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Building on Progress, Overcoming Obstacles:
The Second Annual
East Bay Diabetes Care Improvement Conference

Friday, April 11, 2008
Summit Health Education Center, Oakland, CA
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Breakfast and lunch provided

About This Event
Join your colleagues from across the hall and across town to accelerate the pace of chronic care system change in Alameda County. Participants will leave with tangible action plans for their clinic or practice and their community.

Who Should Attend?
Agencies are encouraged to bring a team of staff — both line staff and management — who can create and implement change, including medical directors, physicians, clinicians, managing nurses, LVNs, health educators, care managers, promotoras, peer leaders, etc.

Space is limited. Register by March 28, 2008.

Objectives
By the end of the day, participants will be able to:

Identify three new strategies linked to the Chronic Care Model for improving diabetes care in their clinic or practice.
Develop a plan for implementing at least one new care strategy, including plans for problem-solving likely barriers.
List three local or regional resources for assisting in implementing new care strategies.
Describe techniques for involving patients in diabetes self-management programs.

Sponsored by
CHT Resource Group, Center for Health Training, Community Institute for Healthcare Equity, Alameda County Medical Center, and Alameda County Public Health Department, with funding from The California HealthCare Foundation.

CE Units
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 02604, for 8.4 contact hours.To receive credit, nurses must attend the entire course and present their license number on site. Course meets the qualifications for 7 hours of continuing education credit for MFTs and/or LCSWs, as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences, Provider #PCE-1400.

Center for Health Training (CHT) also designates this educational activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ . Physicians should claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. This credit may also be applied to the CMA Certification in Continuing Medical Education (CME). CHT is accredited by the Institute for Medical Quality/ California Medical Association for issuing AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for physicians. CHT takes responsibility for the content, quality and scientific integrity of this CME activity.

Special Needs
Please contact us if you need special access or an ASL interpreter.

Registration
Please register by using the form below. If you are unable to register online please print and fax or mail the registration form. Download the PDF registration form. Complete one registration for each person. Duplicate the form if necessary. If it's not possible to process fees before the deadline, registration may be sent separately.

Confirmation
Confirmations will be sent one week prior to the conference and will include specific location, directions and other details.

Fees
All fees are per person.The fee — including breakfast and luncheon — is $25. CE units are an additional $30 per person. A $10 late fee will be assessed for each registration received after the deadline. Fees can be refunded if cancellation is received 5 working days prior to the conference.

Questions
Contact David Couch at CHT-Resource Group 510-625-1256, x136 or Couch@jba-cht.com

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Registration Fees:	$25 (includes breakfast and lunch)
	$55 (includes above with CA BRN, MFT or CME CEUs)

Please indicate which two discussion groups you would like to attend (you are not committing to a group but simply helping us plan):

A: "Chronic Care Model Concepts and Practice"
Strongly encouraged for those who did not attend last years conference. This session will help participants understand the concepts and terms used in chronic care improvement work.

C: "Remaking Medical Teams: Making Expanded Staff Roles Work"
What has been tried and how has it worked? This group will discuss examples of programs in which medical assistants and other staff are working in an expanded role as patient advocates and teachers.

D: "Group Visits: Moving from Theory to Reality"
What works and what doesnt in organizing group medical visits? Experienced practitioners will share their tips and lessons.

E: "Self-Management Groups: Defining a Community Standard "
What is the best working definition of a self-management group? How is this different from support groups and patient education groups?

G: "Community Involvement: Involving Consumers in Program Design"
How can we get patient/consumer input into our programs to keep them relevant and useable and to keep patients engaged in their care?

H: "Expanding Clinician Leadership: Spreading Beyond the Champions"
What are some effective techniques for getting clinicians excited about changes in care delivery? How can we get them and keep them on board?

I: "Fostering Support Staff Participation & Leadership in Chronic Care"
How can staff be recruited into and supported in participating in these new ideas for care?

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