Promoting Excellence in Diabetes Care

PERL – The Power of Virtual Education for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

TUESDAY

30 November 2021 | 7:30 PM AEDT

PERL: The Power of Virtual Education for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

The National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) in collaboration with GoShare (by Healthily) and Western Sydney Diabetes would like to invite you to a webinar that introduces an innovative way of delivering health education. Together, they have created an extensive library of patient education resources including fact sheets, videos, apps and websites that can be seamlessly sent to your patients with diabetes via email or SMS

​​​​​​​Join the webinar to learn about PERL’s extensive library of patient education resources including fact sheets, videos, apps and websites that can be seamlessly sent to your patients with diabetes via email or SMS.

When: 30 November 2021
Time: Tuesday, 7:30 PM AEDT
Speakers: Natalie Wischer and Tina Campbell
Topic: PERL: The Power of Virtual Education for the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse

AGENDA

  • Why we developed PERL
  • Who uses PERL
  • How PERL works
  • How has PERL helped in delivering health education to people living with diabetes
  • How to access a free trial of PERL
  • Q&A

If you have joined us before, ​​​​​​​ we encourage you to join us again as we highlight PERL’s updated features, functionalities, and sharing of practical experiences. 

To learn more about the NADC Patient Education Resource Library (PERL), CLICK HERE.

MEET OUR PRESENTERS

Natalie Wischer is the Chief Executive Officer for the National Association of Diabetes Centres (NADC) and Executive Director of the Australian Diabetes Online Service. Natalie has extensive experience in clinical and management roles across acute, aged care and primary health care settings.

She has also been involved in designing and delivering education and training across these various roles. Much of her experience has been in rural and remote communities including having lived and worked in one of the most remote Indigenous communities in Australia for 3 years.

Having focused on diabetes care and services for over 20 years, her passion has grown to include a comprehensive understanding of the opportunities and benefits of available technologies including telehealth, apps and social media in self-management, education and support of people living with diabetes as well as for healthcare professionals.

Dr Tina Campbell is a health promotion specialist with extensive experience developing patient education resources, tools and programs. She is the Founder and Managing Director of Healthily, a Melbourne-based health technology company, specialising in patient education and behaviour change.

With a career in the health industry spanning two decades, Tina has led the development of Australia’s largest video library of patient and carer experiences, and designed and developed the GoShare Healthcare content distribution platform, a web application used by health professionals around Australia to deliver tailored education resources to their patients by email or SMS.

Tina completed her PhD at the Centre for Health Policy, Melbourne School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne. Her randomised controlled trial evaluated the impact of a ‘patient narrative’ intervention program on self-efficacy and self-care behaviours in people with Type 2 Diabetes.

Georgina-Franks

Georgina Frank is a podiatrist specialising in diabetes-related foot disease (DFD). Currently, she is employed as a project officer for the national Foot Forward Project which aims to develop an Integrated Diabetes Footcare Pathway to support early referral for people with diabetes-related foot diseases. During this time, she is on secondment from her position as Deputy Director of Podiatry for the Sydney Local Health District where she usually works with a wonderful team of podiatrists providing preventative foot care and acute management for DFD within and part of integrated teams.

Georgina currently practices in outreach with the Outback Vascular Health Service, Endocrinology team from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital Diabetes Centre, working with the fantastic Maari Ma Aboriginal Health Service in Broken Hill and Wilcannia. Georgina has completed her Master of Public Health which was a labour of love while working full-time and has made her more determined to improve health equity within the Australian health system.

The NADC Patient Education Resource Library has been made possible through the partnership with Healthily (GoShare) & Western Sydney Diabetes

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