[Correspondence] Improving type 1 diabetes care globally: the importance of medical education

Education is a central pillar of type 1 diabetes care. Health-care professionals must educate people with type 1 diabetes and their carers to make numerous diabetes-related decisions per day pertaining to high-level medical concepts, including the effects of nutrition, exercise, and hormones on insulin needs. Self-management of type 1 diabetes affects glycaemia, which in turn influences acute and chronic type 1 diabetes-related complication risks and quality of life. As approaches to type 1 diabetes diagnosis and therapy rapidly evolve, the interprofessional teams caring for people with type 1 diabetes across the lifespan must absorb new information and incorporate it into practice.