ATTD: Advanced Technologies and Treatments for Diabetes

In this episode of ATTD Tech Connect, host Julie Taplin and Professor Katarzyna Cyranka, clinical psychologist and psychotherapist, discuss the important topic of burden and quality of life related to diabetes and diabetes technologies for people living with diabetes.
They discuss:
Distinguishing diabetes distress from diabetes burnout

Possible sources of diabetes distress

The role of diabetes technology, especially AHCL, in reducing diabetes distress

Signs to watch out for as clinicians, nurses, and educators

Tools to assist in naming and identifying sources of diabetes distress

Professor Katarzyna Cyranka is a clinical psychologist and certified psychotherapist, based in Krakow, Poland. 
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In this episode of ATTD Tech Connect, host Julie Taplin and Professors Tadej Battelino and Klemen Dovč discuss the importance of multi-disciplinary diabetes care, and offer solutions to the common challenges that can crop up when managing a diabetes team.
They discuss:
Common challenges such as time constraints, busy clinics, and comorbidities

Solutions such as effective communication, regular meetings, and use of AI in automating workloads

Importance of synergy across various departments and professions within diabetes care

Professor Tadej Battelino is Co-Chair of ATTD and Chair of International Diabetes Federation Europe.Professor Klemen Dovč is Associate professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ljubljana.
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In this episode of ATTD Tech Connect, host Julie Taplin and Amy Jolley, Lead Diabetes Specialist Dietician, discuss exercise management in diabetes and the ways the MiniMed™ 780G system supports people with diabetes and healthcare professionals.
They discuss:
Barriers to exercise for people living with diabetes

The different glucose responses to aerobic and anaerobic exercise 

The features and benefits of AID systems compared with MDI therapy 

Advice on bolusing, fuelling during exercise, pre and post meal suggestions and ways to help reduce hypos

Amy Jolley is a Lead Diabetes Specialist Dietician for the young adult and transition services at Salford Care Organisation, NHS, in the UK.
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In this episode of ATTD Tech Connect, host Julie Taplin and her guest, Ashley Mehnert, Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist, break down the Smart MDI system and its benefits.
They discuss:
What exactly is Smart MDI system

How it differentiates from standard MDI therapy

Benefits, including visibility to insulin use

The actionable alerts and clinical impact

Ashley Mehnert is a Diabetes Clinical Nurse Specialist working in the NHS in the north east of England.
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In this episode of ATTD Tech Connect, host Julie Taplin and her guest, Maya Laron Hirsh, Clinical Dietician, discuss managing meals with the MiniMed™ 780G system.
They discuss:
Carb counting

What to do if you miss a bolus

How to handle high fat and/or protein meals

Maya Laron Hirsh is a Clinical Dietician, Head of Diabetes & Obesity Nutrition Department at Sheba Medical Center, and Chair of the Diabetes Forum, Israeli Dietetic Association. She specializes in nutritional therapy for automated insulin delivery systems and has worked closely with people with diabetes using the 780G system.
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