Join this webinar series and interact with CDEs from different primary disciplines to understand the role and scope of practice for Credentialled Diabetes Educators in Australia.
This webinar series is designed to reflect the position of the unique and integral role of CDEs in enabling people with diabetes manage their condition and as part of the multidisciplinary diabetes care team.
Alison Choy Flannigan (NSW): Head of Health, Life Sciences and Aged Care Group, Holman Webb Lawyers
Olivia King (VIC): Podiatrist CDE
Rachel McKeown (NSW): Professional Services Manager, ADEA
Cynthia Porter (WA): Dietitian CDE
Nicole completed her Bachelor of Pharmacy in 1996 at CURTIN University WA. Her pharmacy experience includes hospital and community pharmacy and roles in teaching. To continue to provide and expand patient care with a focus on Quality Use of medicines further study was required and Nicole gained accreditation with the Australian Association of Consultant Pharmacy. This experience was valuable when working for the National Prescribing Service providing educational visits to general practitioners and allied health.Nicole is currently employed at GP down south where in the last 5 years a diabetes service has been implemented in general practice. To enable to expand this service Nicole became a credentialed diabetes educator. The experience and knowledge gained as a diabetes educator has been invaluable in the HMR (Home Medicine Reviews) and RMMRs (Residential Medication Management Reviews) that Nicole provides as a consultant pharmacist. Due to increasing demand Nicole also provided private diabetes clinics.
Michelle Robins has been working as a Credentialled Diabetes Educator for 22 years in services that have included tertiary hospitals and community health both in Victoria and Queensland.She has worked on 40 diabetes-related committees and working parties, presented at national and international conferences, more than 100 workshops and seminars and contributed chapters to several books.
Michelle currently is employed as the Nurse Practitioner Diabetes at Northern Health and is member of the Deakin University Conjoint Academic staff.
She has produced several clinical guidelines and position statements for the Australian Diabetes Educators Association, and in 2010 received the Jan Baldwin Award to recognise and reward excellence in a holistic approach to diabetes education and care.
CPD points
Completion of this webinar series allows you to claim 3 CPD points under Category 1 – Clinical Practice for your next credentialling application.
Contact us
Contact webadmin@adea.com.au if you need any further details on this webinar series.
If you have any questions on this topic, please post below and we will discuss some of those questions during the panel discussion.