The Ontario Health Integrated Lower-Limb Preservation (LLP) Community of Practice. is hosting this webinar for primary care providers.
This webinar emphasizes the critical significance of foot screening to prevent non-traumatic major lower-limb amputations amid the escalating prevalence of diabetic foot complications in Ontario. This session aims to bolster primary care providers' diagnostic capabilities in identifying telltale signs of lower limb issues like ulcers, infections, and compromised circulation. Additionally, it emphasizes the pivotal involvement of primary care in LLP, stressing the need for integrated clinical pathway development and implementation to ensure comprehensive patient care and management across healthcare sectors.
This session will be moderated by Dr. Elizabeth Muggah, Primary Care Physician and Senior Clinical Advisor, Primary Care, Ontario Health and will be presented by Dr. Perry Mayer, Primary Care Physician, The Mayer Institute for Diabetic Foot Disease and Dr. Iris Noland, Primary Care Physician, Lakeview Family Health Team.