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proyecto echo diabetes

 

FECHA DE GRABACION: 17 de mayo de 2017, 1 pm ET (zona horaria del Este)

PRESENTADORAS DE CASOS: María Cortéz, José L. Rodríguez Abrego, y Socorro García


 

Crédito de educación continua

Para recibir crédito de Trabajador/a de Salud Comunitaria o Educación Continua de Enfermería, después de ver alguno de estos seminarios usted debe hacer lo siguiente:

  • Completar la evaluación participante asociado a cada sesión
  • Completar la Pre-Encuesta de la Diabetes Sobre la Autoeficacia de los Profesionales de Salud Comunitaria (esto debería haber sido completado antes de la primera sesión)

 

Descripción

En nuestra cuarta clínica de ECHO Diabetes estaremos analizando tres casos que donde personas con Diabetes enfrentaron complicaciones por una pobre salud oral y donde los factores determinantes de la salud jugaron un rol muy importante . Y como las promotoras de salud intervinieron como parte del equipo de atención de salud en el manejo de estos casos. Los casos serán presentado por: los promotores de salud: María Cortez y José Rodríguez del  Community Health Outreach Worker Outreach  y Socorro García,  del Community Health Worker Coalition for Migrants and Refugees  (CHWCMR) del estado de Washington. La clínica estará a cargo de la Dra. Ileana Ponce-González,  Directora Ejecutiva del CHWCMR y Profesor Asistente de la Universidad de Washington.

 

Objetivos de aprendizaje

  1. Evaluar la importancia de la Salud Oral entre pacientes diabéticos y la participación de los promotores.
  2. Presentar casos de la vida real de complicaciones y  resultados exitosos de pacientes cuya salud oral ha sido afectada por la diabetes y el abordaje del equipo médico a que pertenecían.
  3. Aprender cómo un abordaje integral de la Salud Oral ayuda a manejar la Diabetes.
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