Free Resource Friday | Preparing for the CDCES Exam Webinar
Join us live with your questions on August 2, 2019 @ 11:30 a.m. PST!
Coach Beverly offers this FREE webinar to help get you prepare for the CDCES Exam. All her tips and tricks are meant to ease your mind and reflect the updates to the CDCES content outline. Register below with a name and email and you can join us live next Friday!
We will review sample test questions and the reasoning behind choosing the right answers.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Intended Audience: This FREE webinar is designed for individual or groups of diabetes educators, including RNs, RDs, Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants and other health care providers interested in achieving excellence in diabetes care and becoming Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists®.
Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM is a working educator who has passed her CDCES Exam 6 times. She is a nationally recognized diabetes expert for over 25 years.
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Free Resource Friday | Preparing for the BC-ADM Webinar – May 29th!
Preparing for the BC-ADM Exam – What you need to know
May 29th @ 11:30 am – 12:40 pm PST
May 29th, 2019 – 11:30 a.m. – 12:40 p.m. PST
Preparing for the BC-ADM Exam – What you need to know Join us for this live webinar
Becoming BC-ADM is a great achievement for diabetes educators with an advanced degree in their field and a professional license as an advanced practice nurse, registered dietitian, or registered pharmacist. The scope of advanced diabetes practice includes patient management skills such as medication adjustment, medical nutrition therapy, exercise planning, counseling for behavior management and psychosocial issues.
Attaining optimal metabolic control in the diabetic client may include treatment and monitoring of acute and chronic complications. This webinar will review changes in requirements for 2019, exam eligibility and test format, strategies to succeed along with a review of study tips and test-taking tactics. We will review sample test questions and the reasoning behind choosing the right answers. We hope you can join us for this webinar. Click here for a bunch of free resources, a reading list and to register for FREE Webinar.
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Facebook Live with Coach Beverly
We are almost there! With 2080 followers and 1976 likes, we are 24 likes away from our Facebook Live with Coach Beverly!
Are there questions about diabetes or the Diabetes Certification Exam that you are dying to ask??
Good News! Coach Beverly adores and appreciates our Facebook followers and community. Our goal is to reach 2000 likes by April 1st (We got this).
Coach Beverly will answer questions on Facebook Live – April 1st, 2019 at 12:00 p.m. (PST). At almost 2000 Facebook likes (only 24 more to go) – we are getting ready to celebrate!
In celebration of reaching this goal, she is going to have a Facebook LIVE Q&A Session for 30 minutes on April 1st (no fooling) from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
We hope you can join us to get your questions answered.
Just type in your question here, and Coach Beverly will do her best to answer your question within the half hour time frame!
In celebration of reaching this goal, she is going to have a FaceBook LIVE Q&A Session for 30 minutes on April 1st (no fooling) from 12:00 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
We hope you can join us to get your questions answered.
Just type in your question here, and Coach Beverly will do her best to answer your question within the half hour time frame!
Some of my favorite people are RDs. I’ve been blessed to team teach with many inspiring, kind, knowledgeable and dynamic dietitians over a span of more than 20 years. They are trailblazers and advocates for improving the health of our communities, in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. They have the best teaching tools (who doesn’t love the rubber chicken, food samples and empty cereal boxes) and a breadth of knowledge that they freely share with patients and colleagues alike.
Dana Armstrong, RD, CDCES (pictured far left) is a leader and an innovator in the field of diabetes, nutrition, and technology. Dana is a nationally recognized speaker, consultant, and the Medical Clinic Director of the Diabetes Center/Salinas Valley Medical Clinic.
I love that Dana pushes boundaries, questions the status quo and is a fierce advocate for people living with diabetes. We love you Dana and appreciate the decades of dedication and service you have contributed to our community.
Meet Dana in person at our Diabetes Educator Course next Month. Dana teaches the Insulin Pump Workshop. Get the latest information on insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring from an expert. This workshop will answer your questions and provide valuable insights.
Send a note letting them know the ways you appreciate them
Bring them a treat
Give them a hug and thank them for their good work
Let providers know how much they contribute to improving the health of people
Invite them to lunch
Bring them flowers
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Free Resource Friday | Preparing for the CDCES Exam Webinar!
