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The PCDSA is a multidisciplinary society with the aim of supporting primary health care professionals to deliver high quality, clinically effective care in order to improve the lives of people with diabetes. The PCDSA will Share best practice in delivering quality diabetes care. Provide high-quality education tailored to health professional needs. Promote and participate in high quality research in diabetes. Disseminate up-to-date, evidence-based information to health professionals. Form partnerships and collaborate with other diabetes related, high level professional organisations committed to the care of people with diabetes. Promote co-ordinated and timely interdisciplinary care. Membership of the PCDSA is free and members get access to a quarterly online journal and continuing professional development activities. Our first annual conference will feature internationally and nationally regarded experts in the field of diabetes. To register, visit our website: www.pcdsa.com.au
Contents Diabetes & Primary Care Australia Volume 2 No 1 2017 Website: www.pcdsa.com.au/journal Editorial Diabetes education 5 Rajna Ogrin reflects on the importance of diabetes education in Australia. From the desktop Patient and practitioner: Flash glucose monitoring 7 Gary Kilov gives a first-hand perspective on using flash glucose monitoring. CPD module Clinical vascular screening of the foot: For life and limb 16 Sylvia McAra, Robert Trevethan, Lexin Wang and Paul Tinley provide guidance to support early detection of peripheral arterial disease using evidence-based clinical tests. Articles Diabetes education: Essential but underfunded in Australia 10 Mark Kennedy and Trisha Dunning explain why more is required to improve and provide diabetes education. Antimicrobial management of diabetic foot infection 25 Roy Rasalam, Caroline McIntosh and Aonghus O’Loughlin provides an overview of the current evidence for diagnosis and management of diabetic foot infections in practice. What primary care clinicians should know about fenofibrate for people with diabetes 30 Alicia J Jenkins, Andrzej S Januszewski, Emma S Scott and Anthony C Keech review fenofibrate's mechanisms of action, proven clinical benefits in type 2 diabetes and practical aspects of its prescription. GLP-1 receptor analogues – a practical guide to initiation 35 Ralph Audehm and Laura Dean provide a practical guide to initiating glucagon-like peptide 1 analogues in people with type 2 diabetes. Editor-in-Chief Rajna Ogrin Senior Research Fellow, RDNS Institute, St Kilda, Vic Associate Editor Gary Kilov Practice Principal, The Seaport Practice, and Senior Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tas Editorial Board Ralph Audehm GP Director, Dianella Community Health, and Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic Werner Bischof Periodontist, and Associate Professor, LaTrobe University, Bendigo, Vic Laura Dean Course Director of the Graduate Certificate in Pharmacy Practice, Monash University, Vic Nicholas Forgione Principal, Trigg Health Care Centre, Perth, WA John Furler Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Vic Mark Kennedy Medical Director, Northern Bay Health, Geelong, and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic Peter Lazzarini Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Qld Roy Rasalam Head of Clinical Skills and Medical Director, James Cook University, and Clinical Researcher, Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Qld Suzane Ryan Practice Principal, Newcastle Family Practice, Newcastle, NSW Editor Olivia Tamburello Editorial Manager Richard Owen Publisher Simon Breed © OmniaMed SB and the Primary Care Diabetes Society of Australia Published by OmniaMed SB, 1–2 Hatfields, London SE1 9PG, UK All rights reserved. No part of this journal may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, by any means, electronic or mechanic, including photocopying, recording or any information retrieval system, without the publisher’s permission. ISSN 2397-2254 Diabetes & Primary Care Australia Vol 2 No 1 2017 3
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