Certified Diabetes Educator and Insulin Initiation

CAN-eng

$0

free

CCCEP

30 min

Endocrinology

0.5 Credits

Course Description

This Expert Brief video is designed to educate health care professionals on the recent treatments in the management of Type 2 Diabetes patients

Course Details

Expiry Date: 2021-09-10

Professions: Physician, Nursing, Pharmacy, Specialist

Faculty

Dr. Peter Lin MD, CCFP

Rick Siemens, BSc. Pharm, CDE, CPT

Accreditation

This continuing education lesson is designed primarily for pharmacists and has been accredited by the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy (CCCEP) for 0.5 CEUs.

CCCEP File Number: 1066-2020-3077-I-P

Learning Objective(s)

Upon completion of this program, participants will be able to:

  1. Review the role of the certified diabetes educator (CDE) in starting and titrating basal insulin therapy
  2. Discuss the role of technology to identify patients with hypoglycemia and glycemic excursions
  3. Examine hypoglycemia risk with insulin therapy