Event Date: Wednesday, February 19, 2025
Event Time: 1:00 - 2:30 pm ET

Please Note: All times are Eastern. Webinars begin at 1:00 pm Eastern / 12:00 pm Central / 11:00 am Mountain / 10:00 am Pacific.

Description

This program will discuss recent changes in national treatment guidelines for the care of people with type 2 diabetes and review the treatment algorithm recommended in the American Diabetes Association's 2025 Standards of Care. It will provide a review of the mechanism of action and efficacy of all the classes of non-insulin diabetes medications and their place in therapy and help diabetes care and education specialists design a treatment plan to improve management in people with type 2 diabetes.

Learning Outcome

Diabetes care and education specialists will have an increase in the knowledge of medication recommendations based on person-specific factors and will be able to educate people with diabetes on each of their anti-hyperglycemic medications and what to expect.

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participants will be able to:
• Describe changes to recent national treatment guidelines for care of individuals with type 2 diabetes.
• Explain the mechanism of action, efficacy, and place in therapy for each of the blood glucose lowering agents.
• Design an individualized care plan for the diabetes care team to improve management in people with type 2 diabetes.

Activity Type

This is a knowledge-based learning activity. This 90-minute online session includes a presentation followed by a question-and-answer period.

Learning Format

Live Activity

Intended Audience

This activity is designed for diabetes care and education specialists, including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians, PAs, social workers, and other health care providers interested in staying up to date on current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related conditions.

Speaker

Christie Schumacher, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BCCP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FCCP
Professor, Pharmacy Practice
Director, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Residency Program
Midwestern University Chicago College of Pharmacy
Clinical Pharmacist, Northwestern Medicine

Faculty Disclosures

In accordance with Joint Accreditation criteria and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies for the past 24 months.

Joint Accreditation/ACCME also requires that ADCES mitigate any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. The disclosure information is intended to identify any ineligible relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during an activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Christie Schumacher, PharmD, BCPS, BCACP, BCCP, BC-ADM, CDCES, FCCP – Speakers Bureau: Abbott; Advisory Board: Novo Nordisk (relationship has ended)

TBD

The approval of this educational offering by the ADCES does not imply endorsement of specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.

Financial Support

None

Accreditation Information

In support of improving patient care, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

	Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) The Universal Activity Number is TBD. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 1.5 contact hour(s). This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.
	American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
	American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 1.5 ANCC contact hour(s). This activity discusses 1.5 contact hour(s) of pharmacotherapeutic content. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 1.5 contact hour(s).
	American Academy of PAs (AAPA) The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credit(s). PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR) CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.5 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEU) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietetics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU. RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) As a Jointly Accredited Organization, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credits.

Successful Completion

To receive a Statement of Credit you must participate in the full activity and complete an evaluation.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Board Certified Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)

ADCES is the administering body for the Advanced Diabetes Management credentials. Continuing education programs offered by ADCES can be used toward fulfilling BC-ADM Certification and recertification requirements.

Other Health Professionals

It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.

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System Requirements

You must have a broadband wired or wireless (3G or 4G/LTE) internet connection to attend this event. Click here for operating system requirements.

Pricing

Member Price (Individual): $50.00
Non-Member Price (Individual): $75.00
Member Group Price (per site*): $175.00
Non-Member Group Price (per site*): $215.00

*Note: Group registration entitles you to one computer/phone connection for participants at a single physical site/location, and CE credit for all participants, regardless of the number of individuals participating at your site. Rebroadcasting, redistribution, and resale are prohibited.

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Refund Policy

Refunds will be honored minus a $25 processing fee if received in writing via email to [email protected] at least 48 hours prior to the webinar.