SFEIES24 Poster Presentations Diabetes & Metabolism (68 abstracts)
Clinical audit on awareness among doctors of a county hospital navan on diabetes and rules of driving
Arzoo Sardar 1 , Azher Nawaz Khan 1 , Muhammad Akram Khan 1 , Hamza Sajjad 1 , Caoimhe C. Ryan 1 , Mohammed Faraz Rafey 1,2 & Shabahat Shah 1
1Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Our Lady’s Hospital Navan, Navan, Ireland; 2Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland
Introduction: Hypo-glycaemia awareness and education on rules of driving are paramount in patients who are on regular insulin and are driving currently. It is the responsibility of the prescribing physician to make sure that patients who are prescribed insulin are educated on the rules of driving.
Aim: To assess and educate the doctors of a county hospital, on implications of hypo-glycaemia on driving and to update them on the national driving licence service’s (NDLS) guidelines in Ireland.
Methods: We designed a questionnaire, based on the NDLS guidelines for recognition and management of hypo-glycaemia, and asked all the doctors in the hospital to answer the questionnaire, then educated them in the grand rounds of the hospital. We then requested them to fill the questionnaire again after a month of education to assess for improvement.
Results: Audit was conducted in November 2023, in which 42 doctors participated, with an average score of 70% correct answers, in which the medical department had an average score of 72%, surgical department of 64% and emergency department of 70.6%. Post education in December 2023, we conducted a re-audit in January 2024. 39 doctors participated in the re-audit and scored an average of 72%, with medicine departments average score of 72.9%, surgical departments score of 67.9% and emergency departments score of 75.3%.
Conclusion: This audit demonstrated an improvement in knowledge around educating patients on hypo-glycaemia and driving with a simple once off intervention of education of one hour in grand-rounds of a county hospital, highlighting the need for continual education around this topic.
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