Purpose and learning outcomes

Health care providers are key to fighting blindness from diabetic retinopathy through primary, secondary and tertiary prevention.  The gap between availability of preventive strategies and actual preventive practices can be bridged by influencing health provider behaviour.

By the end of this module you should be able to

  1. Explain the importance of multidisciplinary care for patients with diabetes
  2. Demonstrate effective communication with patients
  3. Conduct a comprehensive patient evaluation
  4. Give a health talk on DR

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