Join us for free on March 1st @ 11:30 am PST
Join us to get ready to succeed a the CDCES Exam. This course will transform your test anxiety into calm self-confidence and test taking readiness. Topics covered include:
Changes in requirements for 2019
Exam eligibility and test format
Strategies to succeed
Review of study tips and test taking tactics.
We will review sample test questions, and the reasoning behind choosing the right answers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Intended Audience: This FREE webinar is designed for individual or groups of diabetes educators, including RNs, RDs, Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants and other health care providers interested in achieving excellence in diabetes care and becoming Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists®.
Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM is a working educator who has passed her CDCES Exam 6 times. She is a nationally recognized diabetes expert for over 25 years.
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Free Resource Friday | What We Say Matters, Free Webinar Ready for Viewing
Language & Diabetes, What we say matters | Resources
What we say matters.
As educators, advocates, spouses, friends, and providers, our use of language can deeply affect the self-view of people living with diabetes everyday.
The language used in the health care setting is immensely important in determining the success of the interaction and long term relationships.
Thoughtful communication provides a sense of support and empathy and moves both provider and patient toward greater satisfaction and success.
Based on powerful research, there is growing movement within diabetes education and beyond, to rethink the words we use and the approaches we take when providing counsel to people with diabetes.
Let’s lift people up by choosing language that is non-judgmental and person centered.
Enjoy our free Mini-Webinar to learn more and take your communication to the next level!
This four question quiz is inspired by the recent article, “The Use of Language and Diabetes Care” by Dickinson et al. What words we choose, our body gestures and the use of certain terms can have a tremendous impact on our interactions with people living with diabetes. This quiz highlights a few key areas where we may want to rethink our approach or feel reassured that we are on the right track.
This mini-webinar is free, and no CEs are provided, but there is lots of great info!
Articles and Resources,
Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education – 2017 ADA & AADE Language is powerful and can have a strong impact on perceptions as well as behavior. This article provides recommendations for language used by health care professionals and others when discussing diabetes through spoken or written words whether directed to people with diabetes, colleagues, or the general public, as well as research questions related to language and diabetes.
This week we kick off our #WCW campaign (“Woman Crush Wednesday”) with our fearless leader, Coach Beverly Thomassian.
Why do we need a Women’s Conference? – Coach Beverly shares her vision
“Girls should learn history. And make it.”
– Malala
On our drive to school, I asked my teenage son if he could name any female scientists. He couldn’t name one.
I came up with a handful, but that was even a stretch.
Women make up half the population, but often our stories go untold.
As a frequent attendee at large scientific conferences, I have noticed the lack of female presenters. In many of the published national diabetes standards, there is a notable disparity in the ratio of men to women authors.
Yet, all around me, I work with a collection of smart, progressive, wildly talented and compassionate diabetes advocates, educators and providers who are women.
They contribute in countless ways, some bold and some subtle, to improve diabetes care and provide a vision forward for future diabetes professionals.
This first ever Women Leaders in Diabetes Conference was born out of these observations. I wanted to create a meeting place to celebrate this diverse group of visionary leaders. To shine a light on what they have accomplished and contributed to improve diabetes care while creating an arc of change into tomorrow’s landscape.
Just as importantly, I wanted to provide a place for attendees to share their stories. A place to sit at a table with other diabetes professionals who have fought, succeeded, failed, got back up and kept going, even though the barriers seemed insurmountable.
Our stories contain years of wisdom, hard won and accumulated through experience, trial and error and careful study. Let’s bring these innovations and stories to light.
Lastly, I wanted to open a window of dedicated time for hard working diabetes professionals to allow for inspiration and a safe place to share struggles and set-backs, honestly and openly. And through this sharing and group problem solving, the opportunity to see possibilities that might have been hidden or obscured by doubt or by pure busyness.
I wanted to create a place where we are inspired to state our dreams out loud and encouraged to move fully into them through the coaching and unabashed support of our colleagues.
Girls should make history. And we are.
Everyone is welcome. Please join us on May 10, 2019
Are you feeling discouraged because your suggestions for improvement aren’t acknowledged?
Do you run into barriers when you try to implement change?
Just as importantly, I wanted to provide a place for attendees to share their stories. A place to sit at a table with other diabetes professionals who have fought, succeeded, failed, got back up and kept going, even though the barriers seemed insurmountable.