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March 13-14, 2010--The University of Virginia Health System presents the 'Weekend Warrior' Mini-Nutrition Support Traineeship.  This program covers a variety of issues in nutrition support, including enteral and parenteral nutrition, fluid and electrolytes, feeding the obese patient, feeding the post surgical patient and more. 

For more information on this program and other educational opportunities including webinars and week-long traineeships, please visit:    http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/digestive-health/nutrition/education.cfm or contact Stacey McCray at sf8n@virginia.edu.

Sugar Is Not a Poison, Presented by Vanderbilt Diabetes Research & Training Center

The Dietitian's Role in Diabetes Management: A Diabetes Workshop for Dietitians.

Speakers:

Dianne Davis, RD, LDN, CDE - has extensive experience in intensive management of type 1, type2 and gestational diabetes as well as health promotion and weight management

Becky Gregory, MS, RD, LDN, CDE - has many years of experience in clinical management of patients with type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes

This 2-day 'hands-on' workshop is designed to prepare dietitians for their role as an integral part of the diabetes team. The workshop provides guided exercises that simulate patient encounters.

Topics covered include:

• alternative meal planning strategies
• strategies for nutrition with meds
• working with blood glucose records
• a systematic approach to helping patients with behavior change.

The workshop has been presented to 1081 registered dietitians in 32 locations since it began in 1994.

Cost: $260 for normal registrants; $315 for late registrants

CEU hours: 13 hours

For more information, please email us rd.workshop@vanderbilt.edu or visit our website: http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/root/vumc.php?site=SNAP

The Tennessee Diabetes Prevention and Control Program along with Vanderbilt School of Medicine and the Eskind Diabetes Center are offering a CME opportunity to Tennessee health care providers who treat patients with diabetes. The webcast program consists of four one hour segments which may be viewed individually and will be available through April. The following link/web address may be used to view the webcast:

http://webcast.streamlogics.com/audience/index.asp?eventid=94576661

Vanderbilt is pleased to offer this free CME opportunity to providers as a part of the collaborative effort and is hopeful that providers in Tennessee will find the information in the program useful in their practices. Any questions regarding the program can be directed to Laurie Shackleford, NP at laurie.shackleford@vanderbitl.edu.

CME:

The Vanderbilt School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Vanderbilt School of Medicine is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. A certificate of attendance will be issued to nurse practitioners, registered nurses, registered dietitians, and certified diabetes educators attending the workshop.

Speakers:

Tom Elasy, M.D., M.P.H., Director of Vanderbilt Eskind Diabetes Clinic
The Changing Face of Diabetes in 2009

Shari Barkin, M.D, M.S.H.S., Director of Pediatric Obesity Research
Pediatric Obesity- Prevention and Control in the Latino Population

Becky Gregory, Registered Dietitian
Diabetes Medical Nutrition Therapy: A Lesson in History

Russell Rothman, M.D., Assistant Professor, Health Services Research
Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy in Diabetes Prevention and Control