Fall Statewide Meeting
Driving Directions:
Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center
University of Massachusetts Medical School
222 Maple Avenue
Shrewsbury, MA 01545-8222
508-856-8687

From Route 9 West:
Westbound from Westborough Rte. 495: Proceed West past Route 140 in Shrewsbury,
continue to the second stop light. This is Oak Street; there will be a bowling alley on the
right. Turn Right on Oak Street, and proceed until you reach a stop sign. This is Maple
Avenue. The entrance to the conference center is directly across the street. The
Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center is the first building on the right.

From the Mass Pike (I-90):
Westbound from Boston: Take exit 11A to Route 495 North to Route 9 West; follow
directions above.
Eastbound from Springfield: Take Exit 10 to Route 290 East; follow directions below.

From I-290:
Eastbound from Auburn: Proceed on Route 290 East to Exit 22 - Main Street,
Shrewsbury. Take Exit 22, at end of ramp take a right onto Main Street.
Westbound from Marlborough: Proceed on Route 290 West to Exit 22 - Main Street,
Shrewsbury. Take exit 22, at end of the ramp take a left onto Main Street.

Once on Main Street, Shrewsbury:
Proceed on Main Street through the first set of lights and up the hill. Take right onto
Gage Lane (the first right after passing St. John's High School). Follow Gage Lane to the
end. Turn right onto Maple Avenue. Proceed one-half mile, turn right at the maroon sign
for UMMS Worcester Foundation Campus. The Hoagland-Pincus Conference Center is the
first building on the right.
DCOM's Fall statewide meeting took take place at the Hoagland-Pincus Center in  Shrewsbury, MA.  
The theme of this statewide meeting was Diabetes Prevention. DCOM offered Continuing Medical
Education (CME) credits and Continuing Educational Units (CEU).

To read highlights of the keynote and breakout speakers, click the links below:
"
A review of the Commonwealth's efforts" - Commissioner John Auerbach
"
Diabetes in the Latino/Hispanic Population" - Enrique Caballero, MD
"
Motivational Interviewing" - Diana Cullum-Dugan RD LD RYT
"
Creation of the A1c registries" - David Potter, Chief Marketing Officer of Vermedx
Agenda
 
9:00 - 9:30 am
Registration, Posters & Exhibits
9:30 - 9:45
Welcome:
Tim Garvin, President and CEO, United Way of Central Mass.
9:45 - 10:30
Keynote Presentation - A review of the Commonwealth’s efforts to promote the
prevention and control of diabetes within the context of the implementation of
health care reform and the promotion of optimal quality of care at a    
manageable cost.
Commissioner John Auerbach - Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
10:30 - 10:50
Question and Answer Session
10:50 - 11:05
Break, Posters & Exhibits
11:05 - 11:50
Keynote Presentation - Diabetes in the Latino/Hispanic population: Converting
challenges into opportunities.
Enrique Caballero, MD
Director, Joslin Latino Diabetes Initiative
Director, Medical Affairs, Professional Education,
Joslin Diabetes Center
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.
11:50 - 12:05 pm
Question and Answer Session
12:05 - 12:50
Lunch, Posters & Exhibits
12:50 - 1:20
Executive and Standing Committee Reports
1:20 - 2:20
Concurrent Breakout Sessions:
1. Community Mobilization: Jeff Geller, Director of Integrative Medicine and Group
Programming at the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center, will speak about
the Greater Lawrence Family Health Center successful group empowerment
program

2. Health Care Access & Quality - Diana Cullum-Dugan RD LD RYT will describe
and contrast the techniques of motivational interviewing and usual counseling
styles (confrontational counseling) in health behavior change.

3. Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation: David Potter, Chief Marketing Officer of
Vermedx will speak about Vermedx’s experience with the creation of the A1c
registries in Vermont, NYC and San Antonio.
2:20 - 2:35
Lunch, Posters & Exhibits
2:35 - 3:30 pm
Standing Committee Meetings:
Community Mobilization
Health Care Access & Quality
Surveillance, Monitoring & Evaluation
3:30 pm
Meeting Adjourns
             October 31, 2008