SEPTEMBER 2020
THE SOUTH SHUSWAP SCOOP
Want to Know More About Diabetes Care? By Marilyn Clark Notification of this webinar event entitled “Careful and Kind Diabetes Care” came across my mail this week. It is scheduled for Wednesday, September 23, 7 to 8:15 pm PDT and is open to the general public but you must register in order to participate. Dr. Victor Montori, MD, the presenter, is a world-renowned endocrinologist and researcher and Professor of Medicine at Mayo Clinic and, apparently "a great promoter of the patient/citizen voice in medicine". He authored “Why We Revolt: A Patient Revolution for Careful and Kind Care”. Dr. Montori has authored more than 650 peerreviewed publications and is noted as "among the top 1% of researchers with most cited papers in the clinical medicine and in social science worldwide in the last decade". He is recognized as an expert in evidencebased medicine and shared decision making. It could be particularly relevant to those managing diabetes as Dr. Montori is a great proponent for practitioner/patient shared decision making. Health practitioners are eligible for a Continuing Education credit for this event. The stated learning goals for participants in the session include the ability to: Describe how to care for each person with diabetes with evidencebased minimally disruptive medicine and shared decision making. Find in minimally disruptive care, evidence-based medicine, and shared decision making the approaches and tools that help fit care for each person. Explain how an approach that considers both the burden of disease and the burden of treatment contributes to patientcentered diabetes care The following link takes you to UBC's announcement and provides directions to register: https:// www.ti.ubc.ca/2020/08/13/sept-23-careful-and-kinddiabetes-care/
CORONA PRECAUTIONS: I went to the bathroom at a restaurant. I washed my hands. Opened the door with my elbow. Raised the toilet seat with my foot. I switched on the water faucet with a tissue. Opened the bathroom door to leave with my elbow. AND when I returned to my table I realized… I forgot to pull up my pants!!!!
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