This program is accredited with the following accreditation bodies:
- AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ – Physicians
- ACPE – Pharmacists
- ANCC – Nurses
- CDR – Registered Dietitian Nutritionists
Our CEs count toward the CDCES exam and CDCES / BC-ADM renewal*!
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Handouts & Resources
Coach Beverly's Diabetes Cheat Sheets
- Screening & Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus | 2025– A one-page cheat sheet that summarizes screening, risk status, and diagnostic criteria for diabetes. Great for your office and as a study tool.
- Med Cheat Sheets | Cholesterol and Hypertension Medications | 2025 – These summary sheets are helpful for your clinical practice and preparation for certification exams. For exam success, be familiar with the general concepts (side effects and precautions) of these medications.
- ADA Pharmacologic Management of Type 2 Diabetes | 2025 – This one-page algorithm is an enlarged and printable version of the latest medication treatment strategies excerpted from ADA Standards 9. This handy reference sheet is great for your clinical practice and to study for certification.
- Hypertension and Diabetes ADA Guidelines | 2025 – A helpful algorithm to determine the best approaches and next steps to achieve BP targets in people with diabetes.
- Intensifying to injectable therapies – ADA Algorithm | 2025 – This algorithm describes the pathway to start someone with type 2 diabetes on injectables and or insulin therapy. We have enlarged the print size to improve readability and allow our users to download and print for their practice settings or to review for certification exams.
- Supplement Safety Ratings Cheat Sheet | 2025 – People with diabetes often take nutritional supplements for a variety of reasons. This Supplement Safety Rating Chart is a detailed evaluation chart of “Recommended” to “Not Recommended – High Risk” supplements.
- Carb Counting Quick Reference | 2025 – We created this Carb Counting Quick Reference sheet based on the ADA handbook.
- Carb Counting Quick Reference | Spanish | 2025
- Insulin Storage Cheat Sheet | 2025 – Provides all kinds of important details on the storage of different types of insulin pens, vials, and more!
- Diabetes App Charts | 2025 – A list of highly-rated diabetes apps that support people living with diabetes to reach their goals. These apps were highlighted by DiaTribe as especially helpful with improving Time in Range.
- See all of our Cheat Sheets here! We know that a great resource page full of accurate and helpful cheat sheets can save busy diabetes specialists time and energy. We collected all of our most popular and helpful reference sheets on one page. Please feel free to download, print, and share with your colleagues and community.
Program Essentials – ADA and AACE Standards of Care
Download Medication Pocketcards
- Medication PocketCards – Download for FREE. – Includes all currently available diabetes medications. Great study tool and clinical resource.
- Glucagon Rescue Meds PocketCard – Download for FREE. – Includes 4 different glucagon treatment options plus hypoglycemia teaching info on another side. Great study tool and clinical resource.
Downloadable Forms
- Beverly’s Diabetes Goal Sheets – Feel free to copy, edit and use it for your practice!
- Setting realistic person-centered goals is a critical part of providing diabetes education care and support. We have created a goal sheet that you can use in your practice to capture the next steps toward improving self-care. If you would like to customize the document, it is available in Word so you can make modifications for your practice. Or you can download the PDF, print and go.
- Beverly’s Diabetes Intake Forms – Feel free to copy, edit and use them for your practice!
Medication and Insulin Resources
- American Association of Clinical Endocrinology Consensus Statement: Comprehensive Type 2 Diabetes Management Algorithm – 2023 Update. This link provides the complete executive and slide set summary by the 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.
- Insulin Cost-Savings Resource Guide. – Comprehensive listing of cost-saving resources.
- ADCES 7™ Self-Care Behaviors – A must-read for anyone entering the field of Diabetes or as a reference for those already in the field. These 7 Self-Care Behaviors™ provide a framework for patient-centered diabetes self-management education and training (DSME/T) and care.
- 2022 National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support– A joint position statement of the American Diabetes Association, the American Association of Diabetes Educators, and the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. An important document to review for those providing Diabetes Self-Management Education or those considering taking the certification exam.
- Insulin resistance masterclass: The full body impact of metabolic dysfunction and prevention, diagnosis, and treatment | Ralph DeFronzo, M.D.
- Behavioral Diabetes Institute – Screening tools for Diabetes Distress and More – Screening tools for Diabetes Distress and More
Technology, CGM and Pumps
Psychosocial Care and Assessment Tools
- Psychosocial Resource Page
- Language & Diabetes. What we say matters | Resource page
- Psychosocial Care for People with Diabetes: A Position Statement of the American Diabetes Association 2016. (See chart below excerpted from Position Statement)
- Diabetes Distress ScalePHQ-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.
- Plant-Based Eating Resource Page
- Carbohydrate Resource Page
- Understanding Advanced Carbohydrate Counting — A Useful Tool for Some Patients to Improve Blood Glucose Control – By Micki Hall, MS, RD, LD, CDCES, CPT
- Meal Planning » an incisive article by a leader in nutrition therapy, Dana Armstrong, RD, CDCES®. Dana describes an easy and accurate method for determining the carbohydrate content of food beyond label reading.
- ADA’s Meal Planning
- Diabetes Plate Method
Exercise 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
