Introduction to the Type 1 Education Network David Cavan

Background Before 2000, structured education for adults with type 1 diabetes was almost non-existent in the UK DAFNE trial of German course in 3 centres (1 week programme) Bournemouth adapted similar programme delivered 1 day each week for 4 weeks

Basic Principles Insulin treatment should fit around lifestyle and not vice versa Patients can eat what they like, when they like They need to know how to vary insulin dose according to carbohydrate intake, exercise and other factors

Dusseldorf DAFNE Original Insight Oxford Jigsaw Portsmouth USA New DAFNE centres TIFA Torquay Guernsey USA BERTIE Bournemouth High Wycombe Windsor DAFNE training BIDAC training “Family Tree” 2003

Type 1 Education Network - objectives To support centres in delivering high quality self-management education for Type 1 diabetes To support centres in accessing appropriate staff training To enable centres to share best practice and learn from each other To develop common evaluation criteria to facilitate quality assurance

First meeting: May 2003: Presentations from Guernsey DAFNE Oxford (Insight) Portsmouth (Jigsaw) Torquay (TIFA) Bournemouth (BERTIE) York (BITES)

Since……. Twice yearly meetings (Oxford, Leicester, London, Newcastle, Peterborough) Regional meetings November 2006 Northern Ireland network May 2007 Membership 360 on list 204 ‘signed up’ members 50+ centres providing structured education

Achievements Common contents of programme Common evaluation criteria using DAFNE database Type 1 Workbook Mission Statement Philosophy Regional Networks National Conference

DH / NICE Criteria 2005 Structured education programmes must Have a written curriculum Have trained educators Be quality assured (including peer review) Be audited

Mission Statement “To support teams in integrating structured education for children and adults with diabetes into their service, by providing a framework for curriculum development, educator training, quality assurance and audit which meets the Department of Health criteria”

Meeting NICE criteria Workshops to discuss –Learning theories –Curriculum development –Quality assurance –Peer review

1 st Annual Conference An opportunity for centres across the UK to showcase their diabetes education programmes Type 1 and type 2 diabetes workshops and poster presentations