BARBRA DAVIS CENTRE

Barbra Davis Centre

Abstract

In this study, we try to explore the website of Barbra Davis Centre in a holistic context. The focus of the research is on Barbra Davis Centre and its information given on the website. The research also analyzes many aspects of website and tries to gauge its effect on the knowledge of the community regarding the website.

Table of Contents

Abstract2

Introduction4

Name of agency and information on the website4

Delivery services provided in the centre5

Pediatric Clinic5

Adult Clinic6

Research Division7

How do this agency and their services fit in the continuum of care?7

Resource options provided by the website7

Does the site provide community information? (Describe the programs offered or information that they have available as general health care)9

Was this site helpful in providing a better understanding of the services available in your community?9

Bibliography10

Barbra Davis Centre

Introduction

The paper provides the information regarding the website of Barbra Davis Centre. It analyzes the website in terms of the information given about the programs and services provided by the centre.

Name of agency and information on the website

The Center for Barbara Davis for Childhood Diabetes is one of the biggest programs of diabetes, which is specializing in research of type 1 diabetes and care (both adults and children) in the world. The Barbra Davis Center is managed as a separate unit of administration of the University Of Colorado School Of Medicine and is situated in a building on the Anschutz Medical Campus of University of Colorado in Aurora, Colorado.

The funds for the construction of this building were provided by Marvin Davis in 1978. However, it was completed in 1980 and then the centre was opened. It was established at the campus of 9th avenue in Denver, and it was expanded in 1983, 1986, & 1994. In May 2005, The Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes relocated to the new building within the Anschutz Medical Campus in Aurora, Colorado.

Their fund raising, endowments and independent budget offer exclusive resources and facilities for clinical researchers, basic biomedical scientists and clinicians who work for helping patients of type 1 diabetes. The Center offers high-tech care of clinical diabetes to eighty percent of kids having diabetes in Colorado and two thousand adults within the Rocky Mountain Region as well as receiving international and national referrals.

The Center of faculty also participates in various teaching activities. Physician Assistant students and Medical students take turns on elective rotations through the Center. The Hospital of Children and Centre in Colorado support a Pediatric Endocrine Fellowship. Faculty members of basic science offer coaching to post-doctoral fellows and pre-doctoral students from all over the world.

The website provides all of the information related to the program and centre. It has the main sections of clinical divisions, research division, keystone and online books, training and careers, DERC, CDF, and donation.

Delivery services provided in the centre

The services that are provided at the clinic are as follows:

Clinical division

Pediatric Clinic

This program provides patients and families with an understanding of Type 1 diabetes and appreciates their confidence in its everyday ...