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Welcome to the Education section of our website.
Things today are changing continuously. For that reason, Roche feel committed to providing you with up-to-date information on a regular basis. To help you better manage diabetes.
This link takes you to the office of Dr. Abdul Razzaq Ali Al Madani, head of the Emirates Diabetes Society. Dr. Al Madani would like to introduce to you the main recommendations of good diabetes management.
Don’t be afraid, diabetes can be managed. It just takes some initiative and the support of experts like Dr. Al Madani.
Just click the link and enjoy listening to a renowned expert.
Dr. Madani instructs his patients on general diabetes education.
The primary goal of diabetes management is to keep the blood glucose as near normal as possible without causing severe hypoglycemia. The key to achieving this goal is effective diabetes self-management.
Self-management is the empowerment of patients to monitor their control of diabetes and to make necessary adjustments to their life-style. The patient should become an active partner in the management of his or her disease.
Knowledge about diabetes is important and necessary but is not enough for adequate self-management of the disease. The education of the patient is an ongoing process and should aim at helping the patient to:
The promotion of self-management must be initiated by providing an easy-to-teach and easy-to-learn education program. An effective diabetes education program has to be tailored to the needs of the educator and the patient. It must offer materials that would provide clear and illustrative details simplifying the message. The patient has to feel free to ask questions, express an opinion and demonstrate his experience within a friendly atmosphere.
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