Diabetes is Primary Certificate Program
Diabetes Is Primary (DIP) helps primary care professionals (PCPs) on the front lines of diabetes care master knowledge and strategies to improve patient outcomes. DIP is based on the ADA’s Standards of Care in Diabetes (SOC)—the gold standard in diabetes treatment. These guidelines, updated annually, ensure that patients receive up-to-date, evidence-based care. Participants who complete this course will be prepared to put the latest evidence-based guidelines for diabetes care into practice.
This certificate program offers a total of 9.25 AAPA Category 1 CME credits.
Courses
Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes | 0.75 AAPA Category 1 CME creditLearning Objectives
- Recall diagnostic criteria for diagnosing diabetes
- Choose the appropriate diagnostic test for a given clinical scenario
Learning Objectives
- Recall the diagnostic criteria for prediabetes
- Identify people who are at risk of and should be screened for prediabetes or diabetes based on evidence-based risk factors
- Recognize the risk of prediabetes and the benefits of risk reduction
- Identify best practices for implementing a team-based, person-centered care approach to prediabetes
Learning Objectives
- Recall the four critical times to refer patients for diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES)
- Identify an evidence-based eating pattern that can be used in the management of both prediabetes and type 2 diabetes and that also provides cardiovascular benefits
- Identify lifestyle behavior changes or a diabetes self-management strategies that can support improved health outcomes for people with diabetes
Learning Objectives
- Individualize glycemic targets for people with diabetes utilizing their information including comorbidities, preferences, and other health-related and social factors
- Incorporate metabolic and cardiorenal risk reduction goals in decisions about intensification of noninsulin glucose-lowering therapies in people with type 2 diabetes
- Recognize efficacy and safety considerations of frequently used noninsulin glucose-lowering agents
- Select appropriate noninsulin glucose-lowering therapy for people with type 2 diabetes
Learning Objectives
- Recall current recommendations for insulin use in diabetes and identify appropriate times to start a person with diabetes on insulin
- Differentiate insulin products by their action profiles and clinical characteristics
- Apply recommendations for intensification of insulin therapies to adjust treatment to meet individualized glycemic goals
- Recognize how to counsel patients about common side effects associated with insulin use and strategies to minimize risks
- Identify individualized education and management plans that can prevent, identify, and treat hypoglycemia
Learning Objectives
- Identify how regular assessment of medical, psychological, function, and social domains of older adults affects individualized care goals and treatments
- Recall geriatrics syndromes
- Recognize how screening and regular assessment affect risk stratification and treatment goals for glycemia, blood pressure, and dyslipidemia
- Select appropriate pharmacologic therapies for older adults
Learning Objectives
- Recognize barriers to successful transitions of care from an inpatient to outpatient setting and from pediatric to adult care
- Recall interventions to promote safe transitions of care from an inpatient to outpatient setting
- Identify developmental and medical considerations of diabetes management in emerging adults
- Recognize best practices for assessment of transition readiness skills and transition planning when transitioning diabetes care for young adults from pediatric to adult care
Learning Objectives
- Recall recommended methods to diagnose patients with diabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) early in the disease course
- Recognize appropriately treatment options for painful DPN according to evidence-based treatment guidelines
- Recognize the impact of diabetic retinopathy on people with diabetes
- Identify recommended treatment options for people with diabetic retinopathy
- Identify the components of a comprehensive foot exam
- Recognize strategies to prevent foot ulcers and amputations
Learning Objectives
- Recognize the burden of cardiovascular and kidney disease in diabetes
- Recall risk factors for developing cardiorenal complications of diabetes
- Recall recommendations for screening for cardiorenal complications in patients with diabetes
- Select appropriate glucose-lowering therapies to mitigate cardiorenal risk in people with diabetes
Acknowledgment of Commercial Support
This program is supported, in part, by unrestricted educational grants from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and Walmart, Inc.