1. Baker IDI Education Services Team

2. Strategies for Education & Training
Delivery of expert diabetes care
Health promotion, capacity building / workforce development
Development of resources for clients, carers and health professionals
Clinical research focusing on education service delivery

3. Health Professional Training & Education
Programs held at Baker IDI
Intensive programs
Workshops
Corporate Training
Annual symposium with Diabetes Australia Victoria
External training eg. Royal District Nursing Services, Deakin University Victoria, Mayfield Education Centre, Melbourne Victoria,

4. Further Education & Training
Lifestyle modification program delivered nationally to facilitators – Reset for Life
Intensive and comprehensive education program for allied health professionals from around Australia and NZ
Online education program for GP’s in collaboration with Monash University
Postgraduate lecture program and Clinical placement for undergraduate and postgraduate
Collateral - Carbohydrate counting resource, pump information booklet, The Shopper’s guide to healthy foods, Living with Type 2 Diabetes, Flex IT booklet for people with Type 1 Diabetes, ED Assessment & Clinical Pathway and healthy food labeling tips card

5. Baker IDI -Health Promotion Plan
Capacity Building
Promotion of Physical Activity
Healthy Eating
Prevention of Diabetes

6. Health Promotion Activities
Reset - Lifestyle Modification Program
Satellite education clinics, providing one on one and group programs
Lift for Life (Strength training for people at of or with type 2 diabetes )

7. Commercial Projects
Self management programs -with the aim of complications prevention
Australian GP Network – on line education packages
Education Tools development

8. Direct Client Care Education Programs
Individual consultations with a diabetes educator, dietician or counsellor
Pre-diabetes
Type 1 Diabetes
Type 2 Diabetes
Ambulatory stabilisation on to insulin
Continous Glucose Monitoring Systems
Continous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion stabilisation
Weight management
Carbohydrate counting

9. Direct Client Care Education Programs
Group education programs
BALANCE Type 2 diabetes management program
FlexIT Flexible insulin therapy for Type 1 diabetes
Supermarket tours
Introduction to Pump therapy
Preparation for Pump therapy

10. Quality Improvement Baker IDI have achieved 3 year accreditation
QICSA – Quality Improvement Community Service Accreditation

11. Research Projects
Review Paper on diabetes prevention programs published in Therapy (International Journal)
Pre and Post pump CGMS study
Pumps vs. Intensive MDI ed programs retrospective study
Effect of fermented vs. non-fermented diary products on lipid levels (Dairy Board)
Sustagen and efficacy for use in people with diabetes (Nestle)
Presentations and posters at ADEA/ADS
Commencement of ongoing evaluation of programs

12. Academic and Clinical Partnerships
Provide services at Local Private Hospital
Provide lectures to students enrolled in Mayfield Certificate of Diabetes Education, Royal District Nursing Service
Provide clinical placement for students from Mayfield, Deakin, Latrobe, and Monash
Mark assignments for Diabetes module of Master of Family Medicine, Monash University

13. Broader Partnerships and Collaboration
Community Health Service
Divisions of GP
Diabetes Australia - Victoria
Education Institutes

14. Priorities for change in diabetes education and management
Prevention of type 2 diabetes
Capacity Building and improve allied health professional diabetes management and educational skills
Development of education programs and resources for clients, carers and health professionals
Fostering the integration of heart disease and diabetes research, education and management
Partnerships and collaboration with Primary Care Providers, and other organizations including divisions of GP’s
Committed consumer empowerment through greater consultation with consumer