Type 2 Diabetes in Primary Care: Expert Training Series

Dr Kevin Fernando FRCGP FRCP Edin. FAcadMEd MSc Diabetes
Portfolio GP with Extended Role in Diabetes/CKM & Medical Education

Kevin is a portfolio GP (NHS & private) near Edinburgh. He is also Content Advisor for WebMD Medscape Global & UK and Honorary Clinical Reader at the University of Dundee. He is cofounder of The CKM Collaborative which aims to empower HCPs to take a person-centred approach to managing CKM conditions and drive a new model of specialty training and care delivery in the CKM space.

Kevin is a regular keynote speaker at small and large-scale education events throughout the UK & Ireland and abroad. His main specialist topics include all aspects of care for people living with type 2 diabetes & CKM conditions and interpretation and management of commonly abnormal blood tests in primary care.

Kevin is an accomplished medical writer, and his articles distil key guidelines and consensus for primary care as well as summarise congress highlights and breaking research and its applicability to primary care. Additionally, Kevin has co-authored several articles published in peer-reviewed journals covering multiple aspects of type 2 diabetes & CKM care in primary care.

Kevin is renowned for creating concise clinical aide memoirs (https://reference.medscape.com/c26/p14/primary-care-hacks-2026a10007j4) to make life easier for HCPs and ultimately to improve the lives of our patients.

Kevin is very active on social media (X handle @drkevinfernando) where he posts hot topics in type 2 diabetes & CKM. He recently has forayed into YouTube (@DrKevinFernando) with patient-facing video content.

Kevin graduated from the University of Edinburgh in 2000 and holds both MRCGP and MRCP(UK) qualifications and has completed a Master’s degree in diabetes which he passed with distinction. Kevin is also SCOPE certified in obesity management.

Kevin has been elected to Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners, the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh and the Academy of Medical Educators for his work in diabetes and medical education.

The management of T2D in primary care has become increasingly challenging due to more complex people living with T2D and co-morbidities such as obesity, ASCVD, CKD, MASLD and frailty. Additionally, there has been an explosion in new treatment options each with their own mode of action, potencies, CKM benefits and adverse effects which makes it increasingly difficult to match individual treatment to individual patient. Finally, guidelines for managing T2D and co-morbidities are rapidly evolving with tighter risk factor management and early intensification of treatment with combination therapies.

This series of training videos in collaboration with the TMMT will help primary clinicians take an evidence-informed yet person-centred approach to supporting people living with T2D to ultimately help improve both quality and quantity of life.

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