Target audience, Objectives, Accreditation

Who will benefit from this program?

All health care professionals including providers, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists and educators who want to:

• Get re-energized about diabetes care and education
• Enjoy a comprehensive and reality based review of "the basics and beyond" of diabetes management.
• Keep abreast of the rapidly changing strategies in diabetes management
• Refine their skills and improve competencies in diabetes problem solving.
• Learn practical approaches to educating patients about diabetes self-management.

Seminar Objectives

• Describe the impact of diabetes on our communities.
• Discuss prevention and management strategies.  
• Develop a working knowledge of the different types of diabetes.
• Demonstrate compassionate and successful diabetes teaching strategies.
• List diabetes management guidelines as outlined by the American Diabetes Association.
• Understand the significance and appropriate use of the different classes of diabetes medications.
• Discuss how to use insulin therapy to gain improved glucose control.
• Review glucose patterns and determine how to adjust therapy to improve glucose.
• Using a case study approach, describe survival skill education from hospital to home

Diabetes in 21st Century Schedule Outline PDF

Accreditation and CE Credit

This program is approved for 7.5 contact hours for RNs and Pharmacists, 6.5 CPE II for RDs. Provider is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 12640 and Commission on Dietetic Registration, Provider # DI002. We have great news. Since this program is approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDE®. The hours of instruction can be used to renew your CDE® regardless of your profession.

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