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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
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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:
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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.
Continued below…
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
JR needs to inject 70 units of degludec (Tresiba) a day and says he keeps running out of this basal insulin. The diabetes healthcare professional suggests changing the insulin concentration from U-100 to U-200, so his supplies last longer.
How many degludec U-200 insulin pens would JR need a month based on his current insulin dose? (You can check out our Insulin Dosing and Storage Sheet for more info)
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Live in Beautiful San Diego – Oct 22-23, 2026
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Oct 22–23, 2026
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+ 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!
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Our CDCES Boot Camp Online Prep Bundle is a comprehensive, high-impact program built specifically for healthcare professionals preparing for the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam who want to level up their clinical knowledge and skills.
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We are proud to share that hundreds of students have successfully passed their certification exams using our courses and resources to get over the finish line!
This page is a celebration of YOUR success, recognizing the effort and sacrifices required to attain that passing score.
Congratulations to all of you! Your perseverance and commitment to providing best diabetes care shines through.
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Coach Beverly and our DiabetesEd Team
Author: Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM
CEO: DiabetesEd Services
At my recent physical, my provider noticed the crumpled list of questions I was clutching and asked to see my list of concerns. I reluctantly handed it over, explaining they were just mental notes for myself. My practitioner—usually kind and curious—scanned the paper, handed it right back, and said, “I can’t address all of these today. Pick your top three.”
What happened over the past 6 months that impacted our connection?
What if the greatest future contribution of artificial intelligence (AI) in health and diabetes care isn’t replacing healthcare professionals—but giving us back the time and emotional energy to be fully present with the people we serve?
That is one of the most inspiring messages from the recent Diabetes Care article, “Diabetes Care in 2050: A Human-Centered Road Map From Time in Range to Time in Happiness.”
Rather than imagining a future in which technology overshadows human relationships, the authors envision a healthcare system where AI and digital innovation reduce administrative burdens, personalize care, and allow clinicians to focus on what matters most: meaningful human connection.
Healthcare has become increasingly complex, especially in diabetes. New medications, continuous glucose monitoring, automated insulin delivery systems, and sophisticated data platforms are being released at a record-breaking pace. Yet many healthcare professionals find themselves spending more time documenting, interpreting data, and navigating electronic health records than they do sitting face-to-face with the people they care for.
The article argues that by 2050, AI could be tasked with managing much of this cognitive and administrative workload—organizing information, identifying trends, generating documentation, and supporting clinical decision-making. This shift has the potential to return our attention to listening, coaching, and partnering with people living with diabetes.
One idea that particularly resonated with me is the authors’ proposal to redefine diabetes success from solely focusing on clinical metrics such as hemoglobin A1C, Time in Range, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels to a more human-based metric. While clinical measures are important, they don’t fully capture what matters to the individual.
The vision presented in this paper expands our perspective from “Time in Range” to “Time in Happiness.”
As caregivers, we can shift to a goal not solely focused on numbers, but to help people spend more of their time free from the constant burden of managing diabetes.
As diabetes healthcare professionals, this concept aligns beautifully with person-centered care. Our role has never been to prescribe medications or interpret glucose reports.
We help people navigate fear, frustration, competing priorities, financial barriers, family responsibilities, and the emotional weight of living with a chronic condition.
However, it can create conditions that allow those human qualities to flourish by handling repetitive tasks and providing clinicians with timely, actionable insights.
AI should augment—not replace—clinical judgment.
Imagine beginning a visit with an AI-generated summary highlighting glucose trends, medication-taking patterns, potential barriers, and individualized recommendations based on current evidence.
Instead of spending the first ten minutes gathering information, you could begin with a meaningful question such as, “What has been the hardest part of managing your diabetes since we last met?” Technology becomes the assistant, allowing the healthcare professional to remain the healer.
Instead of staying late to chart, your conversation with the individual is transcribed in the patient’s own words and language and uploaded to the electronic medical record.
Administrative responsibilities continue to grow while visit lengths frequently remain unchanged. Documentation, prior authorizations, inbox management, and data review play a major role in clinician fatigue. If AI can safely automate many of these tasks, healthcare professionals may experience greater professional satisfaction and more opportunities to practice the type of medicine that originally inspired them to enter healthcare. Caring for others becomes less about managing paperwork and more about building relationships.
