Annual CDE postgraduate forum
Report Back 2008
10th CDE Postgraduate Forum in Diabetes Management
Page last updated 16 January 2009 at 17h24
Programme Evaluation 2008
General Practitioners
Comments
- The Forum was excellent. Keep it up.
- The sessions were good overall
- Some sessions were good and some were excellent.
- Most sessions were fair and some were average.
- The Update Symposium was excellent. The Saturday sessions were thought provoking. The Sunday sessions were informative and good. The session “What can the podiatrist do that we cannot?” was promotional not clinical.
- It was a great meeting!
- The sessions were excellent. Thank you very much.
- Most sessions were good and some were average.
- The DVD shown during the session “What can the podiatrist do that we cannot?” is excellent. The session “Does testosterone have a role to play in men with type 2 diabetes mellitus?” was too long. Overall, the Forum was good.
- The workshops were useful.
- Thank you for another well organized Conference.
- The Conference was superb.
- Thank you for an excellent Forum!
- The Dieticians were not catered for in all the topics of discussion.
- Overall, the Forum was an enjoyable and educational experience.
- Thank you for a very exciting and educational weekend.
- The podiatry workshop was well prepared. This is still the best consistently high quality programme around.
- It is always a pleasure to attend the Forum. This Forum was informative and gave one the opportunity to make meaningful personal contact with colleagues to abreast oneself with the trends.
- The sessions were excellent.
Suggestions
- Improve the practical workshops.
- The session “CDE – The future unveiled” should be repeated.
- Include a session on H.I.V. and Diabetes.
- Reduce the lecture time to between 20 and 30 minutes. Have more sessions on one day.
- Include a workshop with questions and answers to deal with common problems.
Medical Specialists
Comments
- The Forum was excellent.
- This was my first Forum. I am very impressed. The trials made the session “In search of the Holy Grail” easy to understand.
- The presentations were good.
- Well done Michael! Well done CDE! The Forum was a most enjoyable meeting.
- The CDE Forum was superbly organised
- A belated but never-the-less sincere thank you for the enjoyable and successful CDE weekend... Our first! The effort and organisation were much appreciated. Thank you. Could I ask you to extend our thanks to the sponsors who paid for our tickets and accommodation?
- That had to be the best organised and (clinically) most useful diabetes conference I've attended, and I include all the EASDs, ADAs and IDFs over the past 30 years. It ran like clockwork (except when one speaker ran late!), the topics chosen were of a variety which suited all needs, the social events were brilliant, thanks to the pharma support, the venue exceeded my expectations
Registered Nurses
Comments
- Thank you for organising an informative weekend. The Forum was very interesting.
- The Forum was excellent.
- The Forum was fantastic as always.
- The Forum was a great learning experience. Thank you.
- The Forum was great.
- The Forum was very informative and well organised.
- Thank you for a good Forum.
- Well done!!
- Thank you for the excellent organisation.
- The presenters were excellent.
- The Forum was well organised.
- Everything was okay.
- I would just like to thank you and your team for the excellent forum that was presented to us this year! Thanks so much for all the hard work you guys have put into it!
Suggestions
- The Podiatry workshop should have been more practical.
Dieticians
Comments
- The Forum was good and the session about “Glycaemic variability” was very good. Thank you.
- Generally the Forum was very good and well worth it.
- Well done (once again) for such an excellent forum
Podiatrists
Comments
- “The Sex Lives of the Sweet and Sticky” should have focused more on women.
- The Forum was excellent. The session on testosterone was thought provoking.
Suggestions
- Shorten the lectures to 30 minutes.
Biokineticists
Comments
- Overall, the Forum was excellent. I enjoyed it tremendously. Thank you.
- WEEEEEEEEEEEELLLLLLLLLLLLLL DONE. The Forum was my first but the learning curve was phenomenal.
Suggestions
- Notes should have been provided at the Satellite Symposium.
Pharmacists
Comments
Clinical Psychologists
Comments
- I enjoyed the whole Forum very much. Overall, the Forum was excellent. The speaker went too quickly through the “The Diabetic kidney” lecture.
Suggestions
- It might be a good idea to improve the psychosocial skills too.
Diabetes Industry
Multitudes of positive verbal comments were received, but very little in writing besides:
- The Forum was good.
- Just a brief line to thank you for your support and quick-off-the-mark help in regard to the recent CDE meeting
- Was sold a “house with a pool” or “a stand with a tea serving” in front of our stand needless to no tea was ever served at our stand actual fact the other companies next to us felt the same (true dead end of the entire stand allocation) furthermore I had some customers phone me to say why were you not at the CDE congress, never saw you… – so what value did I get as a company?