Promoting Better Health Outcomes
for Your Patients with Diabetes
A Five-Part Course

 

Part 1
 March 3, 2005

• Introduction
• Primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes
• Slides

Part 2
April 7, 2005

• Natural progression of Type 2 diabetes
• Glycemic control, Part 1: Focus on early Type 2 diabetes
• Slides

Part 3
May 5, 2005

• Pathophysiology of Type 1 diabetes
• Glycemic Control, Part 2: Focus on Type 1 diabetes and advanced Type 2 diabetes
• Slides

Part 4
 June 2, 2005

• Epidemiology and pathophysiology of macrovascular complications
• Secondary prevention and treatment: macrovascular complications
• Slides

Part 5
July 7, 2005

• Epidemiology and pathophysiology of microvascular complications
  Secondary prevention and treatment: microvascular complications
• Summary: Promoting healthy outcomes in our diabetic patients
  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, professional and patient education, and is a nationally known speaker in the field of diabetes. She has been a certified diabetes educator since 1988. She is also a Ph.D. candidate in the department of physiology at The 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.


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