Join us on Wednesday 9 April, 10.00 – 11.00am GMT

(Bangkok and Jakarta - 4.00 – 5.00pm local time. Hong Kong, Singapore and Beijing - 5.00 – 6.00pm local time)

Hosted by Professor Glenn Robert (Vice Dean Research and Impact), we will have compelling talks on the following:

• Feasibility and process evaluation of a co-designed, digitally-delivered palliative dementia care intervention: Empowering Better End of life Dementia Care Framework (EMBED-Care Framework)
  Dr Clare Ellis Smith, Senior Lecturer in Palliative Care

Dr Clare Ellis Smith will share findings of a mixed methods feasibility study of a new palliative dementia intervention called the Empowering Better End of Life Dementia Care (EMBED-Care) Framework. The EMBED-Care Framework is a new co-designed intervention to support a palliative care approach for people with dementia living in their own homes and in care homes. The findings of the feasibility study detail how the EMBED-Care Framework, used in routine care, may support person-centred care and outcomes for people with dementia and their family carers, and empower staff to provide a palliative care approach.

• Supporting people with type 2 diabetes to initiate insulin treatment
  Dr Kirsty Winkley, Reader in Diabetes & Primary Care

People with type 2 diabetes often require insulin at some stage of their diabetes journey. Usually at the point at which there is insulin insufficiency or glucose toxicity. However, for many people starting insulin is perceived negatively, they may be fearful of injections, worried about side-effects such as weight gain and hypoglycaemia, or feel they have failed with their diabetes treatment. These feelings, often termed ‘psychological insulin resistance’ can be overcome with timely communication and person-centred education. Dr Kirsty Winkley-Bryant will give an overview of this problem and the development of an intervention to support people with type 2 diabetes who need to initiate insulin.

• Using Artificial Intelligence-informed Experience-Based Co-Design (AI-EBCD) to co-create technology with people with type 2 diabetes
  Dr Siobhan O’Connor, Senior Lecturer in Education & Research

Dr O’Connor will discuss a recent research study that explored using virtual reality technology with adults with type 2 diabetes to help them manage diabetes distress. She will explain the co-design process used for the study, in particular, the use of generative AI tools to facilitate the creation of digital multimedia content that informed the design of a VR app for mindfulness. Dr O’Connor will highlight the benefits and drawbacks of co-designing digital health tools and provide lessons learned about how to involve patients in creating new technology to support their mental health.

For any questions about this event, please email NMPC-Events@kcl.ac.uk