This is a non-promotional pre-recorded educational video commissioned by Dermatonics to be used during 'lunchtime meetings' with healthcare professionals (HCPs).
(See documentation provided with this application for a link to the video - available to access on YouTube).
The audience is community and primary care HCPs.
Content: the diabetic foot – understanding the risk factors with a prevention focus
Presented by Gareth Hicks, podiatrist and educator for DUET diabetes
Underpinned by national guidelines and best practice.
Summary
A short presentation: understanding the risk factors associated with developing diabetic foot ulcers and what can be done in general practice.
Each HCP attending the educational meeting is firstly asked to complete a short 'confidence survey', which is then repeated at the end of the session. This allows for their own self-reflection (see documentation submitted with this application).
Setting the scene - sharing some stats regarding diabetic foot ulcers and amputation rates / survival rates
Highlight the importance of 'education, communication & collaboration' for both HCPs as well as for people living with diabetes
Share the risk factors as stated in national guidelines (such as NG19, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence)
Briefly cover the equipment required and what a diabetic foot screening risk examination entails (such as palpation of pulses and sensory neuropathy check)
Explain the Scottish 'diabetic foot risk stratification and triage model widely adopted across the UK
Stress the importance of early referral using recent data from the National Diabetes Footcare Audit
Set out the action to take dependent on level of risk for a person developing a diabetic foot ulcer/problem
Highlight how vital it is for callus not to be ignored and explain the term 'pre-ulcerative callus'
Explain what good daily footcare entails, the importance of explaining this to people living with diabetes and expand on moisturisers, their active ingredient as well as footwear advice to give people living with diabetes
Finish with a reminder of the benefit of 'education, communication & collaboration' and share the acronym 'CPR for feet'.
