• Course Evaluation – Thank you for completing
• Bonus Online Courses: included in your live seminar registration are 12 Online Bonus Courses through the Diabetes Education Services Online University.
  • Test Your Knowledge before class  – If you can, please take Preparing for Certification Practice Exam 100 Question Practice Test. This test is located in your Online University account under “Test Taking Toolkit.”
• Download our FREE CDCES Coach App
• Review NCBDE handbook which provides a complete review of the CDCES exam qualifications and details.
  • 2019 Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators Handbook
  • 2019 CDCES Exam Content Outline  – A two page tool to assess your pre-test knowledge.
• Articles to Review
  • ADA Standards of Care 2019 – This yearly publication by the American Diabetes Association outlines the goals of care for diabetes management.
    • Purchase the 2019 ADA Standards of Care – $20
  • Screening and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus 2019– One page cheat sheet that summarizes screening, risk status and diagnostic criteria for diabetes.
  • Use of Language in Diabetes Care and Education – 2017 ADA & AADE  

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
• Diabetes and Language – What We Say Matters – Thoughtful communication provides a sense of support and empathy and moves both the provider and person with diabetes toward greater satisfaction and success.

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.

• Cholesterol Medications
• Antihypertensive Meds
• Neuropathy Medications and Treatment Algorithm
• 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 for Self-Care

Mindfulness and Self Compassion FREE Webinar –  Watch Now

• 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

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.

Other helpful info

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.