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Digital Seminar

Preventing Amputation in Patients with Diabetes

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This class is tailored for clinicians seeking to expand their expertise in diabetic food care, with a focus on preventing amputations. Participants will delve into comprehensive strategies for early detection, foot assessment, prevention strategies, and patient education. You will be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to reduce amputation rates among diabetic patients.

Here's What You'll Learn


Diabetes and Foot Ulcers
  • Why and how do the comorbid conditions develop?
  • Risk factors for developing a foot ulcer
  • Tips and approaches for A1c test … finger stick vs. CGM monitor … what does the data mean?
Primary Care Provider
  • Role in evaluating and managing the diabetic foot
  • Guiding principles of care for people with or at risk for developing diabetes
  • Business model of medicine … development and management of comorbid diabetic conditions with a focus on the diabetic foot
Patient Stratification
  • Prediabetes/Type 1/Type 2
  • Reversing and preventing prediabetes … risk factors for type 1 and type 2 diabetes
  • Insulin resistance as a precursor to type 2 diabetes … and how to reverse it
International Working Group on the Diabetic Foot (IWGDF) Criteria
  • IWGDF risk stratification scheme
  • Why categorize patients into one of the four risk groups?
  • Preventing “category creep”
DFU and Amputation
  • Causes of DFU and the relationship between DFU and amputations
  • Charcot foot
  • Neuropathy, Loss of protective sensation (LOPS), PAD, traumatic triggering events, and pedal deformities
Diabetic Foot Exam … Value of the IWGDF foot exam and the components of the exam

Prevention of DFU, Amputations and Risk Mitigation
  • Future of ulcer and amputation prevention

Everything You're Getting


  • More than 2 hours of video content
  • Up to 2.0 CE credits
  • Certificate of completion
  • Handouts and resources

Meet Your Experts


Mark Hinkes, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA, DABFAS

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Mark Hinkes, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA DABFAS is a podiatrist who is board certified by the American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery and by the American Professional Wound Care Association. His experience includes 40+ years providing foot health services in nearly 200,000 patient visits, 20 years in private practice, and 20 years in the Veterans Affairs Medical System as former Chief of Podiatry Section and Chair of the Preservation Amputation Care Treatment (PACT) Program. Dr. Hinkes has a passion for excellence in prevention of the comorbidities of diabetes, especially amputation prevention.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Mark Hinkes is a consultant with Cardiovascular Systems, Inc., Johnson & Johnson Wound Management, and Novartis Pharmaceuticals. He receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. All relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations have been mitigated.
Non-financial: Dr. Mark Hinkes is a blogger with Podiatry Today Magazine and is a member of the American Limb Preservation Society, English Diabetes Footcare Network, the American Podiatric Medical Association, the American Diabetes Association, the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, and the American Professional Wound Care Association.

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Media Type:
Digital Seminar
Product Code:
POS078717
Duration:
2 hours, 4 minutes
Copyright:
Dec 07, 2023
Closed Captions:
Available
Format:
Audio and Video

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