inConversation Spotlight On – Insulin treatment – Navigating the landscape (Held on 24 July 2025)

Learning objectives

You will learn to understand:

• Normal insulin physiology
• The ideal attributes of a short-acting and long-acting insulin
• The indications for using insulin
• The current insulin preparations available in SA and in the public sector
• The differences, advantages and disadvantages of human insulin and analogue insulin
• The indications for switching from a human insulin to analogue insulin.