Management of Type 2 Diabetes course
This session aims to outline the management of type 2 diabetes in children and young people.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this session you will be able to:
- Outline the management goals of type 2 diabetes
- Explain the use of metformin in children and young people with type 2 diabetes
- Describe the other drugs used in type 2 diabetes management
- Explain the differences in management for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
This session outlines the management of type 2 diabetes in children and young people (CYP).
Before commencing this session you should:
Complete all the sessions from Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and Ongoing Management of Type 1 Diabetes
Jan is National GRID Trainee in Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes at the Children’s Hospital in Birmingham and NIHR Academic Lecturer at the University of Birmingham.
He has been awarded with a PhD on his thesis on the molecular regulation of androgen biosynthesis in 2015.
He is interested in androgen excess and deficiency conditions, obesity and early markers of metabolic disease progression.
Dr Chizo Agwu. MBBS, MRCP, PCME, MSc, FRCPCH is also an Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer/Deputy Admissions Tutor at University of Birmingham and RCPCH Principal Regional Examiner for West Midlands.
Other International/National Roles related to diabetes include:
- Member Executive Advisory council of ISPAD (International Society for Paediatric and Adolescent Diabetes)
- Paediatric Section Editor: Diabetes Digest Journal
- Member NICE Guideline Development Group: Diabetes Foot 2013 to March 2015
- Immediate Past National Chairman, Association of Children’s Diabetes Clinicians UK
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