Incorporating the launch of The Diabetic Foot journal’s pathway of care for people with diabetic foot problems (supported by an unrestricted educational grant from KCI Medical Ltd)

‘For the eighth year, we at The Diabetic Foot journal will be staging conferences in both Glasgow and London. These represent the largest diabetic foot gatherings worldwide, with 700 delegates across the two venues. The programme for 2007 focuses on some of the key clinical practice issues relating to diabetic foot care and best care treatment pathways. We will also be launching The Diabetic Foot journal’s pathway of care for people with diabetic foot problems. We promise to focus on these issues and more.

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We will again be featuring masterclasses–these interactive break-out sessions in five core areas of diabetic foot management will enable you to tailor your conference programme to match your own particular interest in the diabetic foot. The programme promises another exciting conference–we look forward to seeing you.’

Matthew Young, Conference Programme Director and Consultant Physician, Edinburgh Royal Infirmary

DAY 1

09.00-09.30  Registration
09.30-10.30  Smith + Nephew Breakfast Symposium: The health economics
and clinical impacts of the Versajet debridement system
10.30-11.00  Registration, coffee and exhibition viewing

SESSION 1

11.00-11.15  Introducing a revolutionary ‘best care’ pathway for
diabetic foot patients: from ‘at risk’ to ‘ulceration’ to
‘healing’ to ‘aftercare’
* Why do we need a new pathway of care?
* Problems with old pathways
* Why this is different?
* How it was set up
Matthew Young, Consultant Physician, Edinburgh
11.15-11.50  Pathway 1: The at-risk foot
* How, when and why
* New ulcer risk category
Duncan Stang, Chief Podiatrist, Lanarkshire
11.50-12.30  Pathway 2: The ulcerated foot
* As per published best care pathway document
* The how, when, where and why of ulcer prevention
* Classification as a guide to treatment
Matthew Young, Consultant Physician, Edinburgh
12.30-13.45  Lunch and exhibition viewing

SESSION 2

13.45-14.45  Masterclasses (1st rotation)
1. Wound (management)
Hands on demonstrations
* How to dress wounds and with what
* Tricky dressings and areas
Lynne Watret, Tissue Viability Nurse, Glasgow
2. Ischaemic foot
* Recognition
* Why is it special?
* What to do about it
* Preventative care
* When to refer
Cliff Shearman, Consultant Vascular Surgeon, Southampton
3. Charcot foot
* Recognition
* Why is it special?
* What to do about it
Fran Game, Consultant Physician, Nottingham (Glasgow)
William Jeffcoate, Consultant Endocrinologist, Nottingham
(London)
4. Litigious foot
* Why do things go wrong?
* Documentation
* Communication
* Dealing with errors
* Dealing with complaints
* What to do if you get sued
Louise Stuart, Consultant Podiatrist/Lecturer, Manchester
and Salford
5. Neuropathic foot
* Recognition
* Why is it special?
* Preventative care
* When to refer
Paul Chadwick, Principal Podiatrist, Salford
14.45-15.45  Masterclasses (2nd rotation)
15.45-16.15  Tea and exhibition viewing

SESSION 3    THE FOURTH ANNUAL DIABETIC FOOT JOURNAL LECTURE 2007

16.15-17.00  Antibiotics: should we or shouldn’t we?
* Infection and its role in tissue loss
* Is there any evidence for antibiotic use?
* If not what can we do to reduce infection?
* If yes, then which ones and for how long?
Featuring guest speaker from the US, Ben Lipsky, Professor
of Medicine
17.00-18.00  Satellite symposium
18.00-18.30  Foot in Diabetes UK (FDUK) meeting

DAY 2

08.45-09.45  Satellite symposium and breakfast
09.45-10.15  Registration, coffee and exhibition viewing

SESSION 4

10.15-10.50  Pathway 3 — Healing
* The how, when and why of strategies to heal ulcers
* Definition of the non-healing ulcer and its treatment
Speaker to be confirmed
10.50-11.30  Pathway 4 — Aftercare
* The how, when and why of strategies to keep patients
healed
Alistair McInnes, Senior Lecturer, Eastbourne
11.30-12.00  ‘Question time’ panel debate on the primary/secondary care
role in diabetic foot care: Is everyone a specialist now?
Chaired by Matthew Young, Consultant Physician, Edinburgh
Plus a panel of experts
12.00-13.15  Lunch and exhibition viewing

SESSION 5

13.15-14.15  Masterclasses (3rd rotation)
14.15-15.15  Masterclasses (4th rotation)
Rotations as per day one
15.15-15.45  Tea and exhibition viewing

SESSION 6    KEYNOTE LECTURE

15.45-16.30  The diabetic foot–past, present and future
Mike Edmonds, Consultant Diabetologist, London