RCHC Community Project Abstracts

Diabetic foot ulcers
Date of project: 8/3/2009

The idea behind this project was to create a informative patient friendly handout with regard to diabetic foot ulcers. Diabetic foot ulcers are a common potential long term complication of diabetes. In the Mid Valley Medical Plaza about 2% of diabetic patients have this particular diagnosis. However currently there isn't a easy to understand, accessible resource to teach patients about diabetic ulcers. The goal of my project was to create a handout that would fulfill these requirements. A handout was created that was composed of 3 sections: what diabetic foot ulcers are and how they form, how to prevent ulcers and how to manage ulcers.

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