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Artificial Intelligence (AI) for CDCES and BC-ADM Exam Prep – Benefits & Cautions
AI for CDCES and BC-ADM exam prep is becoming increasingly popular among healthcare professionals and certification candidates. Tools such as ChatGPT and Copilot can help learners create study guides, generate practice questions, explain difficult concepts, and organize educational materials.
Used thoughtfully, AI for CDCES and BC-ADM exam prep can be a valuable study aid. However, AI-generated content may be outdated, oversimplified, incomplete, or incorrect. AI works best as a supplemental learning tool alongside evidence-based resources, clinical judgment, and trusted educational materials.
The strongest learners combine AI-assisted exam preparation with critical thinking, information verification, and trusted clinical references.
The most important factors affecting the quality of AI-generated content is the quality of the prompt.
Vague prompts often produce broad, generic results. More specific prompts typically generate more focused and useful responses.
“Make me a diabetes study guide.”
The more context you provide, the more useful the output is likely to be.
Healthcare recommendations change over time. Including the current year in your prompt can help focus AI responses on more recent information.
Examples:
This simple step may reduce the likelihood of receiving outdated information.
The safest and most effective ways to use AI is by working directly from trusted educational content.
Examples include:
Rather than asking AI to search broadly for information, consider providing educational content directly and asking AI to help organize it.
For example:
A webinar transcript discussing insulin management.
Example prompts:
This approach allows learners to maximize the value of trusted educational resources while tailoring materials to their preferred learning style.
One of the most powerful uses of AI for exam preparation is creating active learning tools.
Many learners spend hours rereading notes. While review is important, active recall often improves retention more effectively.
Active recall requires learners to retrieve information from memory rather than simply rereading content.
AI can quickly generate:
Front:
What is the ADA Time in Range (TIR) goal for most adults with diabetes?
Back:
Greater than 70% of glucose readings between 70–180 mg/dL.
Front:
A patient using basal insulin has fasting glucose within target but elevated post-meal readings. What might be some treatment options?
Back:
To improve postprandial glucose, review MNT, activity levels, consider adding a GLP-1 or GLP-1/GIP combo medication, or bolus insulin before meals.
Example prompts:
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AI is most effective when used interactively rather than passively.
Instead of accepting the first response, continue the conversation.
Helpful follow-up questions include:
These types of questions encourage deeper understanding and clinical reasoning rather than memorization alone.
AI can also help:
AI tools may draw information from a variety of online sources. Whenever possible, direct AI to prioritize reputable clinical references.
Examples include:
You can also include instructions such as:
Providing source guidance often improves the quality and reliability of AI-generated content.
AI-generated content should always be reviewed critically.
AI can occasionally provide inaccurate information with a high degree of confidence. Independent verification is especially important in healthcare education.
Always verify:
Continue to rely on trusted resources such as:
AI can be a valuable addition to your study toolkit when used thoughtfully and responsibly. By combining AI-assisted learning with trusted educational resources, evidence-based references, and critical thinking, learners can create personalized study materials while maintaining confidence in the accuracy and quality of the information they are reviewing.
The goal is not to replace traditional study methods—it is to enhance them.
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Oct 22–23, 2026
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15.5 Live CEs
+ 17 bonus CEs
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📍
San Diego, CA
1.7 mi from airport
The field of diabetes care is expanding and evolving rapidly. This unique training conference will keep you on the cutting edge plus prepare you for certification exams. It also fulfills the Standards of Care renewal requirement. Join us for two days of intensive education that is fun and inspiring. Add on the optional Day 3 (Engaging the Disengaged), to complete your conference exeperience.
Coach Beverly and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES co-lead an exciting day that brings the ADA and AACE Standards to life. Gain fresh insights, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of the latest in person-centered diabetes care. After attending, you will be empowered to share the latest in diabetes care with your colleagues and the people in your care.
Take your knowledge to the next level with this intensive deep-dive into insulin therapy, dosing and pattern management with Dr. Diana Isaacs. Next, stay for the diabetes tech show-and-tell as Diana demonstrates the specs of the latest pumps and sensors. After lunch, nutrition whiz Christine Craig, MS, RDN, CDCES expertly details the latest in MNT and provides real strategies on translating this content to your clinical practice. You will have a chance to put it all together as Coach Beverly leads you through a series of case studies that integrates content from Day 1 and Day 2.
On Saturday, join this exceptional day-long program led by William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES & Susan Guzman, PhD (Behavioral Diabetes Institute) that reveals psychosocial forces behind diabetes self-management — tools to break through resistance and inspire change.
