Diabetes and Its Complications 2020

Diabetes and Its Complications is organized by Harvard Medical School (HMS), Beth Israel Deacones Medical Center (BIDMC). This Online CME Course will be held from Nov 12 - 14, 2020.

Who Should Attend?
• Internists
• Family Physicians
• Hospitalists
• Endocrinologists
• Geriatricians
• Nurse Practitioners
• Physician Assistants
• Certified Diabetes Educators

How many CME/CE credits can be earned by attending Diabetes and Its Complications Online CME Course?

Accreditation:
• 20.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™
• 20.00 ABIM MOC Points
• 20.00 AAFP Prescribed credits
• 7.75 credits of Risk Management Study
• Commensurate Credits from the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and the European Union of Medical Specialists
Continuing Nursing Education:
Harvard Medical School is an authorized provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This CME webcast is approved for 20.00 contact hours, of which 11.50 is eligible for pharmacology credit. 

What is the significance of Diabetes and Its Complications Online CME Course?

Course Description:
Anyone who offers treatment for people with diabetes understands that these patients often have a myriad of comorbidities and complexities and that optimizing their care is usually complex and challenging. It is with these challenges in mind that Harvard Medical School faculty have produced this CME program, Diabetes and Its Complications.

This Online CME activity is outlined to render extensive updates, practice recommendations, and the newest evidence-based strategies for the treatment and care of the person with or at risk for diabetes. In addition, this course presents state-of-the-art strategies for the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of diabetes comorbidities and complications. You will leave with practical information that you can apply now to present exceptional patient care.

By attending, you can assure that you are updated with state-of-the-art approaches to:
• Diabetes screening
• Pharmacological management of diabetes, including insulin and non-insulin treatments
• The latest advances in insulin delivery and glucose monitoring
• Treating complications and comorbidities, including dyslipidemia, hypertension, obesity, peripheral vascular disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetic foot, kidney disease, liver disease
• Lifestyle interventions
• Care of older patients with diabetes
• Incorporating recent advances into your practice
• Challenging cases

Reasons to Attend:
You will ensure you are current with state-of-the-art clinical practices and improve your skills for:
• Insulin initiation and intensification: which insulins to choose and why
• Treating people with type 2 diabetes who are not achieving therapeutic goals
• Knowing the new insulins, glucose monitors, and pumps
• Office-based assessment and treatment of comorbidities and complications
• Individualizing multifaceted strategies to lifestyle modification and weight management
• Personalizing nutrition plans and exercise prescriptions
• Cardiovascular risk reduction and care
• Evaluating the severity and optimizing management of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH)
• Optimal management of neuropathies and foot disease
• Managing diabetes in high-risk populations, including pregnant patients and the elderly
• Knowing the emerging concepts and treatments that will soon influence your day-to-day practice
• Communicating with, motivating, and sharing resources with patients

What are the objectives of Diabetes and Its Complications Online CME Course?

Course Objectives:
At the conclusion of this CME course, participants will be able to:
• Recognize methods to advance the efficacy of lifestyle interventions in the treatment of diabetes and related conditions and address techniques to initiate these interventions efficiently and effectively
• Recognize how pathophysiologic components of type 1 and type 2 diabetes associate to diabetes comorbidities and impact glycemic treatment design
• Explain the clinical implications of evidence-based treatment guidelines from recognized expert organizations for the selection, initiation, and advancement of newer pharmacologic and technologic treatments for diabetes to optimize the efficacy and safety of glycemic control
• Identify strategies to discuss diabetes-related comorbidities and complications based on updated knowledge of evolving treatment advances
• Recognize and then recognize procedures to overcome barriers to optimizing care of diabetes and its comorbidities which emanate from patients, providers, and practice systems issues
• Know methods to utilize the implications of cardiovascular outcomes trials of antidiabetes medications and evolving methods to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease for people with diabetes