Providing Better Diabetes Education
For Your Patients
A Five-Part Course

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Part 1

• Introduction to diabetes education, certification process and standards of practice
• Overview of diabetes, its management, and basics of patient education
• Slides

Part 2

• Nutrition recommendations for people with diabetes
• Medications for diabetes
• Slides

Part 3

• Diabetes and exercise
• Monitoring diabetes for optimum health
• Slides

Part 4

• Acute complications and prevention
• Chronic complications and prevention
• Slides

Part 5

• Standards of medical care for people with diabetes
• Prioritizing diabetes education and following through
• Slides

Course Faculty

 

 

Betsy Dokken, NP, MSN, CDE
Diabetes Nurse Practitioner, Arizona Health Sciences Center, Tucson Arizona

Betsy Dokken is a diabetes specialist with 17 years of experience in diabetes treatment, patient and professional education, and is a nationally known speaker in the field of diabetes. She has been a certified diabetes educator since 1988. She is an Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor at The University of Arizona College of Nursing, and is a Ph.D. candidate in physiological sciences, University of Arizona College of Medicine.

Susan Mears, RN, CDE
Diabetes Consultant, Tucson, Arizona

Susan Mears is a diabetes specialist with 20 years of experience in diabetes management, patient and professional education, curriculum development and program administration. She has authored a multitude of publications for patients and professionals, is a past member of the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators, and was instrumental in the development of the American Diabetes Association’s National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education. She has been a certified diabetes educator since 1984.