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The Diabetes Referral Pathways provide guidance for the care of people with diabetes. Diabetes pathways show the milestones on a person’s journey from diagnosis through the lifespan of diabetes management. This includes input and advice from a range of health professionals to ensure the person receives best practice, evidence-based diabetes management and care, and is supported through self-management education.
Diabetes Referral Pathways can help general practitioners (GPs), health professionals and people with diabetes navigate diabetes education and management services from the time of diagnosis, including when to seek advice from a Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE).
There are eight Diabetes Referral Pathways for GPs and CDEs to use when providing care to people living with diabetes:
Or download and print our Diabetes Care Pathways brochure for people living with diabetes.
You can also download the Diabetes Referral Pathways: A resource toolkit for GPs here. This toolkit contains all eight pathways for both GPs and people living with diabetes.
Each of these pathways also has a version for you to give to your patients:
Health professionals play an essential role in spreading the word about the Diabetes Referral Pathways and ensuring that people with diabetes see the right health professional at the right time.
A CDE is a health professional with specialist knowledge and expertise in the field of diabetes education, which is vital for teaching people to successfully self-manage their diabetes.
Complementing the clinical and health care support provided by GPs, CDEs provide specialised holistic expertise in diabetes care and management, which is tailored to the person’s individual situation.
Understanding the CDE’s role and when to refer to a CDE helps your patients progress towards diabetes self-management through ongoing education, skills development and reinforcement of positive behaviours at key points in time as their health needs change.
We would like to thank the Expert Reference Group and CDE working party, who generously provided their time, expertise and guidance in developing these Pathways: Professor Jonathan Shaw, Professor Sophia Zoungas, Professor Greg Johnson, Taryn Black, Jan Alford, Shannon Lin, Patricia Marshall, Laura Zimmerman, Nicole McClure, Vicki Owens, Michelle McAlister, Sandra Anstis and Rachel Freeman.
In addition, we would also like to thank our stakeholders for their invaluable input – the RACGP, ADS, ADiPS, APEG, NADC, Diabetes Australia, Dietitians Australia, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Optometry Australia, Australian Podiatry Association, Pharmacy Guild, Exercise and Sports Science Australia.
And finally, we would like to thank the GPs and people living with diabetes who provided feedback on the Pathways and contributed to their development.
The Diabetes Referral Pathways provide guidance for the care of people with diabetes. Diabetes pathways show the milestones on a person’s journey from diagnosis through the lifespan of diabetes management. This includes input and advice from a range of health professionals to ensure the person receives best practice, evidence-based diabetes management and care, and is supported through self-management education.
Diabetes Referral Pathways can help general practitioners (GPs), health professionals and people with diabetes navigate diabetes education and management services from the time of diagnosis, including when to seek advice from a Credentialled Diabetes Educator (CDE).
There are eight Diabetes Referral Pathways for GPs and CDEs to use when providing care to people living with diabetes:
Or download and print our Diabetes Care Pathways brochure for people living with diabetes.
You can also download the Diabetes Referral Pathways: A resource toolkit for GPs here. This toolkit contains all eight pathways for both GPs and people living with diabetes.
Each of these pathways also has a version for you to give to your patients:
Health professionals play an essential role in spreading the word about the Diabetes Referral Pathways and ensuring that people with diabetes see the right health professional at the right time.
A CDE is a health professional with specialist knowledge and expertise in the field of diabetes education, which is vital for teaching people to successfully self-manage their diabetes.
Complementing the clinical and health care support provided by GPs, CDEs provide specialised holistic expertise in diabetes care and management, which is tailored to the person’s individual situation.
Understanding the CDE’s role and when to refer to a CDE helps your patients progress towards diabetes self-management through ongoing education, skills development and reinforcement of positive behaviours at key points in time as their health needs change.
We would like to thank the Expert Reference Group and CDE working party, who generously provided their time, expertise and guidance in developing these Pathways: Professor Jonathan Shaw, Professor Sophia Zoungas, Professor Greg Johnson, Taryn Black, Jan Alford, Shannon Lin, Patricia Marshall, Laura Zimmerman, Nicole McClure, Vicki Owens, Michelle McAlister, Sandra Anstis and Rachel Freeman.
In addition, we would also like to thank our stakeholders for their invaluable input – the RACGP, ADS, ADiPS, APEG, NADC, Diabetes Australia, Dietitians Australia, Pharmaceutical Society of Australia, Optometry Australia, Australian Podiatry Association, Pharmacy Guild, Exercise and Sports Science Australia.
And finally, we would like to thank the GPs and people living with diabetes who provided feedback on the Pathways and contributed to their development.
