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Update your skills with the most current information on diabetes therapies and practices |
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Treating the Diabetes Epidemic
Revised and updated, this is the complete seminar-the one designed for you, the nurse, dietitian, or other health care professional, who see patients with diabetes in hospitals, on an outpatient basis or in the home. Constantly revised to reflect the needs and wishes of participants, it was created by the developer of LifeskillsTM- the leading diabetes patient education program and an accepted curriculum for National Recognition.
By attending Treating the Diabetes Epidemic you will:
- prepare yourself to teach your clients the newest clinical therapies and practices
- increase your diabetes knowledge
- increase your value as a health care professional!
- earn 6.25 contact hours for nurses (7 for the home study course), 6
CPEs for dietitians and dietetic technicians (8 for the home study course)
and 6 for certified case managers (7 for the home study course)
- use your increased knowledge to motivate patients
- be able to answer patients' difficult questions
- have the Diabetes Education Society as a resource
- increase the skills you need to obtain more positive results from results from your patients with diabetes
- be able to provide more comprehensive care
- communicate the latest advances in pharmacology and the new diet recommendations to your patients
- see the newest diabetes products and talk with representatives of the leading suppliers*
- review the leading diabetes patient education programs
- learn the latest diabetes patient self-management skills.
- learn about the latest ADA recommendations, diabetes research and equipment.
- increase your diabetes patient care and education skills.
- receive a portfolio of handouts to use with your patients.
*insulin, diabetes pills and blood glucose monitor manufacturers and other suppliers of diabetes products are invited and exhibit at their at their own discretion.