Diabetes Management across Time Zones - Live Webinar

About the event

This course is provided by College Education and Training, a business unit of Pharmaceutical Society of New Zealand Inc.

Presented by:

Dr Manish Khanolkar

Dr Khanolkar is a Specialist Physician and Endocrinologist with a special interest in Diabetes working at Auckland City Hospital, Greenlane Clinical Centre and in private rooms at Ponsonby Specialist Centre.

Following his post-graduation in Medicine (MD, TN Medical college, 1999), he moved to the UK to work in the NHS. After his General Medical training (MRCP-UK, 2002), he completed his specialist training in Diabetes and Endocrinology from the Wales Deanery (CCT Diabetes & Endocrinology- UK, 2009). Over the course of his specialist training, his research work entitled ‘The effects of insulin sensitizing therapy on platelet, vascular function and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes mellitus’ was accepted for MD (Cardiff University, 2009). He remains on the Specialist register of the General Medical Council, UK.

He moved to Auckland in 2009 where he works as a Specialist Physician with Auckland DHB. Besides his clinical work, he continues his research interests in collaboration with the University of Auckland and the Human Nutrition unit. He is also an active teacher at the medical school.

Course Information:

On completion of this course, pharmacists will be able to:

• Describe factors influencing glycaemic management of the traveller with Diabetes Mellitus.
• Describe how to develop a pre-travel checklist highlighting key issues to discuss with the Diabetes subject.
• Discuss specific advice on insulin management when travelling across time zones.

Assessment:

Pharmacists must achieve an 80% pass mark in order to complete the course.

One learning package must be purchased for each individual to complete the course.

Group 1: 2 points – for listening to the webinar but not doing the assessment, or

Group 2: 4 points – for completion and submission of assessment questions (80% pass mark required).

Pre reading is not assessed. Allocate Group 1 points based on one point per hour.

Non Member Registration

Non PSNZ members can register for this event. Please note you will need to register as a user on the PSNZ website before you can register to attend the event. Look for the "New user? Register now" option at the bottom of the Login screen.

Cancellation and Refund Policy:

Payment must be received before your course materials will be made available to you. Confirmation and how to access the course materials will be forwarded to your preferred email address once your registration has been processed.

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Cancellation more than seven days before the webinar:

A full refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation between two and seven days before the webinar:

A 50% refund is available. This amount may be refunded, or transferred to another course or another person.

Cancellation the day before, the day of, or after the webinar:

No refund available.

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Declaration:

By enrolling in this training, you are confirming that all work undertaken within this training programme and assessment answers are your own. If there are grounds to believe that cheating or plagiarism has occurred, we will investigate and your work may be disallowed and you will be unable to complete the training.