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Welcome to 'not ARTIFICIALLY Sweetened', Episode 21

This Episode is brought to you in support of diabetes awareness and advocacy by Wyndford Holiday Farm, an idyllic family owned and run destination near Fouriesburg in the beautiful Eastern Free State. Wyndford scores 9.2/10 on Booking.com and 5/5 on TripAdvisor, so book your full board or room only stay now!

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If you're living with diabetes or a health professional that facilitates diabetes care, you're in the right place!

Join us on our journey, as we grow together in understanding, insight, and self-awareness to change lives for the better. Our deliberations will always be honest, challenging and thought provoking. Nothing is off the table as we discuss real people, their real issues and stories, and together discover real answers to many vexing practical issues in diabetes and its care.

This week Stan shares some insights from a medical education conference he attended in Cardiff, UK - ‘Learning together for Clinical Excellence’. These insights will inform the programme for the 25th CDE Postgraduate Forum in Diabetes Management to be held from 27 - 29 October 2023 at the Maslow Hotel in Sandton. Stan also shares an emerging concept of ‘One Health’, which helps us to understand the profound health interactions between man, the environment and animals.

Our studio guest is Sr Buyelwa Majikela-Dlangamandla, a highly experienced diabetes specialist nurse currently working as a Diabetes Clinical Coordinator in the Division of Diabetes Medicine and Endocrinology at the University of Cape Town.

We discuss:

• Buyelwa’s journey to and passion for becoming a diabetes educator
• The lack of recognition and formal career pathing for nurses specialising in diabetes despite a great need for their services
• The role of the nurse educator in multi-disciplinary team care in diabetes
• How specialisation takes time, self-awareness, continuous learning and much learning from people with diabetes
• Clinical lessons from the ‘One Health’ concept and social determinants of health and the importance of nurse-led assessment and care
• Buyelwa’s diabetes advocacy efforts across much of South Africa, including ‘Agents for Change’
• Change in diabetes care ‘begins with me’
• The importance of communication skills in facilitating change - ‘RULE’ and the ‘guiding sky’
• The immense legacy of Linoia Pullen in diabetes advocacy
• The roles of community health workers and traditional healers in the wider diabetes care team
• The ‘treasures’ of diabetes specialist nurses
• How much still needs to be done…

Our next Community Advocacy Message is an introduction to SA Diabetes Advocacy by Kirsten de Klerk.

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For health professionals working in diabetes

The CDE Academy Foundation Course in Diabetes Care for Health Professionals is a real-world-applicable online learning experience at one’s own pace. Access it 24/7/365 & earn 30 CPD points: https://academy.cdeonline.co.za/

Learna/University of South Wales offer a one-year, online, part-time, distance learning Postgraduate Diploma in Diabetes Care. Sign up for a second year to earn an MSc in Diabetes. Gain a competitive edge and enhance your client care! Register for the annual September intake: ⁠https://www.diploma-msc.com/p/diploma-in-diabetes⁠