Read more below
📜 Essentials
Registration
+ Printed Syllabus
$559.00
🌟 Deluxe
Essentials
+ ADA Standards Book
$589.00
🏆 Complete – Best Value!
Deluxe
+ ADCES Review Guide e-Book
$669.00
Transform how you engage patients with diabetes — master behavior change, reduce distress, and overcome medication hesitancy.
Why do so many patients know what they should do — but still struggle to do it?
The answer lies in the psychology of diabetes.
In this transformative full-day course, world-renowned experts William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES, and Susan Guzman, PhD, from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute reveal the hidden psychosocial forces that drive — or derail — diabetes self-management.
You’ll walk away with a completely new toolkit for breaking through patient resistance, dissolving medication hesitancy, and creating clinical encounters that actually inspire change!
Leading the Future: AI, Value-Based Care, and ADCES 2026
Do you have mixed feelings about Artificial Intelligence (AI)? In today’s rapidly shifting healthcare landscape, hesitation is completely natural. However, the practical potential of AI is proving hard to ignore. The potential to leverage AI to reduce healthcare providers’ administrative burdens, enhance precision medicine, and prioritize value-based care is incredibly promising. Who knows, AI might even serve as your future certification study tool.
In this issue, we tackle digital metrics, the application of AI in healthcare, and how diabetes care professionals can prepare for a changing future.
In our first article, nationally recognized expert, Marie Frazzitta, DNP, FNP, PMHNP, CDCES, MBA, explores the move toward value-based care, HEDIS, STAR ratings, and digital outcomes metrics. She details how diabetes specialists can step into leadership roles and be an active part of this transformation! Don’t miss her Free webinar on September 30th!
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Next, Coach Bev considers how AI has the potential to reduce the level of overwhelm many clinicians feel so they can focus on what is most important – human connection. Our expert dietitian Christine Craig highlights the benefits of using AI from a nutrition professional’s perspective.
Lastly, our newest team member (and AI pro), Ashlie Sabourin, summarizes best practices and caveats for using AI as a diabetes certification study tool. Download our AI Cheat Sheet!
Finally, I am heading to Columbus, Ohio this Thursday for the national ADCES conference! I look forward to connecting with many of you there and bringing back fresh insights for our next newsletter and the upcoming San Diego Conference.
With hearts full of gratitude,
Coach Beverly, Bryanna, Ashlie, and Katarina
🌟Updated Schedule: ADA Boot Camp, Tech, MNT & More
Live in Beautiful San Diego – Oct 22-23, 2026
Re-Ignite your Passion & Prepare for Diabetes Certification Exams
🎓 Earn 30+ CEs: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ACPE, ANCC, and CDR!
📅
2-Day Conference
Oct 22–23, 2026
⏱️
15.5 Live CEs
+ 17 bonus CEs
🏅
CDCES & BC-ADM
Exam Prep + Renewal
📍
San Diego, CA
1.7 mi from airport
The field of diabetes care is expanding and evolving rapidly. This unique training conference will keep you on the cutting edge plus prepare you for certification exams. It also fulfills the Standards of Care renewal requirement. Join us for two days of intensive education that is fun and inspiring. Add on the optional Day 3 (Engaging the Disengaged), to complete your conference exeperience.
Coach Beverly and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES co-lead an exciting day that brings the ADA and AACE Standards to life. Gain fresh insights, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of the latest in person-centered diabetes care. After attending, you will be empowered to share the latest in diabetes care with your colleagues and the people in your care.
Take your knowledge to the next level with this intensive deep-dive into insulin therapy, dosing and pattern management with Dr. Diana Isaacs. Next, stay for the diabetes tech show-and-tell as Diana demonstrates the specs of the latest pumps and sensors. After lunch, nutrition whiz Christine Craig, MS, RDN, CDCES expertly details the latest in MNT and provides real strategies on translating this content to your clinical practice. You will have a chance to put it all together as Coach Beverly leads you through a series of case studies that integrates content from Day 1 and Day 2.
On Saturday, join this exceptional day-long program led by William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES & Susan Guzman, PhD (Behavioral Diabetes Institute) that reveals psychosocial forces behind diabetes self-management — tools to break through resistance and inspire change.
Read more below
📜 Essentials
Registration
+ Printed Syllabus
$559.00
🌟 Deluxe
Essentials
+ ADA Standards Book
$589.00
🏆 Complete – Best Value!
