PCDE at congresses 2009

PCDEurope at FEND 

FEND’s (The Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes) annual meeting will take place in Vienna on 25^th and 26^th of September 2009. PCDEurope will be present with an information desk and will be represented by Mrs Lena Insulander.
www.fend.org

 PCDEurope at EASD
From 29th september until 2nd October the 44^th EASD annual Meeting will take place in Vienna. PCDEurope will be represented at this Congress by Dr. Johan Wens and Dr. Xavier Cos. PCDEurope will have a booth in the congress hall where visitors can get information about PCDEurope’s mission and policy or how to become a member.
PCDE’s liaison officer and FEND Chair Anne Felton and EASD Study group leader and PCDE member Prof. Guy Rutten will also be present at EASD.
www.easd.org

 PCDEurope at St. Vincent Anniversary (21-23 November 2009)
The 20th anniversary meeting of the St Vincent Declaration is jointly organized by the European Region of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF Europe), the European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), the Alliance for European Diabetes Research (EURADIA), the Federation of European Nurses in Diabetes (FEND), the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD), Primary Care Diabetes Europe (PCDE), and Diabetes UK. For a preliminary look at the programme:
www.worlddiabetescongress.org/pages/preliminary-programme.
PCDEurope will be represented at this meeting by Chairman Dr. J. Wens, Vice chairman  Dr. X. Cos,
Mrs. A. Felton, Dr. P. Topsever, Mrs. G. Neijens.

WONCA, Basel, 16–19 September 2009

PCDEurope will be represented at WONCA by Chairman Dr. Johan Wens who will give a presentation named  ”20 years after St Vincent Declaration … and now?” PCDE board members Dr. Imre Rurik and Mrs. Guusje Neijens will organise workshops. Dr. Rurik’s subject will be “Nutritional counselling in the primary care office.”
Mrs Neijens’ subject will be “The surplus value of a practice nurse in diabetes care”

www. woncaeurope2009.org

 

Dr Eugene Hughes (PCDE) giving a lecture at Istanbul Wonca meeting 

New issue of PCDE journal

SWEET report

SWEET report by Imre RURIK

Dr Imre RURIK

What this abbreviation means ?

Better control in pediatric and adolescent diabeteS:

Working to crEate CEnTres of Reference

The declared goals of the project:

-Facilitating the collection and monitoring of epidemiologic and economic data.

-Encouraging the development of a minimum standard of care to prevent complications and improve quality of life.

-Helping the share information and promote best practice at European level.

-SWEET’s main objective is to improve secondary prevention, diagnosis and control of Type 1 and 2 diabetes in children and adolescents by supporting the development of centers of references (CORs) for pediatric and adolescent diabetes services across the EU.

A group of established European and national diabetes organisations have joined forces

to improve the diabetes management in children and adolescents.

PCDE Journal

In this issue, learn about “Primary care in Norway” and discover the original research article  “It’s up to me ! experience of living with pre-diabetes and the increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Aims and Scope:

 Primary Care Diabetes is the official journal of Primary Care Diabetes Europe. The journal publishes original research articles and high-quality reviews in the fields of clinical care, diabetes education, nutrition, health services, psychosocial research and epidemiology as far as is relevant for diabetology in a primary-care setting. The purpose of the journal is to encourage interdisciplinary research and discussion between all those who are involved in primary diabetes care on an international level. The Journal also publishes news and articles concerning the policies and activities of Primary Care Diabetes Europe and reflects the society’s aim of improving the care for people with diabetes mellitus within the primary-care setting.

Journal facts:

Owner : Primary Care Diabetes EUROPE (inpo)
Publisher : Elsevier

Editor-in-Chief : Rhys William
Associate editors : Kamlesh Khunti, Neil Munro, K.M. Venkat Narayan

Launch: Pilot issue, September 2006; full launch, 2007
Frequency : Quarterly; planned increase in frequency thereafter
Extent : 50 pages of editorial content per issue

Readership : 4000+ members of Primary Care Diabetes Europe  ; 1000+ electronic library holdings.

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Our Journal, Primary Care Diabetes, please view:
http://www.primary-care-diabetes.com/

The online manuscript submission site for the journal is live at:
http://ees.elsevier.com/pcd/