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Contents<br />
Diabetes<br />
& Primary Care Australia<br />
Volume 2 No 1 2017<br />
Website: www.pcdsa.com.au/journal<br />
Editorial<br />
Diabetes education 5<br />
Rajna Ogrin reflects on the importance of diabetes education in Australia.<br />
From the desktop<br />
Patient and practitioner: Flash glucose monitoring 7<br />
Gary Kilov gives a first-hand perspective on using flash glucose monitoring.<br />
CPD module<br />
Clinical vascular screening of the foot: For life and limb 16<br />
Sylvia McAra, Robert Trevethan, Lexin Wang and Paul Tinley provide guidance to support early detection of peripheral arterial disease<br />
using evidence-based clinical tests.<br />
Articles<br />
Diabetes education: Essential but underfunded in Australia 10<br />
Mark Kennedy and Trisha Dunning explain why more is required to improve and provide diabetes education.<br />
Antimicrobial management of diabetic foot infection 25<br />
Roy Rasalam, Caroline McIntosh and Aonghus O’Loughlin provides an overview of the current evidence for diagnosis and<br />
management of diabetic foot infections in practice.<br />
What primary care clinicians should know about fenofibrate for people with diabetes 30<br />
Alicia J Jenkins, Andrzej S Januszewski, Emma S Scott and Anthony C Keech review fenofibrate's mechanisms of action,<br />
proven clinical benefits in type 2 diabetes and practical aspects of its prescription.<br />
GLP-1 receptor analogues – a practical guide to initiation 35<br />
Ralph Audehm and Laura Dean provide a practical guide to initiating glucagon-like peptide 1 analogues in people with type 2 diabetes.<br />
Editor-in-Chief<br />
Rajna Ogrin<br />
Senior Research Fellow, RDNS Institute, St Kilda, Vic<br />
Associate Editor<br />
Gary Kilov<br />
Practice Principal, The Seaport Practice, and Senior<br />
Lecturer, University of Tasmania, Launceston, Tas<br />
Editorial Board<br />
Ralph Audehm<br />
GP Director, Dianella Community Health, and<br />
Associate Professor, University of Melbourne,<br />
Melbourne, Vic<br />
Werner Bischof<br />
Periodontist, and Associate Professor, LaTrobe<br />
University, Bendigo, Vic<br />
Laura Dean<br />
Course Director of the Graduate Certificate in<br />
Pharmacy Practice, Monash University, Vic<br />
Nicholas Forgione<br />
Principal, Trigg Health Care Centre, Perth, WA<br />
John Furler<br />
Principal Research Fellow and Associate Professor,<br />
University of Melbourne, Vic<br />
Mark Kennedy<br />
Medical Director, Northern Bay Health, Geelong, and<br />
Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, University of<br />
Melbourne, Melbourne, Vic<br />
Peter Lazzarini<br />
Senior Research Fellow, Queensland University of<br />
Technology, Brisbane, Qld<br />
Roy Rasalam<br />
Head of Clinical Skills and Medical Director,<br />
James Cook University, and Clinical Researcher,<br />
Townsville Hospital, Townsville, Qld<br />
Suzane Ryan<br />
Practice Principal, Newcastle Family Practice,<br />
Newcastle, NSW<br />
Editor<br />
Olivia Tamburello<br />
Editorial Manager<br />
Richard Owen<br />
Publisher<br />
Simon Breed<br />
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ISSN 2397-2254<br />
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