Bridging the Gap with Education: WVU Extension Service Diabetes Symposium and Workshop - 2006
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Call for Abstracts! Submissions Due: September 8

 

Schedule

 

Tuesday, October 17

Afternoon

Conference Planning Committee Meeting

Hospitality Suite

5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Pre-conference Area

6:00 p.m.

Dine-Arounds

Local Restaurants

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Wednesday, October 18

7:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.

Conference Registration

Pre-conference Area

8:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Pre-conference Workshop # 1

Polonsky and Brackenridge "The Forgotten Rule of Diabetes Education: Keep Your Patients Awake (and Interested!)”

Salon C

 

Pre-conference Workshop #2

Franz and Stuart

“Nutrition and Medical Therapy. Changes Over the Continuum of Diabetes”

Salon A

 

Pre-conference Workshop #3

Cornell and Elswick

“Improving Medication Adherence”

Salon B

1:15 p.m.

Conference Opening Session

Salon D and E

1:30 p.m.

David Katz – The Rising Tide of Diabesity: Stacking Sand Bags to Stop the Flood

Salon D and E

2:30 p.m.

Break

Pre-conference Area

3:00 p.m.

Marion Franz – Metabolic Syndrome: Many Names, Many Questions

Salon D and E

3:40 p.m.

 

William PolonskyCritical Strategies for Promoting Diabetes Self-Care in Clinical Practice

Salon D and E

4:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Academic posters

Pre-conference area

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Commercial Exhibit Expo/Gala Reception

Salon A, B, and C

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Thursday, October 19

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Conference Registration

Pre-conference Area

8:00 a.m.

Joe Eyring – "Diabetes, Colorectal Cancer and Prevention"

Salon D and E

9:00 a.m.

Betty Brackenridge – Type 1 Diabetes: The Gorilla at the Family Symphony

Salon D and E

10:00 a.m.

Break

Pre-conference Area

10:30 a.m.

Leanord Jack – Primary Prevention of Diabetes: A CDC Response

Salon D and E

11:30 a.m.

Jerry Palmer – Prevention of Macrovascular Disease in Patients with Diabetes

Salon D and E

12:30 p.m.

Lunch (provided)

 

1:45 p.m.

Susan Cornell – Strategies and Considerations for Treating Older Adults with Diabetes

Salon D and E

2:45 p.m.

Break

Pre-conference area

3:00 p.m.

Short Oral Presentations

Conference Rooms 224 – 230

 

Joe Unger and Julie Flemming – Foot Care and Foot Wear

(90 minute workshop)

Salon C

4:30 p.m.

Adjourn

 

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Friday, October 20

7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m.

Conference Registration

Pre-conference Area

8:30 a.m.

Tim Church – The Myths of Exercise: Separating Fact from Fiction

Salon D and E

9:30 a.m.

Cristoforo Larzo – Management of Diabetic Eye Disease

Salon D and E

10:30 a.m.

Break and Hotel check-out

Pre-conference Area

 

 

 

11:15 a.m.

Conference wrap-up

Guen Brown

Salon D and E

11:45 a.m.

Adjourn

CEU certificates available

Salon D and E

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Questions?
Contact: Guen Brown
605 Knapp Hall | Morgantown, WV 26506-6031
(304) 293-2694 ext. 3424
   

Updated: October 5, 2006

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