Exercising for Type 1 Diabetes (EXTOD) and have joined together with the All Wales Diabetes Implementation Group focusing on type 1 diabetes and exercise for adults living with Type 1 diabetes in the UK.
This training day has been set up after EXTOD surveys found that people with Type 1 diabetes find managing glucose around exercise challenging and requested further education on this subject.
This event is aimed at adults with Type 1 diabetes who live in the UK and are on multiple daily injections or insulin pumps who are exercising regularly or are planning to start to train for a specific exercise event. In the online workshops there will be 12 people with Type 1 diabetes and two experts in the field of Diabetes and exercise who will use interactive tools, clinical cases, shared learning and problem-based tasks to help participants to manage their exercise choices confidently and safely. Topics covered will include the effects of different types of exercise on blood glucose levels, the rule of threes for managing glucose around exercise, nutrition and exercise and strategies to plan for exercise. By the end of the course, participants will have all the knowledge and tools to take on any activity/exercise that you want to.
Experts teaching on the day include Dr Rob Andrews, Dr Alistair Lumb and Dr Parth Narendran. Prior to the course participants will be sent a workbook to use during the workshops (as a PDF). At the end of the course participants will be sent a PDF handbook detailing all that is covered on the day and access to the online videos for 1 year (upon successful completion of a post event evaluation form).
To take into account the need for social distancing, we will deliver this education package as series of interactive online workshops and online videos. Resources and learning materials will be available in Welsh and English, however the course will be delivered in English only. The course will be split up into 5 parts.
Pre-course videos
Available shortly, these will refresh knowledge around:
- How glucose is controlled at rest in people with and without type 1 diabetes at rest
- hypoglycaemia (low blood glucose) and hyperglycaeamia (high glucoses)
- Carbohydrate counting
Day 1 of workshops
9.00am - 1.00pm, 22nd May 2021
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09:00 |
Workshop 1 |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Workshop 2 |
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13:00 |
Closing remarks |
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Day 1 review videos
Available follwing the first workshop, these videos will enable participants to go over what was learnt on first day of workshops.
- Defining your exercise.
- Glucose control during exercise.
- How to stay safe when exercising.
- Strategies for controlling glucose before and during exercise.
Day 2 of workshops
9.00am - 1.00pm, 12th June 2021
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09:00 |
Workshop 3 |
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11:00 |
Break |
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11:15 |
Workshop 4 |
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13:00 |
Closing remarks |
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Day 2 review videos
Available following the second workshop, these videos will enable participants to go over what they learnt on second day of workshops.
- Physiology after exercise
- Fuel and food for exercise
- Strategies for controlling glucose after exercise
- Recording and planning your exercise
- Flash glucose and continuous glucose monitoring and exercise
- Advance strategies to control glucose around exercise