Stay up to date on the latest in diabetes therapy and earn CE credits.
This year's program features the following presentations:
"Screening, Staging, and Management of Type 1 Diabetes including Infusion to Delay Onset"
- Ameya Hodarkar, MD
"Women's Endocrine Disorders: Menopause and PCOS and Their Relation to Diabetes"
- Daryl Selen, MD
"Nutrition Strategies Through the Menopause Transition: Managing the Overlap of PCOS, Menopause, and Diabetes"
- Hillary Wright, MEd, RDN, LDN
"Diabetes and the Pelvis: Managing Urinary and Sexual Dysfunction Across Genders"
- Meredith Wasserman, MD
"Improv to Improve Healthcare Communication"
- Bernice Y. Man, PharmD
Purpose
This symposium is being offered to provide up-to-date information on the screening, staging, and management of type 1 diabetes, women's endocrine disorders in relation to diabetes management, nutritional management of women's endocrine disorders overlapping with diabetes, management of urinary and sexual dysfunction across genders with diabetes, and practical techniques to improve communication within the healthcare system.
Target Audience
Certified Diabetes Outpatient Educators (CDOE), registered dietitians, registered nurses, registered pharmacists, nurse practitioners, and other allied health professionals interested in the management and research of diabetes and chronic disease.
Continuing Education Credits
This program has been submitted for 6.0 Live contact hours through the Northeast Multi-State Division (NE-MSD) Association. NE-MSD is an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. Participants must attend the entire symposium and complete a written evaluation to be awarded continuing education credits.
The University of Rhode Island College of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This is a knowledge-based educational activity. Pharmacists will receive 6.0 Live contact hours (0.60 CEUs) for the educational activity. Attendance and completion of online program evaluations and self-assessment tools at the conclusion of the program are required in order to earn credit. No partial credit is available. ACPE Universal Activity Number (UAN): 0060-9999-25-048-L01-P
Registration:
Program Agenda:
Learning Objectives:
- Screening, Staging, and Management of Type 1 Diabetes including Infusion to Delay Onset- Ameya Hodarkar, MD, FACE
1. Define guidelines for screening
2. Discuss the definitions involved in staging
3. Discuss the benefits of delaying overt DM1
- Women's Endocrine Disorders: Menopause and PCOS and Their Relation to Diabetes- Daryl Selen, MD
1. Identify metabolic risk associated with PCOS
2. Identify metabolic risk associated with menopause
3. Identify relationship of PCOS and menopause with diabetes
- Nutrition Strategies Through the Menopause Transition: Managing the Overlap of PCOS, Menopause, and Diabetes- Hilary Wright, MEd, RDN, LDN
1. Define polycystic ovary syndrome, including different phenotypes, and health risks associated with this condition
2. Define stages of the menopause transition (perimenopause and menopause and beyond), health risks, and health implications for women who enter menopause early
3. Explain the influence of insulin resistance in women with PCOS as they progress through the menopause transition that increases diabetes risk
4. Describe physiologic changes that contribute to body composition and weight challenges and other health issues in the peri- and post-menopausal years, and their implications for those at higher risk for diabetes such as women with PCOS
5. Outline diet and lifestyle strategies that can make managing the overlap of aging with PCOS, menopause, and diabetes feel realistic and sustainable when counseling those in the peri- and post- menopausal years
- Diabetes and the Pelvis: Managing Urinary and Sexual Dysfunction Across Genders- Meredith Wasserman, MD
1. Identify common urologic complications of diabetes, including lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS), urinary incontinence, and urinary tract infections in both men and women
2. Describe the mechanisms by which diabetes contributes to sexual dysfunction, including erectile dysfunction, female sexual dysfunction, and genitourinary syndrome of menopause
3. Recognize red flag symptoms that warrant urologic referral in diabetic patients with urinary or sexual complaints
4. Apply strategies to initiate patient-centered conversations about urinary and sexual health in diabetes care settings
- Improv to Improve Healthcare Communication- Bernice Man, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPHQ, CSP
1. Define improv and its history
2. Describe how improv skills can be utilized in healthcare communication
3. Demonstrate improv skills through improv games
Speaker Affiliations
- Ameya Hodarkar, MD, FACE
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- Endocrinologist, Diabetes & Endocrinology, Associates, Providence, RI
- Daryl Selen, MD
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- Endocrinologist, Women and Infants Hospital, Providence, RI
- Assistant Professor of Medicine, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University
- Hillary Wright, MEd, RDN, LDN
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- Director of Nutrition Counseling, Wellness Center at Boston IVF, Waltham, MA
- Senior Nutritionist, Dana Faber Cancer Institute, Boston, MA
- Author
- Meredith Wasserman, MD
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- Urologist, Brown Urology, Inc. and Brown University Health, Providence, RI
- Assistant Professor of Surgery for Urology and Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Brown University
- Bernice Man, PharmD, MBA, BCPS, CPHQ, CSP
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- Clinical Pharmacy Manager, Specialty Pharmacy at University of Chicago Medicine, Chicago, IL
