Diabetes Education Study Group

Our Aim

To encourage and support therapeutic education about diabetes and the rapid diffusion of acquired scientific knowledge in the field.

(See the DESG Constitution)

This Website

is intended for all Health Professionals interested in Therapeutic Patient Education in the field of diabetes. It was not conceived for people with diabetes. However it provides several links to relevant websites for those who seek information on diabetes for personal reasons (see Counseling).

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Past Workshops and Symposia

Past Workshops and Symposia

Year	Date	Title	Place	Organizers
1980	6-8 Sep	W1: Preparatory workshop on patient education (PE)	Geneva, Switzerland	Jean-Philippe Assal (JPA)
	28-30 Nov	W3: To listen and to learn	Geneva	JPA, M.Berger
1981	20-22 Feb	W4: Long-term objectives	Geneva	JPA, S.Lion
	14-16 Apr	W5: Comment améliorer notre enseignement aux malades?	Geneva	JPA, A.Lacroix
	30 Apr-3 May	W6: Which objectives in diabetes education (DE)?	Geneva	JPA, S.Lion, J.Day
1982	29 Apr-2 May	W7: Which methodologies for PE?	Geneva	JPA
	4-6 Jun	2nd European Symposium on DE	Geneva	JPA, S.Lion
	8-11 Jul	W8: Main problems in DE	Bucharest, Romania	J.Mincu, JPA
1983	1-4 Jun	W9: Teaching Letters edition for PE No.1	Divonne, France	JPA
1984	20-25 Nov	W10: Teaching Letters edition for PE No. 2	Crans, Switzerland	JPA
1986		W11: Main problems in DE: from patient to post-graduate education	Budapest, Hungary	N.Simon, M.Berger, JPA
1988	4-7 Feb	W12: Past present and future of diabetes in Europe	Windsor, UK	J.Day, JPA
	20-21 Apr	W13: How to improve post-graduate education for the EASD?	Paris, France	JPA, A.Lacroix
1993	20-25 Jun	Improving skills for: interactive workshops and Survival Kit	Grimentz, Switzerland	JPA, A.Golay, C.Fernandez, G.Salvi
	14-17 Oct	Expert Mtg. The 5-min Survival Kit for education of diabetic patients	Romanmotier, Switzerland	JPA, A.Golay, C.Fernandez
1994	8-13 Oct	Improving skills for: using the DESG Survival Kit for PE; planning my own workshop.	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
1995	24-29 Jun	Diabète sucré et gestion des complications à long terme. Amputations, neuropathies, cécité. (participants included DESG invitees)	Grimentz	JPA, A. Golay S.Jacquemet, G. Salvi
1996	14-17 Mar	Expert Mtg: Improving long-term follow-up of people with chronic diseases	Gozo, Malta	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet
	15-20 Jun	Enseignement thérapeutique des malades atteints d’affections chroniques (participants included DESG invitees)	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
	5-10 Oct	DESG/Servier Partnership: Improvement of diabetes care	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
	12-17 Oct	DESG/Servier Partnership: Improvement of diabetes care	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
1997	14-19 Jun	Le processus de contrôle: vers une approche globale du patient et du diabète sucré (participants included DESG invitees)	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
	4-9 Oct	DESG/Servier Partnership: Improvement of diabetes care	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
	11-16 Oct	DESG/Servier Partnership: Improvement of diabetes care	Grimentz	JPA, A.Golay, S.Jacquemet, G.Salvi
1998	2-7 Apr	Expert Mtg: Drafting new Teaching Letters on Therapeutic Patient Education	Capri, Italy	AM, D.Bloise, A.Baldelli
	10-15 Oct	DESG/Servier Partnership: Improvement of diabetes care	Villars, Switzerland	AM, A.Baldelli, G.D'Angiolini
	11-15 Nov	Expert Mtg: Planning the DESG Website	Capri	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise, G.D'Angiolini, F.Mordenti
1999	10-16 Apr	General Committee WS: Therapeutic Patient Education - the challenge of diabetes management	Capri	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise, G.D'Angiolini, F.Mordenti
2000	22-28 Mar	Expert Mtg: Diabetes Therapeutic Education at the Primary Care Level: Planning a Basic Curriculum for Health Professionals	Orvieto, Italy	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise, G.D'Angiolini, F.Mordenti
	19 Sep	DESG Symposium: Therapeutic Education of Diabetic Patients: Different Cultures, Different Languages… Same Message	Jerusalem, Israel	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
2001	17-23 Mar	DESG/Servier Partnership: The DESG Basic Curriculum for Health Professionals on Diabetes TPE - STEP 2 Meeting	Frascati, Italy	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise, G.D'Angiolini, F.Mordenti
2002	25-30 Jan	Expert Mtg: Drafting of 5 new Teaching Letters on TPE	Celano, Italy	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
	16-22 Mar	DESG/Servier Partnership: The DESG Basic Curriculum for Health Professionals on Diabetes TPE - STEP 2 Meeting	Frascati	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise, F.Mordenti
	2-7 Nov	General Committee WS: Therapeutic Patient Education - the Great Challenges. Search of effective strategies to help: overweight reduction, regular exercise, COH counting, and pump therapy	Celano	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
2004	17-22 Jan	General Committee WS: New Strategies in Therapeutic Patient Education for Healthy Lifestyle and Diabetes Self-Management	Assisi, Italy	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
	7 Sep	Joint PSAD/DESG Symposium: Psychological aspects and education/self-management in clinical diabetes care	Munich, Germany	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
2005	22-27 Jan	General Committee WS: Therapeutic Patient Education in the Empowerment Perspective	Assisi, Italy	AM, A.Baldelli, D.Bloise
2006	8-12 Fev	General Committee WS: Therapeutic Patient Education -Principles Underlying Patient Decision Making	Sesimbra, Portugal	J.M.Boavida

NB: This list does not include all the workshops held under the presidency of John Alivisatos (1986-8 and of John Day (1989-92).