes-related footcare for people with dark skin tones.
Speaking at the event will be Dr Bernadette Adeyileka-Tracz, a registered pharmacist and the Executive Director of Diabetes Africa, and Luxmi Dhoonmoon, a Nurse Consultant in Tissue Viability at London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, who is a co-author of the Diabetes Africa handbook.
Topics for discussion will include,
- How foot complications associated with diabetes might present differently in dark versus light skin tones
- Cultural considerations that might be relevant to preventing diabetes-related foot complications
- How to use the skin tone tool effectively in diagnosing and treating diabetes related foot complications
- How to use and put into practice the guidance covered in Diabetes Africa’s handbook.
The webinar will also cover ‘ACT NOW and skin tones’. ACT NOW is a six-stage triage and risk assessment tool for people with diabetes, their carers and health care professionals. It is designed to help recognise the early warning signs that might lead to amputation and which, if identified, should activate urgent referral to the Multi-Disciplinary Foot Protection Team (MDFT).
‘ACT NOW and skin tones’ will be presented by Jayne Robbie, a diabetes specialist podiatrist at University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Trust and a senior lecturer and course lead for the MSc in advancing practice in peripheral vascular disease at Birmingham City University.
Register for the EDFN autumn webinar here
Read the Diabetes Africa handbook Diabetes footcare in dark skin tones
The Diabetes Africa 2024 UK Forum will be held at Coin Street Conference Centre in London on 28th November. More information here
Read the DRWF diabetes information leaflet Foot health and diabetes
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