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Diabetes Intensive Webinar Series | Starts June 23
We are excited to invite you to our upcoming webinar series. Coach Beverly is offering FREE access to our Level 2 | Standards of Care Intensive Series Live Stream Webinars.
This intensive series is designed to engage students in deciphering and exploring the ADA Standards of Care from top to bottom.
Mastery of the ADA Standards content is critical to ensure certification exam success and to improve clinical outcomes.
Our first course of the Level 2 Series, Microvascular Complications – Preventing Eye Kidney and Nerve Disease, is recorded and ready for viewing. You can watch for FREE or purchase to earn CEs. See information below.
Live Stream Webinar Dates
Join Options to view Live Stream Level 2 Webinars
- Watch for Free (no CEs): Coach Beverly wants to increase access and opportunities for the DiabetesEd Community to benefit from the valuable information offered in these courses. This option is available for those who want to join the course(s), but don’t need CEs. Click here.
- Earn CEs | Purchase Courses – This option includes the video presentation, podcast, practice test, and additional resources. To register for some or all of our Level 2 Courses, click here.
Microvascular Complications Intensive 2020 | Ready for Viewing
DiabetesEd Services Online University Courses are an excellent way to study for your exam anytime and anywhere that is convenient. You have immediate access to your courses for 1 year after your purchase date.
This 90-minute course provides you with the need-to-know information regarding the microvascular complications of diabetes. We start with a brief overview of the pathophysiology and clinical manifestations then sum up with prevention strategies and screening guidelines.
Topics include:
- Eye, kidney and nerve disease
- Modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors for diabetes complications
- Screening guidelines and prevention strategies.
Click here for FREE recorded webinar (no CEs).
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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]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.
Preparing For the CDCES Exam 2020 Free Webinar | June 2, 2020
FREE webinar, June 2, 2020 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. (PST)
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.
Topics Covered Include:
- Implications of new certification name, CDCES for our specialty
- Exam requirement updates for 2020
- 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.
- Learn how to focus your time and prepare to take the CDCES Exam. We provide plenty of sample test questions and test-taking tips!
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 >>
Medical Nutrition Therapy + Meal Planning
Recorded & Ready for Viewing!
$69 | 4.0 CEs
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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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]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.
Has Access to CGM Coverage Improved with CMS updates? We want to hear from you!
Yesterday, we shared our blog about the CMS Updates For CGM Coverage. These updates made us feel hopeful that people with diabetes would have fewer barriers and improved access to CGM devices.
After sharing this post, members of our community let us know that although CMS guidelines have been relaxed in writing, this hasn’t translated into better access on the ground.
What is your experience with accessing CGMs for people with diabetes?
We are hoping to open up a dialogue around this topic and hear from our community members about how these guidelines apply to real-life situations.
If you have information to share, please fill out our brief survey by clicking here.
We will send a follow-up post next week with updates.
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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]COVID-19 & Diabetes| What Health Care Professionals Need to Know – FREE Webinar
As health care professionals and Diabetes Specialists, how do we prepare people with diabetes for the possibility of a COVID-19 infection and hospitalization?
What are best practices to care for people with diabetes and COVID-19 in the outpatient and hospital setting?
Updates:
The Telehealth guidelines for providing DSMT have been updated since the streaming of this webinar. Please see this blog, Telehealth and DSMT | Latest Updates from CMS, for updated information.
Webinar Viewing Options:
Coach Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES, BC-ADM, has summarized key information including critical teaching points and management strategies for people with diabetes who develop a COVID-19 infection.
In addition to the webinar, we will provide attendees with useful resources to provide care and education to colleagues and community members alike.
Topics:
- Discuss the relationship between social determinants of health, diabetes, and COVID-19.
- List how people with type 1 and type 2 diabetes can prevent and prepare for a COVID-19 infection.
- Describe how the COVID-19 virus can cause serious illness in people with diabetes and underlying health conditions
- State management strategies for people with diabetes and COVID in the inpatient and outpatient settings.
