OVERVIEW

Making Sense of Intensive Diabetes Management Course is organized by Becky Dorner & Associates, Inc..

Course Expires: August 3, 2025

Course Description:
This continuing professional education (CPE) self-study course includes required reading that is geared toward the health care practitioner who wants to learn more about obtaining maximum glucose control as well as effective ways to treat and monitor patients with diabetes. The book emphasizes the importance of a team approach based on an individual’s skill and medical condition and includes the latest advances in diabetes research and therapy. Topics addressed include:

Rationale for and physiological basis of intensive diabetes management
Team approach to treatment
Diabetes self-management and support education
Psychosocial issues
Patient selection, clinical considerations, and intensive diabetes management goals
Insulin regimens
Diabetes technology
Monitoring
Nutrition management

A case-study based CPE examination helps the reader apply information in the book to their work setting and patient population.

Course Objectives:
After completing this continuing professional education course, the learner should be able to:

Integrate knowledge of macronutrients for digestion, absorption, and metabolism for the management of diabetes.
Integrate new knowledge of diabetes into practice.
Lead the implementation of nutrition interventions in collaboration with clients/patients and the interprofessional team.
Evaluate, educate and counsel on the interrelationship and impact of pharmacotherapy on nutrients in patients with diabetes.