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Zeinab said:
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I have joined this forum as I am a HCP working in field of Diabetes. I hope to gain knowledge on this platform and develop my insight.
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Welcome to the forum.
Having a look around the forum and the DUK site will point you to lots of information and links which should be useful to to to support others, however don't forget that everybody is different in how their body copes with carbohydrates and what dietary regime is suitable will depend on the medication they may have been prescribed.
In many people's eyes diabetes is lumped together as if it is a single condition whereas it is not and each Type will need to be managed differently.
What you will see from looking around the forum is people handle a diagnosis very differently and some need more support than others. People can receive very different level of support from their GP surgery from something very good to virtually none at all.
 
Hi and welcome.... :hello:🙂
 
Hi @Zeinab and welcome to the forum. I echo the sentiments of the other posters. Good to see HCPs joining us to see the common issues raised by those of us living with diabetes.
 
And a warm welcome from me too @Zeinab 🙂 . As mentioned there are so many of us on the Forum and it's really encouraging when an HCP wants to gain knowledge from those who manage the condition every day with all it's ups and downs!
 
Zeinab said:
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I have joined this forum as I am a HCP working in field of Diabetes. I hope to gain knowledge on this platform and develop my insight.
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Great to have you on here. Loads of experience to tap into with any questions that arise.
 
Welcome to the forum @Zeinab

If you read around the forum you’ll quickly glean just how individual diabetes can be, and how an approach that works well for one person may not give the same positive results, or even work at all for another.

It’s one of the things that makes diabetes so tricky to manage as an individual, and such a challenge for HCPs to offer advice on!
 
welcome to the forum @Zeinab
some say everyday is a school day
 
Anyone got advice about best places to look at for teaching material on blood glucose monitoring please?
 
Zeinab said:
Anyone got advice about best places to look at for teaching material on blood glucose monitoring please?
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If you look on line you will find the instruction manual for most of the monitors you can buy and YouTube videos about taking a finger prick sample. Also you will find videos on how to use CGMs like the Libre.
However it is important to include the various reasons for why people may want/need to test as that may be quite different depending on what Diabetes Type people are and what medication they take.
Monitoring can be both regular checks like the HbA1C or moment in time testing from finger pricks or CGM.
You need to identify your audience, who is it aimed at.
The main DUK site has sections on various types of testing and what they tell you and what they mean.
 
Zeinab said:
Anyone got advice about best places to look at for teaching material on blood glucose monitoring please?
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I think @Leadinglights has covered this. You, @Zeinab, seem to be asking how long is a piece of string?

When I was lecturing/ instructing/ teaching (and the 3 need their own techniques) I found the essential start point was to remind myself who my target audience was, thus what was the requirement: a generic "round-up" or overview of what exists, detailed applications with hands on demonstrations or something in between.

Sometimes an introduction to a topic would benefit from some "history" of why and how we'd got to the present status, particularly if my target audience had a wide age range or varied previous experience of the subject.

What are your teaching requirements @Zeinab? Or are you just generically wanting to improve your own understanding of blood glucose monitoring? If the latter, then there is an excellent post and thread pinned one from the top to this Newbies section about the "Numbers" associated with BG testing:

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Thread 'Blood glucose numbers - what do they mean?'

Can someone explain the numbers system to measure blood sugar levels please?
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So much confusion starts because sometimes discussions start from misunderstanding what the BG numbers are telling them.
 
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