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.  

BENEFITS

• Free continuing education (CE) credit 
• Engaging and interactive online modules with reading points, videos, knowledge checks, and testing
• Downloadable resources

TARGET AUDIENCE

This program is intended for primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and other members of the diabetes care team. This program provides an excellent foundation for any clinicians who are new to practice or seeking a refresher on the clinical management of diabetes.  

CREDITS

This program includes 9 CE courses (CME, ABIM-MOC, ACPE, ANCC, AAPA, CDR, AAFP, COP). 

EXPIRES

December 9, 2024.

DOMAIN 1

Comprehensive Diagnosis and Preventing Diabetes

• Classification of Diabetes Types and Diagnosis
  
  
• Prevent and Delay Diabetes

DOMAIN 2

Medication Management

• Non-Insulin Glucose-Lowering Therapy
  
  
• Insulin Management and Strategies

DOMAIN 3

Comprehensive Diabetes Care and Transition Management

• Diabetes Complications Management
  
  
• Transitions of Care in Diabetes
  
  
• Diabetes Management in Older Adults 

DOMAIN 4

Empowering Diabetes Self-Management

• Optimizing Nutrition and Lifestyle
  
  
• Empowering Diabetes Self-Management: Motivation and Communication 

Module 1 - Classification of Diabetes Types and Diagnosis

Nykkia Sellers, DNP, FNP, BC-ADM, CDCES
Nykkia Sellers is the director and owner of Diabetes Care & Wellness, a private adult endocrine practice. She is also a certified diabetes care and education specialist with a board certification in Advanced Diabetes Management. She has an extensive clinical background in diabetes management and education. She is a member of several professional organizations and societies.

Module 2 - Prevent and Delay Diabetes

Kevin Miller, DO
Kevin Miller, DO, earned his medical degree from Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine in Kirksville, MO, in 1996. He moved to the Pacific Northwest after completing a residency at Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital in Ohio. A board-certified family practitioner, he is the co-founder of Diabetes Nation, a nonprofit organization, and Diabetes and Obesity Care in Bend, OR, where he practices with his wife, Eden Miller, DO.

Module 3 - Noninsulin Glucose-Lowering Therapy

Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP
Dr. Joshua Neumiller is vice-chair and the Allen I. White Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at Washington State University in Spokane. He is a contributing author for the ADA books Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes and Practical Insulin. A past editor-in-chief for the ADA journal Diabetes Spectrum and past Chair of the ADA’s Professional Practice Committee, he currently serves on the editorial board of BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care and is the 2024 President Elect, Health Care & Education for the ADA.

Module 4 – Insulin Management and Strategies

Nuha A. ElSayed, MD, MMSc
Dr. ElSayed is the Vice President of Healthcare Improvement, ADA. She oversees the development of the ADA's Standards of Care in Diabetes and consensus statements, serves as chair of the Professional Practice Committee, and heads professional education and accreditation. She also leads the quality improvement and international programs for the ADA.

Module 4 – Insulin Management and Strategies

Alissa R. Segal, PharmD, RPh, CDCES, CDTC, FCCP
Dr. Segal is a Professor of Pharmacy Practice, clinical pharmacist, and certified diabetes care and education specialist (MCPHS) with the Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences, Boston, Massachusetts.

Module 4 – Insulin Management and Strategies

Rozalina McCoy, MD, MS
Dr. McCoy is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, where she also serves as the Associate Division Chief for Clinical Research, and the Director of the Precision Medicine and Population Health Program within the University of Maryland Institute for Health Computing.

Module 4 – Insulin Management and Strategies

Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES, FADCES, FASCP
Dr. Joshua Neumiller is vice-chair and the Allen I. White Distinguished Professor in the Department of Pharmacotherapy at Washington State University in Spokane. He is a contributing author for the ADA books Medications for the Treatment of Diabetes and Practical Insulin. A past editor-in-chief for the ADA journal Diabetes Spectrum and past Chair of the ADA’s Professional Practice Committee, he currently serves on the editorial board of BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care and is the 2024 President Elect, Health Care & Education for the ADA.

Module 4 – Insulin Management and Strategies

Richard S. Beaser, MD
Richard S. Beaser, MD, is currently the Senior Strategic Advisor for Educational Services at the Joslin Diabetes Center and a Corresponding Member of the Faculty of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. He recently retired from patient care in the Adult Diabetes Section of the Joslin Clinic (Joslin Diabetes Center), where he had also been the Medical Director, Continuing Medical Education and Senior Strategic Advisor, Education Programs. He was also an Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.  

