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Live Seminar Preparation Essentials:

  • Bonus Online Courses: included in your live seminar registration are 13 Online Bonus Courses through the Diabetes Education Services Online University. You should receive an enrollment email after purchasing the course with instructions on how to login to the Online University and get started.
  • Download our FREE CDCES® Coach App
  • Review NCBDE handbook which provides a complete review of the CDCES exam qualifications and details.
    • The CBDCE (formerly NCBDE) handbook provides a complete review of exam qualifications and details. 2023 Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators Handbook
      2023 CDCES Exam Updated Content Outline A two page tool to assess your pre-test knowledge.
  • Articles to Review
    • ADA Standards of Care – This yearly publication by the American Diabetes Association outlines the national goals of care based on the latest research for diabetes management. This is one of the most important guidelines to read as a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist
    • Screening and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus 2023 – One-page cheat sheet that summarizes screening, risk status, and diagnostic criteria for diabetes.
    • Language & Diabetes. What we say matters | Resource page

Resources From Beverly

  • 10 Steps to Prepare for CDCES®
  • Preparing for CDCES® Exam Free Webinar Articles & Resources
  • Resistance Training with Free Weights Patient Handout: Excellent resource that uses images and words to describe how to use free weights and exercise all major muscle groups. A publication of the Canadian Diabetes Association.
  • Exercise Resource Page
  • ASBMS Position Statement Postprandial Hyperinsulinemic Hypoglycemia after Bariatric Surgery

Medication Summary Sheets and Study Tools – provides a complete summary of the class, action, dosing ranges, considerations and side effects. Helpful for your clinical practice and as a study tool.

  • Med Cheat Sheets | Cholesterol and Hypertension Medications/Neuropathy Treatment for Diabetes 2023
  • Diabetes Medication PocketCard
  • AACE Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm 2019.  This link provides the complete executive and slide set summary by an American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology Consensus Panel on Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. If you are taking the CDCES or BC-ADM exam, we encourage students to be familiar with the slide content that reviews diabetes management.
  • AADE – White Paper on Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Therapy 2018 »

Resources from Heather – Self-Care for Diabetes Educators

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  • Can Mindfulness Help Stop Health Worker Burnout? – highlights the benefits and limitations of formal mindfulness training for health care professional stress.
  • Getting Started with Mindfulness – a popular and accessible magazine, Mindful, is full of tips and tools for getting started with a mindfulness practice.
  • Self-Compassion – website with free guided self-compassion practices.
  • Best Meditations Apps of 2018 – articles review the best meditation/happiness apps

Assessment Tools

  • Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association 2016. (See chart below excerpted from Position Statement) Diabetes Distress Scale PHQ-9 Depression Screening Scale Depression is not a normal part of getting older – CDC website full of info and resources PAID – Problem Areas in Diabetes Survey – Pediatric Version  Youth perceived burden of type 1 diabetes. General Health Numeracy Test – A 6 question assessment on numeral literacy

Resources From Dana – Nutrition Related Information

  • Diabetes Exchange List » a brief summary of serving size and carbohydrate counts for common foods. Excellent study tool for the exam.
  • Understanding Advanced Carbohydrate Counting — A Useful Tool for Some Patients to Improve Blood Glucose Control – By Micki Hall, MS, RD, LD, CDCES, CPT
  • Nutrition Lecture References » from Dana Armstrong
  • Carbohydrate Factors; A Precise for Method for Meal Planning » an incisive article by a leader in nutrition therapy, Dana Armstrong, RD, CDCES®.  Dana describes an easy and accurate method for determining carbohydrate content of food beyond label reading.

Plant Based Resources for your own information

  • Plant Based Diets Guide
  • Nutritional Update for Physicians
  • Canadian Plant Based Research Study
  • Healthy Eating Plate
  • Diabetes and Nutrition Support Services Newsletter and Recipes – April 2015
  • The Plant-Based Diet – 20 page booklet published by Kaiser
  • Is a Mediterranean diet best for preventing heart disease?
  • Nutritional Update for Physicians on Plant Based Diets
  • Diabetes and Diet » Food can be powerful in preventing and reversing diabetes. However, dietary approaches have changed as we have learned more about the disease. Published by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
  • Preparing to Prescribe Plant-Based Diets for Diabetes Prevention and Treatment » Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Plant-based eating patterns combined with exercise have been found to improve diabetes control and reduce the need for medication in intervention trials as far back as 1976.
  • Avoiding Grains is a Mistake » Neil Barndard, MD
  • Plant Based References » a great resource
  • Vegetarian Starter Kit » a easy to read and colorful handout for patients interested in learning more about a vegetarian diet. Published by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine.
  • Plant Based Cooking Recipes for Class
  • Nutritional Update – Plant-Based Diets – This is an update on plant-based diets
  • Plant Based Diets Guide – This article provides physicians and other health care practitioners an overview of the benefits of a plant-basd diet.
  • Plant-Based Diet for Type 2 Diabetes – Recommendations from the Canadian Diabetes Association for the use of plant based diet for management of type 2 diabetes.

Insulin Pump Workshop – Resource Articles

  • Insulin Pumps and Sensors Articles
  • Consumer Guides to Insulin Pumps – Concise comparison of the features of various pumps
  • Diabetes Technology Update: Use of Insulin Pumps and Continuous
  • Glucose Monitoring in the Hospital
  • Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion (CSII) Without and With Sensor Integration
  • Diabetes Technology—Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy and Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Adults: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline
  • Rate of Change – an article that provides useful info on insulin pump rate calculations

Other Related Resources

  • Flash Mob Steps
  • Diabetes Meds on a Budget  » this article by Beverly Thomassian, provides practical and affordable strategies to manage hyperglycemia when funds are limited.
  • Diabetes Detectives Finding Uncommon Conditions » This article authored by Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES®, BC-ADM, provides health care professionals with strategies to detect common, yet often underdiagnosed, complications associated with hyperglycemia and diabetes. It also describes how medications, organ transplants, and chronic illnesses can cause hyperglycemia.
  • Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome » This chapter authored by Beverly Thomassian, RN, MPH, CDCES®, BC-ADM, originally appeared in Cardiac Nursing Textbook, 6th Ed, 2009, published by Wolters Kluwer and Lippincott Williams and Wilkins.

Inpatient Forms from Lonnie Vaughn

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