OVERVIEW

This activity has been designed specifically for physicians, physician assistants, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, certified diabetes educators and other health care professionals who provide diabetes self- management education and support to people with diabetes and are either part of or interested in starting an accredited DSMES service.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

1. Describe the National Standards for DSMES including develop a DSMES service, annual requirements and maintaining audit ready status.
2. Differentiate the role of the professional team member and diabetes community care coordinator in a DSMES service.
3. Identify best practices, templates, and resources available for the development or improvement of a DSMES service design.
4. Understand unconscious bias in DSMES
5. Summarize ADA’s 2024 Standards of Care in Diabetes.

EXPIRATION DATE

April 2025

Jo Ellen Condon, RDN, LDN, CDCES®, CPT

Planning Committee Chair

Diabetes Care and Education Specialist

Luminis Health Anne Arundel Medical Center Diabetes and Endocrine Specialist
Annapolis, MD

Barbara Eichorst, MS, RD, CDCES®

Vice President, Health Care Programs

American Diabetes Association

Arlington, VA

Michelle Stancil MS, BSN, RN, CDCES®
ERP National Committee Chair
Manager, Diabetes Management
Prisma Health
Greenville, SC

Uzma Quraishi MS, RDN

Managing Director

American Diabetes Association

Arlington, VA

Lori Blanton, MS, CHES, CDCES®

Diabetes Program Coordinator

AdventHealth Tampa

Tampa, FL

Steven Burdette

Associate Director
American Diabetes Association

Arlington, VA

Robert Gabbay MD, PhD
Chief Scientific and Medical Officer

American Diabetes Association

Associate Professor

Harvard Medical School

Daniel Stinnett, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES®

Senior Manager

American Diabetes Association

Arlington, VA

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