Prioritizing Care in Complex Patients with Diabetes

CAN-eng

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MOC - Section 1

30 min

Endocrinology

0.5 Credits

Course Description

Patients with diabetes will many times have multiple comorbid conditions that will require each specialist to collaborate to prioritize the care. Endocrinologists, cardiologists, and nephrologists must collaborate with each other and primary care clinicians to ensure that continuity of diabetes care is maintained with all these patients. This program will review the management of a patient case with glycemic, cardiovascular, and renal issues.


This program has received an unrestricted educational grant or in-kind support from Novo Nordisk A/S.

Course Details

Expiry Date: 2023-05-31

Professions: Physician, Student, Specialist

Faculty

Dipesh Patel, PhD, FRCP

David Strain, MD, FRCP, MBChB

Accreditation

This activity is an accredited group learning activity under Section 1 as defined by the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Canada for the Maintenance of Certification program. It is approved by the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism for a maximum of 0.5 credits.

Learning Objective(s)

Upon successful completion of this continuing education module, the participant will be better able to:

  1. Determine the management of hyperglycaemia in a patient with heart failure and reduced renal function.
  2. Review the considerations of starting an SGLT2 inhibitor in a patient with heart failure.
  3. List the management strategies of hyperkalaemia in a patient with chronic kidney disease and heart failure.