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Presenters Joanne Bowden – Manager Education Services Christine McGregor – Training Program Coordinator

Presenters Joanne Bowden – Manager Education Services Christine McGregor – Training Program Coordinator. A Merger with the Baker Heart Research Institute. A merger has commenced between the Baker Heart Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute -

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Presenters Joanne Bowden – Manager Education Services Christine McGregor – Training Program Coordinator

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  1. Presenters Joanne Bowden – Manager Education Services Christine McGregor – Training Program Coordinator

  2. A Merger with the Baker Heart Research Institute A merger has commenced between the Baker Heart Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute - To combine the strengths of the two institutes to pursue strategies to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease, obesity, and other related non-communicable diseases, through research, clinical care, education and advocacy A merger occurred on the 1st of July 2008 between the Baker Heart Research Institute and the International Diabetes Institute – To combine the strengths of the two institutes to pursue strategies to reduce death and disability from cardiovascular disease, diabetes, obesity, and other related non-communicable diseases, through research, clinical care, education and advocacy

  3. Baker IDI ten years from now

  4. Humble beginnings for the International Diabetes Institute • Established in 1976 • Integrated model • Part Government funded • WHO Collaborating Centre For Non-communicable Disease And Health Promotion

  5. The characteristics of a new institute...Baker IDI has been given a brief by the Federal Government to become THE national focus for heart disease, diabetes and obesity research will be a research institute, with a traditional focus on discovery, publication, generation and dissemination of new knowledge will be a provider of education services from PhD to short programs for clinicians and health professionals and people involved in commercial therapy development will be a provider of clinical services to people with heart disease and diabetes will contribute to public discourse, with a brief to influence public understanding of and policy towards heart disease and diabetes will develop and commercialise IP, and have a brief to transfer institute discoveries to commercial environments where they can be practically useful will deal with and help companies that provide goods and services to people with heart disease and diabetes

  6. We believed we could do this better together than separately, because of complementary strengths: • Clinical services • Population health • Training and Education Services • Molecular biology • Cellular biology • Integrative physiology • Epidemiology

  7. The Institute’s Clinical diabetes services- Caulfield site • Private specialist medical clinics • Consumer & health professional Training & Education services • Research • Health promotion • Physical activity program • Business development & consultancy

  8. Staff at the Caulfield Campus • Physicians • Health professionals • Administration • Business & Marketing Development • Scientists, Epidemiologists • Research & Pathology

  9. Education Services • Education team • Diabetes Nurse Educators • Dietitians • Counsellor • Training Coordinator • Project Managers

  10. Baker IDI client education programs • Support groups - Motivation -Pump • Individual education • Insulin stabilisation • CGMS, insulin pumps • Group education • Type 2, IGT • FlexIT (type 1) • Supermarket tours • Prevention (IFG & IGT)

  11. Health professional training & education • Programs held at Baker IDI • 2 & 5 day diabetes programs • Corporate Training • ½ day workshops for professional development • Annual symposium with DA-Vic • External training e.g. RDNS, Mayfield • GP programs

  12. Health professional training-clinical placement and curriculum development • Clinical placement for students from universities and tertiary Institutes requiring field experience in diabetes related courses • Collaboration with other institution participating in the planning of professional development courses

  13. Health promotion programs • Diabetes Prevention Programs • Chronic Disease Management Programs • Lift for Life – physical activity program • Community programs • Outreach Diabetes Clinics

  14. Other services Diabetes equipment Diabetes information centre NDSS sub-agent Resources - books, fact sheets, website etc. ‘D’-shop – products for people with diabetes

  15. Research • AusDiab - National diabetes, obesity & lifestyle study • Epidemiological studies in Australia and Asia Pacific • Clinical research • Human genetics, molecular biology • Physical activity research

  16. Resources • Website resources - factsheets for downloading www.bakeridi.edu.au • Books: • “Learning to live with type 2 diabetes” • “Think like a pancreas” • “Handbook of Diabetes Management”

  17. Future Directions for Baker IDI Training and Education programs • Identify GPs needs in training and education for the management of Diabetes and Heart Disease • Develop evidence based training programs that are practical and designed to provide GPs with skills and knowledge that can immediately be applied into their practice • Build stronger links between specialists and GPs

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