- Discuss the latest regulations regarding DSMT and Telehealth
Updates:
The Telehealth guidelines for providing DSMT have been updated since the streaming of this webinar. Please see this blog, Telehealth and DSMT | Latest Updates from CMS, for updated information.
Instructor: Beverly Thomassian RN, MPH, CDCES, has been Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management for over 20 years. She is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF, a working educator and a nationally recognized diabetes expert.
Can’t make it live? Your webinar registration means you receive a link to the recorded version within hours of airing.
Other FREE Resources we offer
See a complete listing of our upcoming FREE Webinars
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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]Free CDCES Exam Prep Webinar & Exam Scheduling Update | Free Resource Friday
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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13% of US Adults Live with Diabetes | CDC Update
The CDC has released its 2020 annual National Diabetes Statistics Report.
This report showed that diabetes in the U.S. in on the rise. Approximately 13% of adults live with diabetes, with cases rising from 9.5% in 2002 to 13% in 2016. Many (7.3 million) are unaware that they have diabetes, as determined by A1c levels or fasting plasma glucose.
The age-adjusted data indicate that diabetes diagnoses can trend higher depending on socioeconomic status, age, and ethnicity. For example, the percent of adults with diabetes increases with age. 26.8% of those over age 65 have diabetes and new cases of type 1 and type 2 have risen in younger people.
From 2002 to 2015, incidences of type 2 diabetes among children and adolescents rose, with the largest increases of type 2 diabetes among Black non-Hispanic youth.
The report also found that cases are highest among “Native Americans and Alaskan Natives at 14.7%, Hispanic adults at 12.5%, and black adults at 11.7%. The risk increases for those from a lower socioeconomic status.
“Specifically, 13.3% of adults with less than a high school education had diagnosed diabetes vs. 9.7% of those with a high school education and 7.5% of those with more than a high school education” the report states.
The CDC explains that by analyzing the “data from this report [we] can help focus critical type 2 diabetes prevention and diabetes management efforts across the nation.”
Read the full CDC report by clicking here.
Ready to move forward? Join us for our live update of Boot Camp!
We’re updating our DiabetesEd Specialist Boot Camp throughout February and March. See the full schedule here.
In each webinar, Coach Beverly highlights the critical content of each topic area, so you can focus your study time most efficiently. She also launches multiple poll questions to helps students focus on key concepts and assess their knowledge while learning the best test-taking strategies.
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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]Free Resource Friday | CDE® Coach App- Includes 2020 ADA Standards of care
Did you know? Our App includes:
- 2020 Standards of Care, both in full and in convenient topical sections
- Question of the Week
- Medication PocketCards (updated in 2020)
- Free Quizzes and much more!
2020 app name change. We are updating our app name to DiabetedEd Coach App | Prep for CDCES in the next few weeks. Same great content with a fresh name.
Appreciation and Review
Coach Beverly would like to thank the thousands of health care professionals who have downloaded our CDE® Coach App! And we appreciate your feedback to make it even better!
We strive for constant improvement, so we’re happy to hear so many people appreciate the hard work that goes into this pocket reference and study aid.
Want to share your satisfaction with the app?
Please share your review by clicking the links below!
Want to know more about Standards of Care 2020?
Join us January 21, 2020 @ 11:30 a.m. PST for our Live Update of Level 1 Standards of Care!
Can’t make it live? No problem: our live webinars are always recorded, so the updates we do will always be loaded into your online student account by end of business day.
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[yikes-mailchimp form=”1″]Free Resource Friday | Updated Preparing For the CDCES Exam 2020
FREE webinar, ready for viewing
Unsure about changes in 2020?
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. Watch the latest from January 2, 2020 below:
Topics Covered Include:
- Implications of new certification name, CDCES for our specialty
- Exam requirement updates for 2020
- 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.
- Learn how to focus your time and prepare to take the CDCES Exam. We provide plenty of sample test questions and test-taking tips!
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 >>
Sign up for Diabetes Blog Bytes – we post one daily Blog Byte from Monday to Friday. And of course, Tuesday is our Question of the Week. It’s Informative and FREE! Sign up below!
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