At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able to:

• Assess stage of change and motivation to change
• Reviewthe key components of effective behavior change goals using the SMART acronym
• Describe prevalence and incidence of diabetes
• Identify resources for and aspects of planning, implementing and evaluating a DSME program
• Distinguish pathophysiological differences between type 1, type 2 and gestational diabetes
• Compare differences between DKA and HHS, as well as possible treatments
• Formulate individualized goals of therapy based on patient-specific characteristics
• Differentiate acute and chronic complications
• Create a drug therapy plan that includes blood pressure and dietary changes for patients with diabetic nephropathy
• Summarize approaches to pain management and describe autonomic nephropathy conditions
• Identify and problem solve barriers to change and high-risk situations
• Discuss current and new therapeutic options for the treatment of diabetes and obesity
• Determine optimal therapeutic regimens for patients with diabetes to achieve individualized cardiometabolic goals
• Select appropriate insulin preparations for patients based on the pharmacokinetic profile, acquisition cost and individualized glycemic goals

• Required to have access to the NEW 2020 EDITION of The Art and Science of Diabetes Care and Education (5th Ed.).
• You must register at least 2 weeks before the start of the class. No enrollments will be accepted within 1 week of start of session. Registration is often full 4 or more weeks before the start of a session, so we encourage early registration.
• The course will be 9 weeks of reading, online activities, case studies, and online discussion board interaction with participants and facilitators.
• Each session will have small groups for discussion with other participants and experienced facilitators. Communication will occur within the online discussion boards (communication forums). 
• Learners can expect to devote about 4-5 hours a week to complete all material.
• Course is pass/fail.
  • Each participant will be expected to post a minimum of 3-4 messages in the discussion boards for each module.
  • Final exam must be passed with a minimum of a 70% to pass. Two attempts are allowed.
  • Certificate of credit issued upon successfully completion of the course and passing the Final Exam.
• The final exam period will start a few days before the course session ends, and extend a week past the course session end-date.
• Learners can work on the course at their own convenience. Discussion participation for each module must be completed within the one-week timeframe designated for that module in the course syllabus--in order to ensure active discussions.
• We recommend that you stay on track with the syllabus each week, so you don't fall behind (e.g., you can work for one hour and then log off and come back three days later and work for another hour or two).
• The syllabus structure includes 9 weeks of coursework with readings and learning modules.

Seven Modules will be covered over the 9-week period:

• Module 1: Clinical Management of Diabetes and Cardiometabolic Conditions
• Module 2: Healthy Coping
• Module 3: Reducing Risk
• Module 4: Taking Medications
• Module 5: Healthy Eating
• Module 6: Monitoring
• Module 7: Being Active
• Module 8: Communication and Problem Solving
• Module 9: Advocacy and Care Delivery

ADCES provides full refunds (less $100 administrative fee) for registration cancelled no later than eight (8) business days prior to the first day of the course.
All cancellation requests must be received in writing. To receive a refund, submit your written request to ADCES Membership Services (membership@adces.org).

All refunds are processed within 30 days of receipt. No refunds will be issued after the session has begun.

Rescheduling (postponing the use of paid registration to a future occurrence of the same program) is subject to availability and can only be requested one time before an Administrative fee ($100) will be charged.

Requests must be received in writing via email to ADCES Members Services, membership@adces.org within eight (8) business days prior to the first day of the registered session.

Requests received after this time may not be accepted nor a refund provided.

It is the policy of the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists to require that anyone who has an opportunity to affect continuing education activities content (e.g. authors, presenters and program planners) with products or services from a commercial interest with which s/he has financial relationships, discloses those financial relationship/s with commercial entities to participants.

Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Faculty:

• David Miller, RN, BSN, CDCES, FADCES: None
• Evan M. Sisson, PharmD, MSHA, BCACP, CDCES, FADCES: None
• Amy Hertz, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES: None
  
   

Planners:

• Jodi Lavin-Tompkins, MSN, RN, CDCES, BC-ADM, ADCES: None
• Matthew McClure, ADCES: None

The approval of this educational offering by ADCES does not imply endorsement of specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.

Accreditation Information

In support of improving patient care, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 30.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit(s) for learning and change.

	Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) The Universal Activity Number is JA4008258-0000-23-021-H01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 30.0 contact hours. This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.
	American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this enduring material for a maximum of 30.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 30.0 ANCC contact hours. This activity discusses 0.0 contact hours of pharmacotherapeutic content. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 30.0 contact hours.
	American Academy of PAs (AAPA) The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 30.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. Approval is valid until 4/6/23. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 30.0 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU. RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 30.0 continuing education credits.

Successful Completion

To receive a Statement of Credit you must participate in the full activity and complete an evaluation.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)

ADCES is the administering body for the Advanced Diabetes Management credentials. Continuing education programs offered by ADCES can be used toward fulfilling BC-ADM Certification and recertification requirements.

Other Health Professionals

It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.

• It is recommended that you have a high-speed broadband (or better) internet connection.
• Please be sure you close as many other open programs on your system as possible and have disabled your pop-up blocker.
• Install and enable both Java and JavaScript.
• We recommend using a desktop or laptop computer; however, many mobile devices also successfully access the course.  

Additional requirements:

Microsoft Windows 7, 8, or 10, Home Premium, Professional or Ultimate 
(32-bit edition, or 64-bit edition with 32-bit browser)

• Microsoft Edge (web browser)
• or Mozilla Firefox version 30 or later
• or Google Chrome Browser, version 44 or later
• or Safari (web browser on Mac)

Windows OS and hardware requirements

• Windows 7, 8, or 10: Any hardware configuration that supports these versions of Windows is sufficient
• Windows XP Pro or Home, with Service Pack 2: 450MHz Intel® Pentium® II or faster processor or equivalent (128MB of RAM, 512MB recommended)
• Windows Vista: 1GHz Intel Pentium II or faster processor or equivalent (1GB of RAM)

Mac OS and hardware requirements

• Mac OS X v10.4 or higher, 500MHz PowerPC G3 or faster or 1.83GHz Intel Core™ Duo or faster processor
• 128MB of RAM (512MB recommended)

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