CPD: Diabetic Neuropathy: SENSE the BURNING need to learn more

Jeremy Gilbert, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Endocrinologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.

Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee.
Aaron Izenberg, MD, FRCSC, Neurologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.

Jean-Marie Ekoé, MD, CSPQ, PD, Professor of Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism and Nutrition, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Montréal, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal, Quebec.

Jean-François Yale, MD, CSPQ, FRCPC, Endocrinologist, Royal Victoria Hospital, Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.

McGill CPD representative.
James Obaji, MD, CCFP, Family Physician, Toronto, ON.

Peter J. Lin, MD, CCFP, Director, Primary Care Initiatives, Canadian Heart Research Centre, Associate Editor, Elsevier WebPortal - PracticeUpdate Primary Care, Medical Director LinCorp Medical Inc.

Carl Fournier, MD, CCFP, Family Physician, Montréal, Québec.

Aaron Izenberg, MD, FRCSC, Neurologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.

Jeremy Gilbert, MD, FRCPC, Associate Professor, University of Toronto, Endocrinologist, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, ON.

This learning program has been developed for primary care physicians, educators, and other health care professionals.

  • It’s best viewed with accompanying video and voice-over narration.
  • This program runs in a sequence, and is accompanied by pre- and post-test quizzes, as well as informative illustrations and animations.
  • You may pause, rewind, or fast-forward at any point.
  • Slides with animations will pause automatically; to view the animation press Play on the video itself; to continue to the next slide press Next on the slides viewer controls.
  • After completing this program, at the end of the presentation from the Appendix page, you will be offered to download the “Certificate of Participation.”
After participating in the 4-part online CPD Program, physicians should be able to:
  • Review the various microvascular and macrovascular complications of diabetes.
  • Differentiate between various stages of the complications of diabetes.
  • Describe the importance of early diagnosis and screening for complications of diabetes.
  • Choose the most appropriate treatment for various complications of diabetes including lifestyle modification, medications and other management.

After participating in this online CPD module, physicians should be able to:
  • Describe the different types of diabetic neuropathy.
  • Explain the mechanism by which hyperglycemia can lead to peripheral neuropathy.
  • Recognize risk factors for developing peripheral diabetic neuropathy.
  • Comprehend management strategies for treating diabetic peripheral neuropathy.
This one-credit-per-hour Self-Learning program meets the certification criteria of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and has been certified by the Office of Continuing Professional Development, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University for up to 1.5 Mainpro+ certified credits.

Certification period: January 27, 2021 – January 27, 2022
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This program has received an educational grant from Merck Canada Inc.

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