Deluxe
+ ADCES Review Guide e-Book
$669.00
Transform how you engage patients with diabetes — master behavior change, reduce distress, and overcome medication hesitancy.
Why do so many patients know what they should do — but still struggle to do it?
The answer lies in the psychology of diabetes.
In this transformative full-day course, world-renowned experts William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES, and Susan Guzman, PhD, from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute reveal the hidden psychosocial forces that drive — or derail — diabetes self-management.
You’ll walk away with a completely new toolkit for breaking through patient resistance, dissolving medication hesitancy, and creating clinical encounters that actually inspire change!
Invite Coach Beverly!
Keynotes | CE Courses | Worksite Training | Cert. Prep
Founder & CEO of DiabetesEd Services
Looking for a speaker who can deliver evidence-based diabetes education with energy, heart, and a dose of fun?
Invite Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM (Coach Beverly) to your next conference, healthcare meeting, or professional education event.
Coach Beverly loves teaching in person, connecting with healthcare professionals, and transforming complex diabetes science into practical strategies clinicians can use right away. Her engaging presentations combine the latest evidence-based recommendations with memorable stories, real-world clinical cases, audience participation, Diabetes Bingo, movement breaks—and prizes!
Whether you are looking for an inspiring 60–90 minute keynote or an immersive full-day diabetes training, Coach Beverly can customize the experience for your audience.
Keynote Presentations
CE Courses
Worksite Training
Certification Prep
Coach Beverly is a nationally recognized diabetes nurse specialist, mentor, and author whose work bridges science, storytelling, and soul. With decades of experience, she is a passionate advocate for person-centered, inclusive care.
As founder of Diabetes Education Services™, Beverly has trained thousands of clinicians to achieve diabetes certification while championing a compassionate approach to healthcare.
Whether dancing through moments of self-doubt or coaching professionals toward success, Beverly leads with authenticity and heart.
Coach Beverly brings decades of clinical expertise, heartfelt storytelling, and a passion for human-centered care to every presentation.
Beverly offers keynote talks on her groundbreaking book “Healing Through Connection“, exploring how presence, empathy, and authenticity can transform the healthcare experience and support professional well-being.
She also provides a variety of evidence-based presentations on diabetes management, emerging therapies, ADA Standards of Care, and person-centered care approaches. Attendees leave with powerful insights on building meaningful connections with those they serve, their teams, and themselves.
To book Coach Beverly for your event, please email [email protected]. Or, you can call us at 530-893-8635.
To book Coach Beverly for your event, please email [email protected]. Or, you can call us at 530-893-8635.
Join us on August 19th, 2026, at 11:30 am PST, for the 2026 NEW FREE BC-ADM® Exam Success Mini-Webinars
After carefully reviewing the Board Certification in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM®) Examination Content Outline, Coach Beverly identified several advanced topics that deserved additional attention to boost healthcare professionals’ readiness for the exam.
She created a series of FREE 20 to 30-minute mini-webinars that focus on these high-yield content areas, filling the gaps and completing your BC-ADM Boot Camp experience.
Join Coach Beverly live on August 19 as she walks through these focused review sessions designed to strengthen your advanced clinical knowledge and boost your confidence before the December BC-ADM exam. Can’t attend live? No problem! Each BC-ADM® Exam Success Mini-Webinars will be recorded and added to Level 4 of the BC-ADM Boot Camp Bundle for on-demand access.
While these complimentary webinars do not include continuing education (CE) credit, they are packed with practical insights, exam-focused content, and advanced clinical pearls that will help you master complex concepts and prepare for BC-ADM success.
Author, Nurse, Educator, Clinician, and Innovator, Beverly has specialized in advanced diabetes management for over twenty years and has successfully passed the CDCES exam six times. As president and founder of Diabetes Education Services, Beverly is dedicated to optimizing diabetes care and improving the lives of those with diabetes.
“As a diabetes nurse specialist for over 30 years, few things have been as rewarding as advocating for high-quality care on behalf of people living with diabetes. Earning my BC-ADM 25 years ago wasn’t easy—it pushed me into unfamiliar territory that felt overwhelming at the start. But with time, this new knowledge became part of my DNA. Whether I’m seeing individuals at our rural clinic or designing new teaching slides, my BC-ADM continues to make me a better clinician, educator and advocate.”
Exciting news: the New ADCES 7th Edition of the Review Guide and the Art and Science of Diabetes Care. If you are preparing to take your diabetes certification exams or need a comprehensive resource to refer to, these books are for you! Since we offer the e-version, you can order today and receive them in your inbox within 24 hours.
