Kristina Loreta Pabedinskas, Jennilea Courtney, Nicholas Barrowman, Sarah Zankar, Christine Richardson, Liz Stevens, Ellen B Goldbloom, Sarah E Lawrence, Caroline Zuijdwijk, Margaret L Lawson, Marie-Eve Robinson, Saunya Dover, Alexandra Ahmet
INTRODUCTION: International guidelines recommend structured and continuous educational programmes to expand diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy in youth. To address these recommendations within a paediatric diabetes clinic, we conducted a three-phase quality improvement project aimed at improving adolescents' confidence in diabetes self-management skills. METHODS: In phase 1, the Diabetes Learning Centre (DLC), an educational programme for adolescents with type 1 diabetes (T1D) ages 13-17 years, was developed and implemented...
July 2023: BMJ Open Quality