Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital would like to welcome healthcare professionals who work with diabetic foot patients to join our conference. We invite you to participate in the lecture and interactive workshop from outstanding international speakers who will share their knowledge and experience with us.  The main focus of this conference will be on diabetic foot ulcer prevention and offloading footwear for diabetic foot patients as a multidisciplinary care team to improve our patient outcomes.

Objective

Agenda

  Thursday 1st December 2022

08.00 -08.30

Registration

 

08.30-08.45

Opening Remark

 

08.45-09.45

DM foot: situation and scenario

  • A global problem
  • Effect of DM foot

 

Sicco Bus
Gulapar Srisawasdi

09.45-10.15

Coffee break

 

10.15-11.45

Neuropathic foot deformities: effect on gait and plantar pressure

  • Toe deformities
  • Charcot foot
  • Partial foot amputation

 

Neil Baker
Klaas Postema
Dennis Janisse

11.45-12.45

Lunch symposium

 

12.45-13.00

Workshop introduction

 

13.00 -14.00

Workshop: protective sensation evaluation

  • Ipswich touch test
  • Tuning fork
  • Semmes-Weinstein monofilament

All speakers and

local staff

14.00 -14.30

Coffee break

 

14.30 -16.00

Workshop: plantar pressure and gait evaluation

  • Floor reaction imprints
  • Mirror box
  • Computerized foot scan
  • Gait lab

All speakers and

local staff

16.00-16.30

Q&A discussion

 

 

  Friday 2nd December 2022

08.30-09.00

IWGDF guidelines: offloading for prevention and wound healing

Sicco Bus

09.00-10.00

Foot and ankle orthosis for DM

  • FO
  • AFO

 

Neil Baker
Klaas Postema

10.00-10.30

Diabetic shoes and proper shoe fitting

Dennis Janisse

10.30-11.00

Common shoe modifications for DM

Dennis Janisse

11.00 -12.00

Multidisciplinary team DM foot clinic

  • Netherland experience
  • Siriraj experience

 

Sicco Bus
Gulapar Srisawasdi

12.00-13.00

Lunch symposium

 

13.00-14.00

Workshop: Offloading footwear: experience by yourselves

  • walk with rocker bottom shoes
  • walk with ankle high device
  • walk with knee high device
  • samples of shoe modifications

All speakers and

local staff

14.00-14.30

Coffee break

 

14.30-16.00

Group discussion: Setting up multidisciplinary DM foot clinic: how to make it possible? 

All speakers and
local staff

16.00-16.30

Reflection and open discussion

 

 

  Saturday 3rd December 2022

  Hands-on workshop for orthotists, pedorthists, or podiatrists (Dennis Janisse and local staff) For other speakers

  • Morning: site visit at SSPO and Siriraj hospital
  • Afternoon: speakers and staff meeting for after action review

  Hands-on workshop: Custom foot orthoses, shoe fitting, and offloading technique

08.30-10.00

Workshop introduction
Hands-on

  • Foot and shoe evaluation
  • Measuring feet
  • Floor reaction imprints
  • Foot impression box casting

Dennis Janisse and local staff

10.00-10.30

Coffee break

 

10.30 -12.00

Hands-on

  • Fitting inserts and shoes
  • Offloading technique
  • Common shoe modification

Dennis Janisse and local staff

12.00-13.00

Lunch

 

13.00-15.00

Hands-on (cont.)

  • Fitting inserts and shoes
  • Offloading technique
  • Common shoe modification

Dennis Janisse and local staff

15.00-15.30

Coffee break

 

15.30-16.30

Reflection and open discussion

Dennis Janisse and local staff