BSPED2015 e-Posters Diabetes (47 abstracts)
CYPWMDN diabetes awareness education for schools – regional study day
Marie Atkins 1 , Lesley Drummond 2 , Waseema Azam 2 , Louise Collins 2 , Victoria Howard 3 , Deborah McCausland 4 , Raphaella McEwan 5 , Andy Orzechowska 6 , Alison Peasgood 5 , Chris Rumney 7 , Paitra Sparkes 5 & Becky Woods 4
1Children and Young People’s West Midlands Diabetes Network, West Midlands, UK; 2Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK; 3Worcester Acute Hospitals NHS Trust, Worcester, Worcestershire, UK; 4Walsall Healthcare NHS Trust, Walsall, West Midlands, UK; 5Heart of England NHS Foundation Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK; 6University Hospitals of Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, Coventry, West Midlands, UK; 7Birmingham Community NHS Trust, Birmingham, West Midlands, UK.
With the increase in incidence of type 1 diabetes in children and young people (CYP) and the use of intensive insulin therapies, paediatric diabetes teams are under increasing pressure to support school staff with the day to day management of their pupils with diabetes. The CYPWMDN have developed a study day to provide basic diabetes awareness education to all school staff in the West Midlands (WM) region. This work also meets the training and support responsibilities of diabetes teams in line with the statutory guidance for schools governing bodies, ‘Supporting Pupils at School with Medical Conditions’, (DfE, 2014).
The aims of this project have been to provide school staff with an awareness of:
i) All stakeholders responsibilities of managing a CYP with diabetes in school.
ii) The difference between Types 1 and 2 diabetes.
iii) Causes, signs and symptoms of diabetes.
iv) Treatment options.
vi) How to manage acute complications – hypo and hyperglycaemia.
vii) Dietary requirements – carbohydrate counting.
viii) Insulin pump therapy.
ix) Have a basic understanding of the practicalities of insulin administration and blood glucose/ketone monitoring.
To date we have run events, attended by over 136 school staff delegates and attended by over 82 schools in the WM Region. The group believe that this programme can be delivered by any team nationally with minimal need for training and/or explanation in to its use thus minimising development, planning provision and evaluation time.
Raising staff awareness of diabetes with school staff, improving their knowledge and confidence around diabetes can only enhance the experience of families with CYP with diabetes when they are dealing with the anxieties of a new diagnosis or a start/change in school/teacher. Parental confidence in the schools capabilities to care for their child throughout the school day is fundamental in both the emotional wellbeing and physical health of the child and parent.
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