Module 5 - Diabetes Complication Management

Hope Feldman, CRNP, FNP-BC
Hope Feldman is a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner that practices in a Federally Qualified Health Center in Philadelphia, PA. She works across the lifespan from newborn to older adults and enjoys giving care within the family dynamic to understand the interplay between lifestyle and health. In this setting, primary care encompasses preventive care, urgent care, chronic illness management (including diabetes, HIV, hypertension, asthma, etc.), substance use recovery support, reproductive health, and basic psychiatric support. Figuring out patient-centric care with patients despite the challenges in the systems has been grounding and trust building and remains core to her approach to care.

Module 6 - Transitions of Care in Diabetes

Catherine Price, MD
Dr. Price completed medical school at Mercer University of Medicine and training in Internal Medicine and Endocrinology at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. She has served as the Medical Director of the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Diabetes and Endocrinology Center since 2019. Her research has had a focus on use of diabetes technology and optimization of inpatient glycemic management. As diabetes technology has become a rapidly expanding field, she strives to support patients with identifying which technologies work best for their individual needs.

Module 6 - Transitions of Care in Diabetes

Michael Harris, PhD  
Dr. Harris, a distinguished pediatric psychologist, has earned recognition on regional, national, and international levels for his expertise in understanding the psychosocial dynamics of children and adolescents coping with type 1 diabetes. In 2011, he founded Novel Interventions in Children’s Healthcare (NICH), a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing the quadruple aim of healthcare reform specifically for youth with complex and chronic medical conditions, compounded by significant social vulnerabilities.  

Module 7 - Diabetes Management in Older Adults

Scott Pilla, MD, MHS
Dr. Scott Pilla is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins. He completed internal medicine residency at Johns Hopkins Bayview and subsequently the Clinical Investigation Fellowship in General Internal Medicine at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. Dr. Pilla is a researcher and practicing general internist. His research focuses on the management of type 2 diabetes with aging, especially individualizing diabetes treatment to account for the preferences and needs of older adults.

Module 8 – Optimizing Nutrition and Lifestyle

Alison Evert, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES
Alison B. Evert, MS, RDN, CDCES, FADCES, is currently working as a diabetes nutrition education consultant. Ms. Evert’s work had previously focused on management of nutrition and diabetes education programs for the University of Washington (UW) Medicine primary care clinics in Seattle, WA. She also used panel management to reduce care gaps, assisted her team to incorporate use of telehealth services for nutrition and diabetes education, and co-developed, with support of clinic leadership, diabetes medication adjustment protocols. She also assisted with the rollout of remote patient monitoring of continuous glucose monitoring across the UW Medicine primary care network. Under her leadership, diabetes education visits have doubled, and nutrition visits have increased by 30% in the past 5 years. 

Module 9 - Empowering Diabetes Self-Management: Motivation and Communication

Susan Guzman, PhD
Susan Guzman, PhD, is a clinical psychologist specializing in diabetes. In 2003, Dr. Guzman co-founded the Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI), the first nonprofit organization devoted to the emotional and behavioral aspects of living with diabetes. At BDI, she serves as the Director of Clinical Education, developing and leading programs for people with diabetes and health care professionals. She has helped develop and facilitate diabetes distress group interventions for three research studies for adults with type 1 diabetes funded by the National Institutes for Health.

Module 9 - Empowering Diabetes Self-Management: Motivation and Communication

Chlodys E. Johnstone, PA-C, CDCES, MLDE, MAT
Chlodys Johnstone is a Physician Assistant and Certified Diabetes Education Specialist who presently serves as the Associate Director of Education and Quality Services at UK HealthCare (UKHC) Barnstable Brown Diabetes Center (BBDC). In this role, she combines her passion for clinical care and education to improve the lives of people with diabetes. In previous roles at UKHC, she has acted as supervisor of the Endocrine Division's advanced practice providers (APPs) and co-chair of the APP Council. Along with patient services, she focuses on clinician education through precepting students and guest lecturing.  

Eden Miller DO, ABOM-Diplomat
Dr. Eden Miller, an Osteopathic board-certified Family Practitioner, is the founder of Diabetes Nation, a nonprofit organization, and CEO of Diabetes and Obesity Care LLC where she practices with her husband Dr. Kevin Miller. An impassioned speaker, Dr. Miller has given over 1250 lectures in the field of Diabetes to health care providers and patients alike. Her adage for care is that she “only succeeds as a provider if she turns patients into experts on their own disease”.  

Paige Johnson, BSN, RN, CDCES
Paige Johnson is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist and nurse at the Diabetes Education Center at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist. She provides diabetes education services for primary care providers and the endocrinology clinic. Paige has been a practicing nurse for over 30 years. Her career in diabetes education began in primary care and evolved to a certified diabetes center. Her extensive experience includes starting a diabetes education program from scratch for a primary care clinic serving a vulnerable population in Northern Carolina. She is passionate about empowering patients with knowledge to participate in their own care.

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.