In particular, poor adherence to diabetes self-care recommendations is recognized as a major contributor to poor health outcomes, but healthcare professionals (HCPs) are often unsure how best to address this issue. The new Position Statement is one step forward, but how best to enact these broad recommendations in a busy clinical practice? Many HCPs express a strong interest in receiving training in this area, but there is little, if any, opportunity to do so. The Critical Psychosocial Issues in Diabetes web modules have been developed to address this need and provide tools for HCPs to utilize in practice.
Pharmacists: The California Board of Pharmacy accepts as continuing education for pharmacists coursework which meets the standard of relevance to pharmacy practice and is accepted as continuing education by the Medical Board of California.
Psychologists: The California Board of Psychology recognizes and accepts AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ for license renewal. Psychologists outside of California should check with their state and local boards to ensure that ACCME accredited activities are acceptable for renewal.
Certified Diabetes Educators: To satisfy the requirement for renewal of certification by continuing education for the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved for a provider on the NCBDE list of approved providers (www.ncbde.org). NCBDE does not approve continuing education. The University of California, San Diego is accredited by the ACCME, which is on the NCBDE list of approved providers.
Bill Polonsky, PhD, CDE President and Co-Founder Behavioral Diabetes Institute Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry University of California, San Diego San Diego, California
Susan Guzman, PhD Director of Clinical Education and Co-Founder Behavioral Diabetes Institute San Diego, California
Susan Guzman, PhD has no relevant financial relationships to disclose.
The CME staff, meeting planners, editorial staff, planning committee, peer reviewer, and CME committee reviewers do not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose.
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