Happy January
Every year, Coach Beverly excitedly waits for the release of the new ADA Standards of Care. She loves scanning the content pages to discover updates and advances leading to improved diabetes care. She then takes on the task of translating this new information into her presentations, Cheat Sheets, and web content to reflect the latest guidelines.
This first 2024 newsletter features the updated risk screening guidelines and immunization recommendations. We share our library of Cheat Sheets that integrate the new Standards and are ready to download and share with your colleagues and people living with diabetes alike.
For those taking the CDCES exam, we highlight updated information about practice requirements and blackout periods. Plus, we answer the most commonly asked question about the CDCES in our blog.
We invite you to read our interview with Christine Craig, MS, RD, CDCES, nutrition expert, and winner of the 2023 Impact Award. As the newest member of our team, We are excited to integrate her fresh perspective and breadth of knowledge into our blogs, questions of the week, and online presentations.
We encourage you to test your knowledge with our Question and Rationale of the Week.
January kicks off our Level 1 Fundamental Series, followed by our annual ADA Standards of Care update and Level 3 Boot Camp Course Series in February. We hope to see you there!
Here is to a 2024 filled with self-compassion and moments of awe.
Coach Beverly, Bryanna, Andrew, and Ginger
Featured Articles
- 2024 Standards Cheat Sheets Screening & Vaccine Updates
- Most Commonly Asked Question in January
- CDCES Exam Updates
- Meet Christine Craig, MS, RD, CDCES
- Question of the Week
- Rationale of the Week
- Free Resource Catalog
FREE Webinars & Resources
- FREE Test Taking Practice – Jan 9th
- FREE CDCES Prep – Jan 24th
- Level 1, 2024 Updates
- Level 3, 2024 Updates
- Virtual Conference April 17-19th
- ReVive 5 Training Program
Upcoming Events – See the complete calendar listing
Test-Taking Toolkit
Airs live on January 9th, 2024, at 11:30 am PT
This course facilitated by Coach Beverly will help you transform your nervousness into focused energy that will help you succeed. She will provide test taking tips based on her experience taking the certification exam six times. She will explain how to dissect the question, eliminate wrong answers, and avoid getting lured in by juicy answers.
Plus, the Test Taking Toolkit provides you over 220+ sample practice online practice questions, simulating the exam experience. A perfect way to assess your knowledge and create a focused study plan, while increasing your test taking confidence.
This Test Taking Practice Exam Toolkit is designed to prepare you for exam success. This Webinar includes:
- 90 minute On-Demand course, where Coach Beverly details the content of the exam and test taking tips. Plus, Coach Beverly reviews a sampling of the questions and explains how to dissect the question, eliminate the wrong answers and avoid getting lured in by juicy answers.
- 220 questions in total divided into Four 50+ computerized quizzes. These quizzes include clinical practice exam questions that provide vignette-style situations and other critical content that will prepare you for the actual exam.
Intended Audience: These courses are knowledge-based activities designed for individual or groups of diabetes educators, including RNs, RDs, Pharmacists, Nurse Practitioners, Clinical Nurse Specialists, Physician Assistants, and other health care providers interested in preparing for Certification Exam Success!
Can’t make it live? No worries. We will send post the recorded version to the Online University within 24 hours of the broadcast
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. She has a Master’s Degree in Public Health from UCLA, with a focus on behavioral health and education.
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Accreditation: Diabetes Education Services is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider 12640, and our CPEU courses have received Prior Approval* from the Commission of Dietetic Registration (CDR), Provider DI002. Since our CPEU courses received Prior approval* from the CDR, these CPEU courses satisfy the CE requirements for the CDCES /BC-ADM regardless of your profession!
The use of DES products does not guarantee the successful passage of the certification exam. CBDCE and ADCES do not endorse any preparatory or review materials for the CDCES or BC-ADM exams, except for those published by CBDCE & ADCES.
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