Workshops for Medical Providers

We offer evidence-based medical workshops to assist physician assistants, nurse practitioners, physicians, dietitians and nurses with improving diabetes patient care.  All our workshops offer CME or CEU credits for medical providers based on their specific certification. The Institute provides an annual Insulin Education program every fall (September to December) for 20-24 Category 1 CME/CEU hours. The course is designed to help providers improve the delivery of Type 1 & Type 2 diabetes patient care within their individual medical practices. The workshops generally meet one to two times monthly at the St. Joseph Diabetes Institute. The workshop series is limited to 20 providers. To register for this program, E-mail the St. Joseph Diabetes Institute on or after April 1, 2010 for an application (courses and descriptions are listed below).

Download a printable application

Insulin Training & Diabetes Patient Care Improvement CME Series

An interactive multi-media training session about the current standards of care of insulin usage for medical providers working in family/general practice and internal medicine. This workshop includes demonstrations, case studies, patient educational teaching tips and office clinical materials that you can take home for future use. These diabetes self-management and insulin educational training activities will help you and your patients gain a better understanding on how to achieve improved glucose control. Our time tested techniques will assist both you and your patients in developing a new sense of trust and satisfaction.

Topics:

• Insulin treatment plans and goals of good long-term care.
• How carb counting can help improve glucose control and help with weight loss
• Diets that really matter and how you can help your patients stay on one
• The role of exercises in glucose self-management (including weight loss medications)
• Glucose testing that really matters for both you and your patients
• Insulin ideas for safely avoiding low and high blood sugars, insulin pens, safety needles
• Diabetes tips for getting your patients to become more compliant
• Understanding those all important diabetes labs and why you need to do them every year
• Plus tips on getting your patient supplies and medications under patient assistance programs
• When to refer your patients to a specialist for diabetes care and support of your medical practice

Guest speaker presentations:

• Insulin (inpatient and outpatient) education and training. By St. Joseph Diabetes Institute
• Endocrine special presentation on new GLP medications for weight loss and glucose control
  Cardiovascular/metabolic disease factor. By Northeast Cardiology
• Diabetic with Renal Disease by NE Nephropathy
  Diabetes Diet & Nutrition Issues. By St. Joseph Diabetes & Nutrition Center
• Endocrine related diabetes issues of thyroid disease, osteoporosis, vitamin deficiency. By St. Joseph Endocrinology
  

WHO: Physicians (MD, DO), Nurse Practitioners & Physician Assistants and RN or RD (CDE)

DATES: Fridays, September 10 & 24, October 8, November 5, December 3 & 10, 2010 (Tentative dates)

TIME: 9 am - 1 p.m. (Category 1 CME 4.0, CEUs available per session).

NO FEES: This course is presented with an educational grant from Sanofi-Aventis.

LOCATION: St. Joseph Healthcare Diabetes Institute of Behavioral Medicine, 900 Broadway, Bldg. 1, Bangor, Maine 04401 (in the Willette Conference Room).

Registration: Phone the St. Joseph Diabetes Institute at 207-907-1189 and request an application. Class size limited to the first 24 registrants. You can also register by sending us an E-mail.

Download a printable application

Insulin Training & Diabetes Patient Care Improvement Series (On-site)

Training and educational sessions can be arranged for you at your work site, office or medical/clinical practice for either a half-day or full-day on diabetes medical management. It would be designed to meet your medical practice's specific needs. Examples: insulin therapies, oral and insulin co-therapies, insulin pump care plans, patient education tools, glucose monitoring techniques, diabetes patient standards of medical care, neuropathy and nephropathy treatment plans, and other diabetes issues your medical practice would wish to address.

DATES: To be arranged based on specific needs

TIME: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (half day sessions) or 9:00 am to 5 pm (full day sessions)

COST: Hourly rates to be arranged based on needs

LOCATION: Your work site

For more information: Phone the St. Joseph Diabetes Institute at 207-907-1189.

St. Joseph Diabetes Institute
of Behavioral Medicine
St. Joseph Healthcare Park - Building 1
900 Broadway
Bangor, ME 04401

Telephone: (207) 907-1187

Fax: (207) 907-1189

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