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Program Date: 21 June 2018
Publication Date: 18 January 2019
Continuing Education Credits: Dietitian 0.75 CPEU
In this course, Helen Murphy, MBBChBAO, FRACP, MD, will explain the maternal risk factors, epidemiology, and screening methods for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM); review dietary guidelines for the management of GDM; and show how technologies such as continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) may improve the management of GDM. Originally presented at the 117th Abbott Nutrition Research Conference on 21 June 2018.
Performance Indicators: 5.2.6, 9.1.1, 9.2.3
Activity Code: 185276
Professor
University of East Anglia
King’s College London
England, UK
Helen Murphy, MBBChBAO, FRACP, MD, is a Professor of Women’s Health at King’s College London, Professor of Medicine (Diabetes and Antenatal Care) at the University of East Anglia, and a practicing clinician (Cambridge University NHS Foundation Trust since 2006, Norfolk & Norwich University Hospital NHS Trust since 2015). Dr Murphy completed her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, Bachelor of Obstetrics (MB BCh BAO), and MD at University College Dublin, Ireland. She is the 2012 recipient of the Janet Kinson Award for outstanding contributions to diabetes care (Diabetes UK) and the 2011 recipient of the Joseph Hoet Research Award (Diabetes Pregnancy Study Group of the European Association for Study of Diabetes). Today, she directs a diabetes pregnancy research program that aims to improve the glucose control and infant health outcomes of pregnant women with diabetes. Her research interests include improving maternal dietary intake, expanding preconception care, and developing diabetes pregnancy technology. Dr Murphy’s work on automated insulin delivery and continuous glucose monitoring is changing the clinical management of diabetes in pregnancy with landmark publications in leading clinical journals (NEJM 2016, Lancet 2017).
Abbott Nutrition’s Statement for Dietitian CPEUs:
This educational activity has been prior-approved by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR credentialed practitioners will receive the specified continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program/material.
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