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Effective management of the arthritic foot or the diabetic foot can be assisted - or hindered - by our choices with prescription footwear. How do we ensure that the quality of service and product meet expectations? Some new insights are needed. Can we identify some new directions? Relatively few meetings really feature practical knowledge on the important topic of prescription footwear. Is this because we already know everything we need to know? We certainly don’t think so.In this event we are aiming to step back from just looking at the tactics of how we are dealing with these clinical and technical issues. By presenting a more critical and strategic view we will bring to light how we might make the biggest improvements in quality of care in the future. We are going to ask the experts to reflect on their experience and tell us what works well and what could be better. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. Thursday May 3rd - Diabetes. Friday May 4th - Arthritis
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University of Strathclyde with the Klaveness Academy
Prescription FootwearNew Directions
Professor Michael EdmondsKings College Hospital
Professor Alan SilmanArthritis Research UK
Professor Jim WoodburnGlasgow Caledonian University
Thursday 3rd MayDiabetesFriday 4th MayArthritis
Arthritis Day• The burden of arthritis and its impact on mobility and patient needs• Key aspects of assessment and diagnosis• Kay aspects of management• The orthotists perspective - challenges and opportunities• The challenge to create functional and fashionable footwear• The Norwegian system of arthritis care - what we can learn• The footwear design challenge - patient inclusive design• EFFORT and EFFORT 2 projects - studies of footwear and orthoses• Personal views of patients and their experience with their footwear• Panel discussion• Personal reflections from the experts
Gain Practical Knowledge and Know-how for Prescription Footwear
Are You still hoping for the best when it comes to footwear prescription?
Is provision cost effective?
Looking for sound guidelines for practice?
Diabetes Day• Screening and Assessment of the diabetic foot• What makes patients with diabetes foot disease so vulnerable?• How can we reduce amputation rates?• Biomechanical factors - How early intervention equals prevention• Can we make shoes our patients will wear?• A rational footwear prescription process based on patient risk• The materials and methods of prescription footwear• The manufacturing challenge• Personal views of patients on their experience with diabetes• Medical and mechanical perspectives on the Charcot foot• Panel discussion• Personal reflections from the experts
REGISTER ONLINE @http://www.strath.ac.uk/prosthetics/shortcoursesContact: Aileen Mckinnon - Tel : +44 (0)141 548 4157 Email: [email protected]
Registration Fees• Both days £250• attend EITHER Day £150• Student registration - £50 for both days
University of Strathclyde, John Anderson Building, Room KA325, Glasgow, Scotland
Klaveness Medical
