Make sense of the wealth of diabetes medication options, prevent clinical inertia and increase medication adherence to help your clients achieve healthy blood sugar levels. Boost that feeling of confidence as you navigate these nuanced client-centered conversation around medications.
Medications: The Missing Piece in Weight Neutral Diabetes Care is a four-part course that provides effective teaching tools allowing you to teach the pathophysiology of diabetes with playful ease that your clients will love!
You won't want to miss this incredible dynamic course which consists of 4 on-demand classes, professionally designed teaching tools, research articles and a CE exam to complete the 6.5 CPEUs offered by CDR.
Helping your clients understand why medications are needed, the fear, blame, and stigma associated with diabetes medication disappears from the appointment, clearing the way for learning.
Finally! A comprehensive way to learn about diabetes medications, moving you towards a weight-inclusive approach.
Elevate How You Teach Clients About Diabetes Medication
Diabetes medications are a changing landscape, with a number of new medications added to the market over recent years. Build your confidence in communicating to your clients about how medications work and why they’re needed.
Connect How Weight-Centered Messaging Can Decrease Medication Adherence
The previous course highlighted the complexity of T2D and medication options. Now it’s time to start laying the foundation for client-centered medication conversations. Learn about processes and techniques you can use to navigate diabetes medication discussions.
Get Unstuck By Unpacking
Medication Resistance
Do you struggle helping clients feel confident about their medications? Feel stuck when your clients aren’t ready to start new meds? This is your opportunity to put the tools and information from previous class into action and navigate these tricky conversations.
Use Your Learning to
Empower Your Clients!
Clinical inertia and medication adherence barriers affect the majority of your client population. The previous class highlighted the importance of multi-faceted, client-centered approaches to support medication use. Now, it's time to explore your power and role in combating clinical inertia.
Here Is What You Get
- 4 classes that are crafted to build on your learning, expand your teaching tools and allow you to engage in critical thinking regarding the role of medications in weight neutral diabetes care
- A detailed review of the AACE/ADA medication guidelines from a weight neutral lens
- Analysis of the latest diabetes research regarding the use of diabetes medication
- Easy to use, 3-step approach to medication evaluation
- A clinical guide to simplify medication adherence
- A supportive learning format, which uses video, case studies, games, and professional guides to accelerate your learning
- 17 professionally crafted handouts to guide you and your client’s understanding of this complex topic!
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Diabetes Reversal: Exploring the Research Behind the Headlines ebook!
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Course Curriculum
- Deepening Your Weight-inclusive, HAES Approach By WN4DC Symposium Intern Hannah Frazee
- Section 1: Overview, Objectives, Handouts (3:19)
- Section 2: Natural Progression of T2D (9:33)
- Section 3: T2D & the Egregious 11: Learning to Work with your New Tool "The Missing Piece: Medications" (6:36)
- Section 4: Let's Talk T2D Meds! Non-Insulin Medication Options & the AACE Algorithm (34:30)
- Section 5: Insulins (16:11)
- Section 6: Decreasing Medication Cost & Complexity with Combination Options (23:07)
- Final Takeaways of Class 1!
- Section 1: Overview, Objectives, Handouts (2:35)
- Deepening Your Weight-inclusive, HAES Approach By WN4DC Symposium Intern Hannah Frazee
- Section 2: What T2D Messages Do Our Clients Receive? (15:42)
- Section 3: Normalizing the Need for Medications (11:09)
- Section 4: Reviewing "Medical Evidence" and Maximizing Glucose Monitoring (20:08)
- Section 5: Joint Exploration of Medication Options (5:09)
- Section 6: Support Client Expectations & Planning for Follow Up (3:31)
- Section 7: Client Follow Up After Medication Change/Start (14:53)
- Section 8: Role Play A Structured Client-Centered Medication Conversation (6:22)
- Takeaways from Class 2! (3:13)
Megan Muñoz, RN, MSN, CMSRN, CDCES
I work with people living with all types of diabetes in both the inpatient and outpatient settings.
Megan Muñoz is the creator and host of Type2andYou with Meg, the first podcast by a Certified Diabetes Educator dedicated to people living with type 2 diabetes. Her passion to reduce diabetes stigmas is evident in her podcasting, content contributions, and live presentations. Megan holds a bachelor's and master's degree in nursing, along with certifications in medical surgical nursing and diabetes education. She works with people living with all types of diabetes in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. You can follow Megan on Instagram, Facebook, or LinkedIn