24-25 Impact Report: Building Capacity

Building Capacity

In collaboration with Dr. Jeremy Gilbert, the TDCC Endocrinology Lead, and our New Hires Program Partners, Gail MacNeill and Leigh Caplan (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre), we continue to offer capacity-building programs for clinicians who are new to providing diabetes care, as well as for those who have been supporting people with diabetes for many years.

Endocrinology Consult Sessions:

  • An opportunity for clinicians to bring individual cases and questions for consult with an endocrinologist

Offered 4 consult sessions this year with an average attendance of 53 clinicians per session

 

  • As a result of attending these sessions, evaluations showed:

100% increased knowledge 99% increased skills 98% increased confidence in supporting people with diabetes

  • An additional 5 individual consult requests with Dr. Gilbert were facilitated through TDCC
Engaging “Dr Gilbert does a great job engaging the group -sessions are packed with great info and practical tips -Dr Gilbert is very respectful to the role of diabetes educators”
Improving Knowledge “The most helpful thing for me is when Dr. Gilbert provides teaching around how to approach cases and how other medical conditions or medications affect the management of diabetes…I pick up a few of these tidbits of knowledge in each session and it has really helped my practice.”

“Great clinical pearls to use in practice”

“Place to learn in a fun and stress free way”
Case-based learning “Sharing of real patient cases and hearing expert thoughts on how to manage is helpful to keep in mind for future potential pt cases I may encounter.”
Flexibility “The current session format and platform works extremely well to get the most with limited amount of time during the work day. The complexity of cases are really good as well making for a great group discussion.”

New Hires Program:

  • Annual program designed to support new diabetes educators to increase their competence and confidence to provide diabetes self-management education and care
  • Developed and run in partnership with Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Mount Sinai Hospital
  • 16 participants completed the 2024 program, including RNs, RDs, a RSW and a family physician
  • The continued virtual format has enabled participants from outside Toronto Region to participate
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