P2 Diabetes Chat

Chatsters (fans of P2 Diabetes Chat podcast!) know just how much P1 and P2 love to explore new diabetes technology! In this episode they get their chat on exploring the Omnipod DASH, an insulin delivery system for people with type 1 diabetes in Australia.

As usual, Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers deliver an episode with their honest opinions about Omnipods' features and experience supporting people with diabetes to use the device. As usual their humorous asides and the friendly banter see these very experienced gals of diabetes entertain as much as inform your understanding of another technology option in the diabetes treatment toolkit. Listen in to find out how the quirky episode title came about!

This edition has been sponsored by Insulet.

This episode of P2 Diabetes Chat, Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat about continuous glucose monitoring. Novice Chatsters will enjoy the overview of the three systems available in Australia, their differences and the basics of what they bring to the lives of people with diabetes. Expert Chatsters will love the way P1 and P2 bring new meaning to analogies as education strategies. Of course, we can't forget Kirrily's Swiss Cheese theory of continuous glucose monitoring. This will go down as the most inspiring insight for 2023 in this year's 'Annual of Diabetes Self Management Education'!

Jayne Lehmann (RN and CDE) and Kirrily Chambers (Pharmacist and CDE) explore the inaccessibility of health services and how it contributes to the 20 - 32 year shorter life expectancy of people with intellectual disability, like Jayne's daughter, Sarah. Hear about the light bulb moment Kirrily gave Jayne when she was packing Sarah's Webster Packs after Sarah left home ... You will be shocked, and just a little amazed, by the insights P1 and P2 reveal during their chat, that includes statistics from the Pharmaceutical Society of Australia's report on Medicine Safety: Disability Care. Jayne puts her 'skin in the game' to good use to inspire health professionals across Australia to use her inside tips on communicating with people with communication challenges. As promised during the podcast, Jayne created a new resource for health services to download and use to talk to people with intellectual disability you see in your health services. After you listen to the episode, go on over to EdHealth Australia's website (www.edhealth.com.au/P2DiabetesChat) for the Extra Bits to help you deliver better health care for people with an intellectual disability to live longer and healthier lives. 

P1 and P2 are back and chatting about the elephants in the room created by the worldwide shortage of GLP1 receptor agonists. Never afraid to tread where others fear, Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers are on a mission to unmask the reality these shortages have created for people with diabetes, those trying to lose weight and their health professionals. Lots of practical actions for people to take in reaching out and following through to get these people back on track with their glucose management and weight management. You really want to hear this one ... trunks up for GLP1s!

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Australian Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann and Kirrily Chambers chat about Kirrily's recent Ambulance callout. Along the way, they reflect on the way COVID's placing a premium on hospital beds, the flow-on impact on Ambulance services, Accident and Emergency (A&E) Departments and what you can expect if you manage to get taken to A&E. This leads them to ask the question: Do people with diabetes need to re-visit their sick day plans to stay safe when they are sick? First published 18/5/2022.

Once again Credentialled Diabetes Educators Jayne Lehmann (RN) and Kirrily Chambers (Pharmacist) (AKA P1 and P2) get their chat on about non-medical prescribing, prompted by Queensland's planned trial of prescribing for pharmacists. Our intrepid duo move onto the challenges many Credentialled Diabetes Educators face in the course of their work around medications and the challenge this causes around scope of practice for the range of health professions making up the Credentialled Diabetes Educator workforce. Oh ... and Jayne coins a new word ... 'Departmentable', which she gifts to Kirrily. First published 19/2/2022.

Jayne and Kirrily get off to a cracking start, in their first P2 Diabetes Chat in 2022, chatting about diabetes practicalities of the before, during and after stages of COVID19 virus variant Omicron. Join the chat to find out some of the things for people with diabetes to prepare to manage the virus, and their diabetes, so we are preparing people to be ready to prepare, manage and evaluate the impact of the world's new reality.You will also get to find out why Kirrily gets to sound pretty! You will find some extra bits of information linked with this episode at www.edhealth.com.au in the P2DiabetesChat section. First published 17/1/2022.

It's 2021, National Diabetes Week in Australia and the Heads Up campaign has P1 and P2 sharing stories and inspiration on why health professionals need to change their language for good. Grab a hot drink ... a cosy spot and be inspired to watch your words words and improve the mental health of people with diabetes. First published 17/7/2021.

This ones all about Kirrily ... or is it? P1 and P2 delve into the need for health professionals to listen more in order to support people with diabetes with the 180 extra decisions they make every day about their diabetes. First published 22/3/2021.

In this first episode for 2021 after a break in transition for Jayne to have a nick and tuck to remove "the slug" (it will make sense when you listen to the podcast!) Jayne and Kirrily get their chat back getting into the nitty gritty of who decides when people with diabetes need to see a Credentialled Diabetes Educators. Seems brain surgery can't hold these two back! First published 17/1/2021.