Unsure about changes in 2020?
Coach Beverly offers this FREE webinar to help get you to 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.
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.
See our Preparing for CDCES Resource Page >>
Join Dana Armstrong, RD, CDCES, a trailblazer and thought leader, for a lively and intensive review of the latest in Medical Nutrition Therapy with immediate application to your clinical practice.
Dana combines the newest findings, her clinical experiences, plus the ADA Standards of Care into an action-packed presentation that will inform your practice while preparing for the certification exam.
Webinar Dates
Session 1 – Medical Nutrition Therapy Overview | May 27 from 8:30 AM – 10:30 AM PDT
Session 2 – Meal Planning – How to Eat by the Numbers | May 27 from 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM PDT
All presentations are recorded and available for on-demand viewing.
These sessions are also included in our Virtual Conference.
Click here to enroll in the entire program.
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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since these programs are approved by the CDR it satisfies the CE requirements for the CDCES regardless of your profession.*
The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the CDCES exam. CBDCE does not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES exam, except for those published by CBDCE.
For this week’s Free Resource Friday, we want to share with you our new COVID-19 & Diabetes Resource Page!
Over the past weeks, we have been collecting resources to learn more about COVID-19 and how it affects people living with diabetes.
We have decided to gather all of these resources together into one page to share with you.
This page includes webinars, ADA & ADCES COVID-19 resource hubs, handouts, mental wellness resources, and much more!
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PBS is streaming a new documentary, Blood Sugar Rising: America’s Hidden Diabetes Epidemic that follows the diabetes epidemic in the United States.
“It’s time to stop victim-shaming people with diabetes,” said Dan Hurley, scientific journalist, and author.
Through a scientific lens, Blood Sugar Rising, explores the history of diabetes and focuses on the environmental, social, and economical factors of this epidemic.
The documentary centers on the lived experience of people with diabetes, humanizing the impact that diabetes can have on an individual. Through these experiences, we see first-hand how much shame & blame is put on people living with diabetes.
Written by Bryanna, our Director of Operations & Customer Happiness
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To help prevent the spread of COVID-19, the CDC recommends everyone wears a cloth face-mask when in public.
In addition to washing our hands frequently and maintaining a 6ft. distance from others, cloth masks can help in situations where social distancing is more difficult, such as the grocery store.
Cloth face-masks can easily be made at home with a scarf, bandana, hand towel, or t-shirt, just be sure to wash them frequently. Here are a few tips for making your mask:
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As many of our daily routines have greatly changed, it’s important we are mindful of our newly developing habits. For this week’s Free Resource Friday, we wanted to share Valeria Mallet’s handout on nutritional and self-care tips to follow during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Valeria Mallett, RD, CDCES is the owner of private practice in Portland, OR. Her practice specializes in diabetes prevention and management, as well as weight management. She believes in evidence-based science, sound reasoning, and creative ideas to help individuals reach their healthcare goals.
In the handout below, Valeria offers tips on how to establish healthier routines during this time.
“There is so much uncertainty on the world right now, and we all need guidance on how to stay well both mentally and physically” – Valeria explains.
That is why she suggests building an eating routine, skipping late-night snacks, and other great tips to follow during this pandemic.
Click here to download the handout.
Thank you, Valeria, we are so grateful that you shared this amazing handout with us!
To learn more, visit Valeria’s website.
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$459 | 30+ CEs
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Join us on April 2nd from 11:30 am – 12:45 pm
Get ready to succeed a the CDCES exam. This course will transform your test anxiety into calm self-confidence and test taking readiness.
We will review sample test questions and the reasoning behind choosing the right answers.
Topics covered include the changes in requirements for 2020, exam eligibility and test format, strategies to succeed, and a review of study tips and test-taking tactics.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.
Intended Audience: This FREE webinar is designed for individuals 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®.
Certification Exams & COVID-19
Many people in our community are wondering how the shelter-in-place due to COVID-19 impacts any previously scheduled certification exams, so we wanted to provide an update from PSI, the testing centers for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE).
The PSI centers for testing closed on March 19 and will be closed till at least April 13th, but will reassess this timeline, as necessary.
PSI states, “Effective immediately, candidates can reschedule up to and including the day of testing at no penalty and no documentation required.”
Due to this closure, all rescheduling rules and no show policies will be relaxed until April 30th; you can reschedule your test till then at no cost.
To avoid long wait times, PSI encourages you to reschedule online through their website. Though you can also reschedule by calling: 833-333-4755 Call Centers are open: 4:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. PDT M-F, 6:00 a.m.-2:30 p.m. PDT Sat-Sun
For more information on the PSI closures, click here. For site closures regarding the BC-ADM exam, click here.
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As we enter this unprecedented phase of the pandemic, how do we as individuals and parents cope? Dr. Giuseppe (Bepi) Raviola serves as the director of the global mental health team at Partners In Health. To help us through this difficult and scary time, he has outlined mental health strategies to help us adapt and cope while we engage in social distancing and upheaval of our daily lives.
We highlight several practices that might help us gain steady emotional footing in this strange new scenario that we are suddenly together in. Coach Beverly has also incorporated a few of her own suggestions.
Read more here.
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Taking care of ourselves, our families and our patients are our first priorities at this time.
It is very quiet in most neighborhoods this morning; no commuter cars on the streets, no school bus noises, no sounds of children playing. This desolate environment reminds us that there is a lot of unknown for all of us.
It is so important right now to make sure we are all prepared for social distancing and flattening the curve of the spread of this pathogen.
We want to offer a few resources for those living with diabetes to prepare for what’s ahead and how to manage stress during this time. Endocrinologists are urging people that use insulin to plan ahead and have extra supplies on hand.
Written by Catherine Cullinane RN, CDCES, our resident Tech Thursday Content Writer
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