If you are considering taking the BC-ADM exam, 2026 may be your year. There are significant eligibility, renewal, and exam content changes coming in 2027 – so sign up to take your BC-ADM exam by November 1, 2026. Read more about the upcoming updates to the BC-ADM certification in Coach Bev’s article below. Or join her Free Prep for BC-ADM Webinar on July 29th.
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Are you heading to the ADCES in Columbus, Ohio? If so, please stop by and say hi to Coach Beverly at either of her presentations.
On August 9th at 12:30, Coach Bev will be participating in a panel discussion on “Diabetes and Entrepreneurship”, led by the amazing Sarah Hormachea in the Exhibit Hall Learning Lab #3, Sunday, at 12:30pm. Grab your lunch and join us!
Also on Aug 9th at 2:30, Coach Bev will present “Healing through Connection,” a talk designed to allow diabetes health care professionals time to connect and share stories. There is so much to talk about. Hope to see you there!
Looking forward to connecting with all of you in person or virtually!
With hearts full of gratitude,
Coach Beverly, Bryanna, Ashlie, and Katarina
The Board Certification in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) credential recognizes your clinical expertise and dedication to outstanding diabetes care.
Wondering What the Next Steps Are?
Join Coach Beverly for a FREE, information-packed webinar to map out your journey. Learn strategies to succeed at this mastery-level exam and map out your study journey. Plus, we will be adding in a special bonus section during the last 15 minutes.
Webinar airs July 29th at 11:30 am PST
This Review Guide is a must-have for anyone preparing for the CDCES and the BC-ADM Exam. With over 500 sample test questions with rationale, you can quickly assess your strengths and make a plan to fill in knowledge gaps.
Book details:
This updated edition delivers evidence‑based guidance you can use right away and is a powerful tool for strengthening your clinical expertise and filling in knowledge gaps in preperation for diabetes certification exams.
Book details:
Original Pricing: Starting at $449
New Pricing: Starting at $399
Original Pricing: Starting at $459
New Pricing: Starting at $399
Original Pricing: Starting at $519
New Pricing: Starting at $499
There are BIG changes in eligibility and renewal requirements starting in 2027.
Join Coach Bev to learn more!
This FREE webinar goes over eligibility requirements and the content of the Board Certification in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM) Exam. Earning your BC-ADM is an ideal way to showcase your ability to manage the complex needs of people living with diabetes.
Thinking about becoming a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES)?
This FREE, information-packed webinar will walk you through the exact steps required to earn your CDCES credential — and help you develop a study plan to make it over the finish line!
🌟Updated Schedule: ADA Boot Camp, Tech, MNT & More
Live in Beautiful San Diego – Oct 22-23, 2026
Re-Ignite your Passion & Prepare for Diabetes Certification Exams
🎓 Earn 30+ CEs: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™, ACPE, ANCC, and CDR!
📅
2-Day Conference
Oct 22–23, 2026
⏱️
15.5 Live CEs
+ 17 bonus CEs
🏅
CDCES & BC-ADM
Exam Prep + Renewal
📍
San Diego, CA
1.7 mi from airport
The field of diabetes care is expanding and evolving rapidly. This unique training conference will keep you on the cutting edge plus prepare you for certification exams. It also fulfills the Standards of Care renewal requirement. Join us for two days of intensive education that is fun and inspiring. Add on the optional Day 3 (Engaging the Disengaged), to complete your conference exeperience.
Coach Beverly and Diana Isaacs, PharmD, BC-ADM, CDCES co-lead an exciting day that brings the ADA and AACE Standards to life. Gain fresh insights, practical tools, and a deeper understanding of the latest in person-centered diabetes care. After attending, you will be empowered to share the latest in diabetes care with your colleagues and the people in your care.
Take your knowledge to the next level with this intensive deep-dive into insulin therapy, dosing and pattern management with Dr. Diana Isaacs. Next, stay for the diabetes tech show-and-tell as Diana demonstrates the specs of the latest pumps and sensors. After lunch, nutrition whiz Christine Craig, MS, RDN, CDCES expertly details the latest in MNT and provides real strategies on translating this content to your clinical practice. You will have a chance to put it all together as Coach Beverly leads you through a series of case studies that integrates content from Day 1 and Day 2.
On Saturday, join this exceptional day-long program led by William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES & Susan Guzman, PhD (Behavioral Diabetes Institute) that reveals psychosocial forces behind diabetes self-management — tools to break through resistance and inspire change.