Of course, the authors wisely acknowledge that this future is not guaranteed. Achieving a human-centered healthcare system will require deliberate implementation, ethical attention, equitable access to technology, and healthcare reforms that value people over processes. AI is only a tool. Its value depends on how thoughtfully we integrate it into care. The article calls for co-designed solutions that include healthcare professionals and people living with diabetes in shaping these innovations, so technology improves rather than fragments the care experience.
This future vision reinforces a belief I’ve held throughout my career: diabetes care is not about choosing between technology and interpersonal connection. It is about using technology to strengthen human connections. Every innovation should ultimately answer one question: Does this help us better understand, support, and partner with the person sitting in front of us?
As we look toward the future, I hope AI becomes the quiet partner working behind the scenes—organizing information, identifying patterns, and simplifying complexity—while healthcare professionals do what only humans can do: listen deeply, inspire hope, foster trust, and walk alongside people through life’s challenges. If we achieve that balance, perhaps by 2050 we really will measure success not only by Time in Range but also by Time in Happiness. And that is a future worth building.
Founder & CEO: DiabetesEd Services
Diabetes Care in 2050: A Human-Centered Road Map From Time in Range to Time in Happiness Guy FagherazziEmmanuel CossonChantal MathieuRenza ScibiliaKyle Jacques RoseKamil ArmackyKorey HoodBart TorbeynsElise BismuthStéphane BesanconPratik ChoudharyRoberto MallonePierre-Yves BenhamouDianna J. MaglianoCarine de BeaufortJean-Pierre RivelineMichael Joubert; Diabetes Care in 2050: A Human-Centered Road Map From Time in Range to Time in Happiness. Diabetes Care 2026; dci260059. https://doi.org/10.2337/dci26-0059
🌟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!
A 58-year-old man without a history of diabetes is receiving treatment with an immune checkpoint inhibitor for metastatic melanoma. Four months after beginning therapy, he presents with polyuria, weight loss, nausea, and fatigue.
Laboratory findings include:
Which mechanism most likely explains this sudden hyperglycemia?
🌟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!
For last week’s practice question, we quizzed participants on self-efficacy and DSMES. 56% of respondents chose the best answer. We want to clarify and share this important information, so you can pass it on to people living with diabetes and your colleagues, plus prepare for exam success!
Before we start though, if you don’t want any spoilers and haven’t tried the question yet, you can answer it by clicking here.
A person with diabetes comes to your clinic and states she lost her spouse 18 months ago. She continues to have prolonged grief, shame, and guilt. She expresses how this is negatively impacting her having diabetes.
What is the best way to respond to increase her self-efficacy within DSMES?
Answer A is incorrect. 19.35% chose this answer, “Use motivation interviewing to help increase her self-management behaviors.” This answer is incorrect. Motivational interviewing is used as one component within a broader, structured psychotherapy called prolonged-grief therapy.
Answer B is incorrect. 8.06% of you chose this answer, “Help facilitate a support group to assist in problem solving.” This answer is incorrect. Individual psychotherapy has the strongest evidence verses for prolonged grief disorder.
Answer is incorrect. About 16.94% of respondents chose this: “Assist her with goal setting to address areas of her life she wants to improve.” This answer is incorrect. Goal setting alone is not the preferred treatment for someone with persistent grief 18 months after spousal loss. CBT or prolonged grief therapy 1st line of treatment.
Finally, Answer D is correct. 55.65% chose this answer, “Refer her to a counselor to help and address other areas of DSMES.” This answer is correct. The preferred first line treatment for a patient with persistent, impairing grief 18 months after spousal loss is grief-focused psychotherapy, specifically prolonged-grief therapy.
We hope you appreciate this week’s rationale! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our Question of the Week and participate in this fun learning activity!
Diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) is essential for helping people with diabetes build knowledge and become empowered to manage their condition. Delivering the right content matters, and so does HOW that education is delivered. This course explores the behavioral strategies that support person-centered DSMES, helping you connect more effectively with the people you serve.
Course Objectives:
Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
