Laurie Klipfel – The Ultimate One-Day Diabetes Course

Laurie Klipfel will provide you with strategies to optimize patient education and empowerment so you can improve the care you provide to diabetes patients.

 Laurie Klipfel – The Ultimate One-Day Diabetes Course

Diabetes: Current Diagnostic Criteria and Prevalence

• Type 1/Type 2
• Pregnancy and diabetes
• Metabolic syndrome/pre-diabetes
• Other causes of hyperglycemia

Importance of Glycemic Control

• Outpatient:
  • Acute Complications: Causes, Symptoms and Treatment
    • Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
    • Hyperglycemic hyperosmolar non-ketotic syndrome (HHNK)
    • Hypoglycemia
    • Infection
    • Fatigue/depression
  • Chronic Complications:
    • Prevention, Identification, and Treatment
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Peripheral vascular disease
    • Retinopathy
    • Nephropathy
    • Neuropathy
• Inpatient:
  • Morbidity
  • Mortality
  • Length of stay

Goals of Therapy

• Glucose control
• Blood pressure control
• Lipid management
• Smoking cessation
• Improved “well-being”

Treatment

• AADE-7 behavioral goals
• Healthy Eating (carbohydrate counting, balanced fat/protein/carb)
• Being active with complications of diabetes
• Healthy coping/stress management/depression treatment
• Monitoring: frequency, timing and evaluation of results
• Risk reduction
• Problem-solving with case examples
• Medication: Indications and Contraindications
  • Oral medications:
    • Sulfonylureas
    • Meglitinides
    • Thiazolidinediones (TZD)
    • Biguanides
    • Alpha-glucosidase inhibitors
    • DPP-4 inhibitors
    • SGLT-2 inhibitors
    • Combinations
  • Insulin:
    • Action times
    • Basal/bolus dosing
    • Benefits of insulin pump therapy
    • Management of insulin pump in the hospital
    • Incretin Mimetics: Byetta
    • Amylinomimetics: Symlin

New Therapies

• • Glucose sensors
  • Sensor-augmented insulin pumps
• On the Horizon: Closed loop insulin pumps
  • Improved pancreatic transplants
  • Many combination pills
  • More DPP-4 inhibitors
  • Obesity medications
  • Stem cell research

New Medications

Patient Education and Empowerment Techniques

• Adult learning styles
• Setting “SMART” goals
• Motivational techniques

Resources for Patients and Professionals

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Description:

While 1 in 13 Americans have diabetes; 1 in 4 are diagnosed with pre-diabetes.

All healthcare professionals will care for patients with diabetes, pre-diabetes or metabolic syndrome on a daily basis, regardless of specialty. As management of diabetes becomes increasingly complex, it is imperative to keep up to date on new treatment options and standards regarding complication prevention. You play an important role in diabetes prevention, care, and management. Your role begins with a solid understanding of diabetes and its treatment.

Attend this seminar and increase your understanding of diabetes and pre-diabetes, and learn evidence-based pharmacological and non-pharmacological techniques for glucose control. You will leave with an in-depth understanding of the latest approaches in assessing and treating patients with diabetes, as well as new skills to apply for those at risk for diabetes.

Laurie Klipfel will provide you with strategies to optimize patient education and empowerment so you can improve the care you provide to diabetes patients.