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Program Name

DM Preceptorship in Taichung Veterans General Hospital, IDF Centre of Excellence in Diabetes Care

Hospital Name Taichung Veterans General Hospital

The Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, belonged to Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, was founded in 1982.

Diabetes Care Center was founded in 1997, under appointment of the Department of Health (now Ministry of Health and Welfare). By integrating diabetes specialists, nurses, and dieticians, our care center aims to provide joint care and education for diabetic patients in Taiwan.

Achievements

Our Diabetic Care Center is the only IDF Center of Excellence in Diabetes Care in Taiwan. We have the first hospital-wide inpatient glycemic control system. enrolled the largest study population, implemented comprehensive electronic monitoring and management systems, had 31% improvement in poor glycemic control and 45% improvement in hypoglycemia, which is top one in Taiwan, and comparable to the major center in the United State.

Our basic researches and publications cover different fields from bench to bedsides such as diabetes, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, obesity, and pro-inflammatory mediators. We also participate in various multi-center, nation-wide, or international clinical researches.

We are also establishing diabetes genome database for hoping to provide more information about the pathogenesis and treatment of diabetes by searching for pathogenic genes for diabetes mellitus.

We have international medical cooperation and training programs.

Individualized education plan based on the needs of different countries and background of different participants for physicians, nurses, educators from all over the world:

2019 APEC delegation Group and Medical Practitioners from Philippines

2018 Director, Continental Medical Center, Physician

2017 Macau Mirror Lake Nursing Staff

2014 mainland Zhejiang nursing staff

2014 Nauru Nursing Staff Training

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Duration

Course: <1 week, 15-20 person

Program fee

Course: NTD 45000/day

Accommodation

Additional fee, 15000/day

Others

Offering lunch and dinner

Applicant Qualification

Physician, Nurses, Dietitian

Program Details
Learning Targets

In this program, we will share the knowledge and experience of diabetes care including diabetes health educator system and shared decision making (SDM) educational tool. The key topics can be found as following:

  1. Pay-for-performance program for diabetes care and Taiwan Diabetes Registry
  2. Application of AI in Diabetes: From Diagnosis to Management
  3. Multidiscipline diabetes care team
  4. Out-patient DM education and examination processing.
  5. Bidirectional referral system between the medical center and local clinics

Learning Skills

  1. Health Care Education skills
  2. SDM Workshop 

Contact Point
International Medical Service Center Name: Mrs. Liu E-mail: imsc@vghtc.gov.tw , jane@mail.vghtc.gov.tw Tel: +886-4-2359-2525 #2053 #82353
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