Understand the underlying processes involved in diabetes and how changes in insulin production and action contribute to type 2 diabetes.
Learn to recognize, assess and manage hypoglycemia, including practical approaches to preventing and treating low blood sugar.
Review the risks of hypoglycemia while driving and practical guidance for supporting safe driving for people using glucose-lowering therapies.
Explore the recognition and management of severe hyperglycemia, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic state (HHS).
Learn how corticosteroids can affect blood glucose and explore approaches to managing steroid-induced hyperglycemia and diabetes.
Review the main classes of antihyperglycemic medications, their mechanisms of action and considerations for their use in type 2 diabetes.
Explore the role of GLP-1 receptor agonists and dual GIP/GLP-1 therapies in type 2 diabetes, including their benefits and practical considerations.
Learn the fundamentals of insulin injection, including injection sites, technique and practical considerations for supporting patients.
Practical guidance for teaching patients how to safely administer insulin using a non-safety needle tip.
Review safe insulin injection practices using safety needle tips in the hospital setting.
Build an understanding of the principles behind insulin adjustment and how to make appropriate changes based on glucose patterns and individual needs.
Explore the specific considerations involved in adjusting insulin therapy for people with diabetes receiving peritoneal dialysis.
Learn about continuous glucose monitoring, including how CGMs work and how the data can support diabetes management.
xplore insulin pump therapy, hybrid closed-loop systems and automated insulin delivery (AID), including their role in diabetes management.
Explore the concept of type 2 diabetes remission, the evidence behind remission approaches and implications for clinical practice.
These videos have been curated by the British Columbia Diabetes Collaborative.
What is the BC Diabetes Collaborative (BCDC)? It is an interdisciplinary group (physician, nursing, dietitian, pharmacist) who have expertise in diabetes management and wish to share ideas, practices, challenges. It’s a grassroots initiative to create collaboration across the province with the hopes that the BC government creates a formal Diabetes Strategy and a more formal table for us to meet.
The purpose of the group is:
1. Gather stakeholder representatives from across BC to share ideas, initiatives, policies, education and approaches to diabetes management (why re-invent the wheel? Share resources). Topics cover areas pertaining to in-hospital, out-patient and community diabetes management
2. That with this sharing, it can lead to standardization of care (regardless of location, rural/urban)
3. To stimulate discussion and sharing of best practices which can be adapted to individual settings
4. To build professional relationships across the province
5. To partner with the Type 2 Diabetes Network to provide expert advisors for their work in the provincial sector
6. To advocate for improved care with government key decision-makers
7. To create working groups within BCDC to collaborate on projects that would benefit all involved and share the resources