OVERVIEW

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. 

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Assess the risks of diabetes progression.
• Implement lifestyle management strategies for the prevention and delay of diabetes.
• Analyze comprehensive diabetes management strategies utilizing patient-centered care principles to optimize medication and complication management in a primary care context.
• Implement strategies to overcome barriers in transitions of care within a primary care setting.
• Develop tailored communication and diabetes education strategies for diverse patient populations, considering cultural factors in primary care patient demographics.

BENEFITS & CREDITS

• 9 Free CE (CME, ABIM-MOC, ACPE, ANCC, AAPA, CDR, AAFP, COP)
• Engaging and interactive online modules with reading points, videos, knowledge checks, and testing
• Downloadable resources

EXPIRATION DATE

November 30, 2024

DOMAIN 1

Comprehensive Diagnosis and Preventing Diabetes

Learn how to recognize the clinical characteristics and diagnostic criteria for various types of diabetes, including type 1, type 2, latent autoimmune diabetes in adults, maturity-onset diabetes of the young, and gestational diabetes. Explore the risk of prediabetes progressing to diabetes and the factors that influence this progression.

DOMAIN 2

Medication Management  

Learn about noninsulin glucose-lowering medications and their mechanisms of action and how to determine the most appropriate noninsulin glucose-lowering regimen based on individualized factors. Discover the current recommendations for insulin use in diabetes and identify appropriate indications for initiating insulin. Explore how to differentiate insulin types by their action profiles and clinical characteristics.

DOMAIN 3

Comprehensive Diabetes Care and Transition Management

Learn evidence-based strategies to managing complications associated with diabetic nephropathy, retinopathy and peripheral neuropathy. Identify obstacles and unique challenges hindering the seamless transfer of patients from both inpatient to outpatient settings and pediatric to adult health care settings. Discover the unique challenges faced by older patients with diabetes, including financial constraints, cognitive impairments, and the impact of Medicare on diabetes management. 

DOMAIN 4

Empowering Diabetes Self-Care

Learn how to provide dietary guidance, including carbohydrate counting techniques and meal planning strategies. Explore the key emotional aspects of the diabetes diagnosis and its impact on engagement in diabetes self-management behaviors. Discover evidence-based strategies for empowering individuals to make effective behavioral changes in diabetes management.

Alison Evert, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES 

Diabetes Nutrition Educator

University of Washington

Hope Feldman, CRNP

Family Nurse Practitioner

Family Practice and Counseling Network

Susan Guzman, PhD

Director of Clinical Education

Behavioral Diabetes Institute

Chlodys E. Johnstone, PA-C, CDCES

Associate Director of Education and Quality Service

UC Healthcare Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center

Kevin Miller, DO

Co-founder 

Diabetes Nation

Diabetes and Obesity Care

Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP

Professor of Pharmacotherapy 

Washington State University 

Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS 

Associate Professor of Medicine

Mayo Clinic

Catherine Price, MD
Medical Director
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Diabetes and Endocrinology Center 

Nuha El Sayed, MD, MM Sc.

Vice President, Healthcare Improvement

American Diabetes Association

Alissa R. Segal, PharmD, CDCES, CDTC

Professor of Pharmacy Practice 

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Nykkia Sellers, MSN, FNP, BC-ADM, CDCES

Director and Owner

Diabetes Care & Wellness

This program is supported, in part, by an unrestricted educational grant from the Leona M. and Harry B. Helmsley Charitable Trust and Abbott Diabetes Care, Inc. 

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