Monthly Webinar's

Thursday 26th November, 2026
7:00 - 8:00 PM AEST

Join an expert faculty for this webinar focusing on moving beyond clinical diabetes targets and understanding the person and their individual influences. Reflect on common clinician responses to missed targets and consider how personal goals, values, and life circumstances can affect individual behaviour and management.

In this session, you will explore how to:

Recognise how psychosocial factors, competing demands, and major life events can influence diabetes management

Understand the impact of shame, stigma, and bias on engagement and health behaviours

Reframe non-adherence and disengagement as opportunities for curiosity, understanding, and collaboration

Learn to use person-centred conversations to uncover what matters most to the individual and balance clinical needs with individual priorities to support meaningful and achievable change.

CPD Home approved for 2 CPD hours (including post-reading).

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Speaker

Susan Smith

Susan Smith is a psychologist with over 20 years of experience working with people across the lifespan. While much of her career has focused on supporting children, adolescents, and their families, she has also worked extensively with adults and older adults in a range of healthcare settings. She currently works within a public health paediatric diabetes service, supporting young people and their families with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. She also works in the area of youth obesity. Susan is passionate about helping young people navigate the psychological challenges of living with chronic health conditions and empowering them to have a voice in their care and decision-making. She is also committed to supporting healthcare professionals to provide person-centred care and advocates for more equitable access to healthcare.

Chairing

Ivan Chan

A Board Member of PCDSA, Ivan is an Accredited Practising Dietitian who practises in community health. A place where he sees people from different walks of life managing different priorities, alongside their health. Meeting them at a place to help them start making changes makes working enjoyable.

MIND-MAP

We are pleased to share information about MIND-MAP, one of Australia’s largest national studies exploring the emotional wellbeing and mental health of people living with diabetes.

Funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council, MIND-MAP aims to recruit approximately 8,000 Australians living with diabetes and follow their experiences over three years through four brief online surveys. The study will look at emotional wellbeing, mental health support needs, resilience, and quality of life.

The findings will help inform future models of person-centred diabetes care, strengthen mental health support pathways, and contribute to a dedicated mental health and wellbeing resource hub for people affected by diabetes.

We encourage people living with diabetes to learn more and consider taking part. Your experience can help shape better support for the diabetes community across Australia.