Insulin Pump Therapy - Online Course
Self-paced online course - 6 Hours
Effective
dates for CE credit: 12/23/2019 - 12/23/2022
Program Overview
Insulin pump therapy continues to grow in popularity among people with type 1 and insulin-requiring type 2 diabetes. As pump technology expands, so must clinicians' understanding of this innovative mode of therapy. This course provides soup-to-nuts instruction and insight on all aspects of pump therapy, from basic to advanced concepts. Specific topics include patient training/preparation, matching patients to appropriate equipment, fine-tuning pump settings, making use of advanced pump features, safety & troubleshooting, adjustments for special populations, and the business side of implementing a pump program.
Diabetes care and education specialist and insulin pump expert Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE, guides you through six modules of learning.
Module 1: Pumping 101
Rationale for pump use
Basal/bolus insulin therapy
Pump benefits and drawbacks
System components
Module 2: Patient Preparation & Product Options
Candidacy for pump therapy - patient selection
Pre-pump education
Product selection: pumps, infusion devices
DIY hybrid closed-loop benefits and drawbacks
Module 3: Pump Initiation
The training sequence
Transition planning
Technical training options
Infusion device usage
Safety guidelines
Forward planning
Module 4: Glucose Regulation
Hybrid closed-loop's role
Principles of adjustment
Basal fine-tuning
Bolus fine-tuning
Advanced feature application
- Temporary basal rates
- Alternate basal patterns
- Prolonged boluses
Module 5: The Pumping Life
Meeting the challenges of daily living
Meeting the needs of special populations:
- Pregnancy
- Infants
- Kids & teens
- Elderly
- Physical limitations (i.e. visually impaired, severe insulin resistance)
Pump education for caregivers
Module 6: The Office View
Downloading & analyzing pump data
The business side of pumping
- Pump/supply costs
- Insurance coverage
- Technical training reimbursement
- Clinical care reimbursement
Additional resources
Features
- Audio-visual presentation
- Charts and graphs for more advanced understanding
- Breaks for check-your-knowledge questions
- Downloadable copies of slide resource materials
- Post-learning assessment
Learning
Objectives
At
the end of this course, the learner will be able to:
-- Describe the function, components, benefits and drawbacks of insulin pump therapy when used alone or in the context of a hybrid closed-loop system.
-- Describe how to guide appropriate patients in making a successful transition to insulin pump therapy.
-- Describe how to successfully and safely manage glucose levels in patients utilizing insulin pump therapy
-- Establish a business model for implementing an insulin pump program.
Intended
Audience
This online course is intended for diabetes care and education specialists and other healthcare professionals interested in advancing their knowledge of insulin pump therapy.
This includes CDCES's, registered nurses, registered dietitians, pharmacists, health educators, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, and physicians.
Learning
Outcome
Learners will be able to effectively and efficiently utilize insulin pump therapy for improving patient outcomes.
Activity
Type
This online course is a knowledge-based learning
activity.
Faculty
Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE
Owner and Clinical Director
Integrated Diabetes Services
Wynnewood, Pennsylvania
Continuing
Education Credit
This
educational program provides 6.0 contact hours of continuing education
credit.
To
successfully complete the program to earn CE credit, learners must complete the coursework in its entirety, successfully complete the post-activity assessment, and submit an evaluation survey. A continuing education statement
of credit will be provided online.
Accreditation
Information
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Registered Nurses
The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. This program provides 6.0 contact hour(s) of continuing education credit. This program discusses 0.0 contact hour(s) of pharmacotherapeutic content.
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider # 10977, for 6.0 Contact Hour(s).
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Registered Dietitians
The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (AM001) is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 6.0 Continuing Professional Education unit(s) (CPEUs) for completion of this activity/material. Continuing Professional Education Provider Accreditation does not constitute endorsement by CDR of a provider, program, or materials.
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Registered Pharmacists
The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. This program provides 6.0 contact hour(s) (0.6 CEUs) of continuing education credit.
ACPE Universal Program Number: 0069-0000-19-326-H01-P
Effective Dates: 12/23/2019 - 12/23/2021
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Faculty
Disclosures
It
is the policy of the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists to require that
anyone who has an opportunity to affect continuing education activities content
(e.g. authors, presenters and program planners) with products or services from
a commercial interest with which s/he has financial relationships, discloses
those financial relationship/s with commercial entities to participants.
Disclosure
of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any
presentation, but is made to provide participants with information that might
be of potential importance to their evaluation of a presentation.
Relevant
disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity faculty and planners
are as follows:
Faculty
Gary Scheiner, MS, CDE: Speakers Bureau: Dexcom, Ascensia, Tandem Diabetes Care; Consultant: Medtronic, Eli Lilly, Insulet, BioCapillary, Glooko, MySugr, Roche, Senseonics.
Planner
Jodi Lavin-Tompkins MSN, RN, BC-ADM, CDE has no relevant financial disclosures to
report.
The
approval of this educational offering by the ADCES does not imply endorsement of
specific therapies, treatments, or products discussed in the presentations.
Price
Members:
$249.00
Non-Members:
$349.00
Volume discounts are available and will be automatically applied at check-out when the desired quantity is selected.
• For groups of 3-9, a 10% discount is available.
• For groups of 10-14, a 15% discount is available.
• For groups of 15+, a 20% discount is available.
Access Period
You will have access to this learning activity for a period of six months after you enroll, or whenever the activity's CE credits expire (whichever comes first).
Course released on: 12/23/2019
Expiration
date: 12/23/2022
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.ncbde.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.