Diabetes Education

HOUSTON — Most adults with type 2 diabetes were able to reduce their diabetes distress after completing a series of individually selected education modules led by a pharmacist, according to two speakers.

HOUSTON — Diabetes care and education specialists can use YouTube to recommend or deliver high-quality educational content for people with diabetes, according to a presenter.

HOUSTON — New collaborative initiatives between the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists and the CDC aim to increase participation and access to diabetes self-management and education services.

During the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic when most people were hunkering down at home, Christie Schumacher, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BCCP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FCCP, kept going to her clinic in-person.

Barb Schreiner, PhD, RN, CDCES, BC-ADM, has seen a lot of changes in diabetes care and education during her career.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists will be celebrating a special milestone as its members gather in Houston for the organization’s 2023 annual meeting.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Jasmine Gonzalvo, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM, CDCES, about the interrelations between social determinants of health and diabetes and the role of community health workers and pharmacists, among others, in addressing factors outside the diabetes clinic.

SAN DIEGO — In this video exclusive, Richard Pratley, MD, discusses diabetes remission and the need for more information and clinical trials to understand the impact of remission on long-term outcomes.

Susan Weiner, MS, RDN, CDN, CDCES, FADCES, talks with Tessa Cushman, RDN, about addressing health inequities for people living with diabetes who identify as LGBTQ+.

SAN DIEGO — A match of tennis, with its divisions of points, games and sets, is “reflective of life in many ways,” in the view of A. Enrique Caballero, MD, who said he found a new passion in the game after playing soccer for many years.