Read more below
📜 Essentials
Registration
+ Printed Syllabus
$559.00
🌟 Deluxe
Essentials
+ ADA Standards Book
$589.00
🏆 Complete – Best Value!
Deluxe
+ ADCES Review Guide e-Book
$669.00
Transform how you engage patients with diabetes — master behavior change, reduce distress, and overcome medication hesitancy.
Why do so many patients know what they should do — but still struggle to do it?
The answer lies in the psychology of diabetes.
In this transformative full-day course, world-renowned experts William H. Polonsky, PhD, CDCES, and Susan Guzman, PhD, from the Behavioral Diabetes Institute reveal the hidden psychosocial forces that drive — or derail — diabetes self-management.
You’ll walk away with a completely new toolkit for breaking through patient resistance, dissolving medication hesitancy, and creating clinical encounters that actually inspire change!
“I’ve managed my diabetes for years, but ever since starting cancer treatment, my blood glucose has been all over the place. I don’t know what I am doing wrong.”
As diabetes health professionals, our job is to support people through both complex clinical situations and the emotional challenges of living with cancer and diabetes. Having the knowledge to address both can improve engagement, lead to better outcomes, and strengthen relationships with the people we work with.
Diabetes and cancer are no longer just parallel health crises sharing a person’s chart; they are deeply entangled pathologies where hyperglycemia, inflammation and the risk of cancer development are interrelated. For diabetes healthcare professionals, mastering this bidirectional threat no longer falls under the rare case scenario.
As a diabetes professional, you have an important role in detecting sudden hyperglycemia as a result of chemotherapeutic agents, like checkpoint inhibitors and PI3k inhibitors. In addition, you can encourage people with diabetes to engage in regular cancer screenings and be aware of reportable symptoms. This is an immediate, high-stakes clinical mandate that can improve prompt treatment and detect cancer earlier.
The shared risk factors between type 2 diabetes and cancer (older age, elevated body weight, and lack of physical activity) increase this bidirectional association, but diabetes-related factors such as underlying disease physiology or diabetes treatments may also increase this cancer-diabetes connection.
One of the most clinically actionable areas of recent research highlights the relationship between a new diabetes diagnosis and pancreatic and other cancers.
People with type 2 diabetes face about twice the risk of developing pancreatic cancer compared to those without the condition, while an older adult (over 50) with new-onset diabetes experiences a sharper increase in risk within the first few years.
New onset of atypical diabetes (lean body habitus and negative family history) in a middle-aged or older person may precede the diagnosis of pancreatic adenocarcinoma. Additionally, in a nationwide cancer registry in New Zealand, post pancreatitis diabetes mellitus was associated with significantly higher risk (2.4-fold) of pancreatic cancer compared with pancreatitis after type 2 diabetes. (ADA).
Diabetes is associated with increased risk of cancers of the liver, pancreas, endometrium, colon and rectum, breast, and bladder.
Large-scale cohort analyses reveal that individuals with diabetes face a roughly doubled risk of developing
There are also notable 1.2- to 1.5-fold increases in:
People with diabetes are encouraged to schedule recommended age-and sex-appropriate cancer screenings, coordinated with their primary health care professional. As diabetes professionals, you can encourage individuals to take action and to reduce their modifiable cancer risk factors. Actions that help with diabetes management also reduce risk of cancer including:
The cancer frontier of oncology has been revolutionized by precision therapies, but these life-saving advancements can come with steep glucose elevations due to beta cell disruption.
Hyperglycemia due to chemotherapy may either be transient (improving upon treatment cessation) or represent permanent diabetes.
Immune checkpoint inhibitors are used to treat many types of cancer, such as melanoma, non-small cell lung cancer, bladder cancer, renal cell carcinoma, breast cancer, and Hodgkin lymphoma.
Common immune checkpoint inhibitors include: pembrolizumab (Keytruda), nivolumab (Opdivo), ipilimumab (Yervoy), durvalumab (Imfinzi), atezolizumab (Tecentriq).
The most likely Immune checkpoint inhibitors that rigger rapid, autoimmune-mediated destruction of beta cells include:
Insulin therapy is the cornerstone of management, as individuals typically present with rapid-onset, severe hyperglycemia or DKA. Many will initially need an insulin drip, followed by the implementation of basal bolus insulin therapy along with continuous glucose monitoring.
PI3K inhibitors are used primarily to treat advanced breast cancer (specifically HR+/HER2- tumors with PIK3CA mutations) and blood cancers (such as lymphomas, leukemias, and follicular lymphoma).
Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) inhibitors are small molecules designed to disrupt intracellular signaling pathways, thereby inhibiting cancer cell growth and survival. Within this class, targeted inhibition of the alpha isoform (PI3Kα) disrupts downstream insulin receptor signaling, frequently resulting in profound, on-target hyperglycemia and acute insulin resistance.
Which PI3K medications are associated with glucose elevations?
These two types of PI3Kα inhibitors have a 60% incidence of causing hyperglycemia, typically appearing within the first 2 weeks of therapy.
People at increased risk of hyperglycemia from PI3K inhibitor therapy include those with:
Glucose management is crucial since significant hyperglycemia can lead to discontinuation and/or reduction in PI3K medication dose, which can decrease therapy efficacy.
Cancer treatment often includes concurrent steroid therapy to enhance efficacy. However, steroid therapy can induce or worsen hyperglycemia.
Steroids have their highest potency at 4-12 hours, with the exception of the very potent dexamethasone, which has a half life of 1-2 days.
With morning steroids, including dexamethasone, people will experience elevated glucose values after breakfast, lunch, dinner, and at bedtime but will have a significant drop toward normal glucose overnight.
Therefore, hyperglycemia is greatest 1–2 hours after a meal, with persistent elevation until the following meal, followed by a return to normal overnight.
To treat steroid induced hyperglycemia, NPH. Neutral Protamine Hagedorn (NPH) insulin is an effective treatment choice since it is an intermediate acting basal insulin. NPH insulin is cloudy and has an onset of 1–4 hours. Its peak is 6–10 hours and its duration is about 10–16 hours. Download our Insulin PocketCards.
For individuals on once daily steroids, morning NPH with some bolus insulin can effectively target daytime hyperglycemia. For those taking steroids twice daily, an additional dose of NPH plus bolus as needed, is added at dinnertime.
Join Coach Beverly July 21 at 11:30am to learn more during our Cancer and Diabetes Webinar.
As diabetes professionals, we are stepping into a vital new role at the intersection of metabolic health and oncology. Modern cancer therapies like checkpoint inhibitors and PI3K inhibitors are absolute game-changers for oncology, but they often trigger sudden, severe hyperglycemia that catches patients and healthcare professionals off guard.
That is where our expertise becomes a literal lifesaver. By actively monitoring for sudden hyperglycemia and aggressively championing routine cancer screenings, we are doing so much more than just managing a chronic disease. We are taking on an urgent, high-stakes clinical mandate that ensures patients get immediate treatment when they need it most and catches cancer at its earliest, most treatable stages.
Ultimately, our vigilance bridges the gap between effective cancer therapy and safe metabolic health, directly shaping better, life-saving outcomes for the people in our care.
Explore the unexpected link between cancer and diabetes — and master glucose management strategies for people with diabetes undergoing treatment.
Individuals with cancer often experience hyperglycemia secondary to treatment, which can increase the risk of infection and other complications. Recent research has also identified a significant link between diabetes and cancer. This course uses a case study approach to explore this connection and provide practical strategies for managing steroid-induced hyperglycemia and improving quality of life for people navigating both conditions.
Course Topics:
Our July newsletter is packed with timely content you won’t want to miss. Plus, celebrate summer with our Sizzling Sale and get 20% off all Online Courses!
We sat down with ADA Outstanding Educator of the Year recipient Dr. Diana Isaacs and asked her a slew of interview questions. She generously shared her insights on the future of diabetes, the importance of connection, and doled out plenty of words of wisdom for us diabetes professionals. Congratulations, Diana, on a well-deserved award; we are so proud of you.
Coach Beverly discusses the intersection of diabetes and cancer. The article includes a summary of chemotherapy-induced hyperglycemia, along with treatment strategies. Join our upcoming webinar on July 21st, along with the article below for a comprehensive review.
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The next article breaks down the newly announced Medicare Bridge Program for Weight Management. It includes prescribing information and eligibility requirements for Medicare Coverage.
Our guest contributor, Lilly Mees, LMSW, CDCES, explores how an individual’s self-efficacy affects their ability to manage diabetes. Read more and plan to join Lilly’s webinar on July 23rd.
Lastly, we consider equitable care for people with diabetes who live with hearing impairment or deafness. Learn more about a DSME program that incorporates American Sign Language.
Don’t forget our Question of the Week, the July 20th deadline for Scholar applications, and our Sizzling Summer Sale.
With hearts full of gratitude,
Coach Beverly, Bryanna, Ashlie, and Katarina
