Postgraduate doctors in training’s limited knowledge and practice in the assessment and management of inpatients with diabetes and frailty may contribute to suboptimal outcomes
Our audit shows limited knowledge and management practices amongst PGDiT in the management of inpatients with diabetes and frailty that may contribute to low inpatient deintensification rate. Interventions are needed to improve patient outcomes and a model of care consisting of appropriate inpatient multidisciplinary team input to reduce treatment inertia.
Authors
- Eka Melson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0685-4819)
- Hnin Lwin
- Meri Davitadze (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8130-1213)
- Mohamed Fazil
- Kevin Thottungal
- Kashish Gera
- Anu Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0196-5520)
- Garima Gupta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2597-6256)
- Alison Gallagher (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2109-3472)
- Sadaf Saeed
- Assistant Lecturer. Muntaser Alwan Kareem
- Kath Higgins
Institutions
- University of Leicester (GB)
- Leicester Royal Infirmary (GB)
- Leicester General Hospital (GB)
- University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust (GB)
- NeoGenomics (United States) (US)
- University of Birmingham (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
- Published
- 2025-08-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1177/14782715251362057
- Primary Topic
- Frailty in Older Adults
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00