OVERVIEW

Diabetes Is Primary® (DIP) helps primary care practitioners on the front lines of diabetes care master knowledge and strategies to improve patient outcomes. DIP is based on the Standards of Care in Diabetes of the American Diabetes Association® (ADA)—the gold standard in diabetes treatment. These guidelines, updated annually, ensure individuals 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

BENEFITS AND CREDITS

EXPIRES

December 15, 2026

This module is designed to strengthen the learner’s ability to identify diabetes and prediabetes through practical, case-based examples. Participants will work through scenarios that demonstrate how to apply current diagnostic criteria and select the most appropriate screening tests for diverse populations.

Module 2: Classification of Diabetes

This module is designed to guide learners through essential insights to empower them with the knowledge and strategies needed to diagnose and classify different types of diabetes, including type 1 (including latent autoimmune diabetes in adults), type 2, gestational diabetes, and maturity-onset diabetes of the young.   

Module 3: Prediabetes, Delay and Prevention  

This module is designed to guide learners through essential insights to empower them with the knowledge and strategies needed to prevent or delay the onset of diabetes. 

This module is designed to equip health care professionals with the knowledge and confidence to help individuals harness the power of nutrition and data in managing diabetes. 

This module is designed to equip health care professionals with the knowledge and skills needed to support individuals with diabetes in achieving meaningful, sustainable weight management. 

Module 6: Empowering Diabetes Self-Management

This module is designed to equip health care professionals with the insight and tools needed to motivate and support individuals as they navigate the emotional and behavioral challenges of living with diabetes. 

Module 7: Patient-Centered Care and Communication

This module is designed to prepare health care professionals to build meaningful, person-centered connections that strengthen diabetes care. 

This module is designed to equip primary care practitioners with evidence-based strategies for managing cardiovascular disease risk in adults with diabetes. 

Module 9: Chronic Kidney Disease Complications Management 

This module is designed to equip primary care providers with essential knowledge and practical skills for identifying, monitoring, and managing diabetes-related chronic kidney disease.  

Module 10: Retinopathy Complications Management

This module focuses on the holistic management of diabetes-related complications, with special attention to protecting and preserving eye health. 

Module 11: Neuropathy Complications Management

This module focuses on the prevention, identification, and management of diabetes-related neuropathy and foot complications.  

This module is designed to equip health care professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and optimize transitions of care for people living with diabetes. 

Module 13: Transition from Pediatric to Adult Care

This module is designed to equip health care professionals with the knowledge and skills necessary to navigate and optimize transitions of care for people living with diabetes. 

Module 14: Diabetes Management in Older Adults

This module will cover the management of diabetes in the context of the barriers and complications that older adults face—including financial constraints, cognitive impairments, polypharmacy, and more.  

Module 15: Noninsulin Pharmacotherapy

This module provides health care professionals with a comprehensive understanding of non-insulin glucose-lowering medications and their mechanisms of action, as well as the factors influencing the selection of appropriate regimens.  

Module 16: Initiating Insulin Therapy in Primary Care

This program provides health care professionals with an understanding of diabetes insulin management. Participants will acquire knowledge in deciding when to initiate insulin in patients with diabetes, following current guidelines.  

Module 17: Optimizing Injectable Therapy Using Continuous Glucose Monitoring

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.  

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.

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. 

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.

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.

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.  

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.  

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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