For clinicians: Visit these CME activities within the PennCME/BestPractice site:
- Starting Insulin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes [link]
- Screening for Prediabetes and Diabetes. Yes, No, Why, Why Not? [link]
- Noninsulin Antidiabetic Agents: When, Which, How? [link]
- Depression in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes [link]
- Common Errors in Type 2 Diabetes [link]
- Interactive Minicases
- Simulation: Two Patients Whose Diabetes Is Tangled With Co-Morbidities [link]
- Clinical guidelines and algorithms [link]
- Point-of-Care Search
- PQRI
- Resources [link]
- References [link]
Non-clinical staff can learn more about type 2 diabetes by visiting the Patient Resource Center and linking to sites featured in the Resource Section.
Resources: Type 2 Diabetes
The National Diabetes Education Program (NDEP) offers the following publications and resources for health care providers:
o Guiding Principles of Diabetes Care
Evidence-based booklet that outlines important patient-centered principles of diabetes care and helps health care professionals identify people with pre-diabetes and undiagnosed diabetes for treatment. (Updated August 2009.) [download pdf]
o Small Steps. Big Rewards. Your GAME PLAN to Prevent Type 2 Diabetes:
Health Care Provider Toolkit
This toolkit contains a decision pathway to diagnose and treat pre-diabetes, proven strategies to counsel and motivate patients, an office poster, and copier-ready patient education materials. [link]
o 2009 Diabetes Numbers at-a-Glance Card
Pocket guide based on American Diabetes Association clinical recommendations that provides a list of current recommendations to diagnose and manage pre-diabetes and diabetes. (Updated March 2010.) [download pdf]
o Working Together to Manage Diabetes: Diabetes Medications Supplement
A detailed reference booklet that profiles medications to manage blood glucose (including insulin), blood pressure, and cholesterol. (Updated May 2007.) [download pdf]
o Working Together to Manage Diabetes: Poster
Use this interdisciplinary color poster in exam or waiting rooms. It helps patients learn about the ABCs of diabetes so they can work with their eye-, foot-, and dental-care professionals and pharmacists to manage their diabetes. Also available in Spanish; a single copy is free. [link]
o Feet Can Last a Lifetime: A Health Care Provider's Guide to Preventing Diabetes Foot Problems
Comprehensive guide to foot care includes a quick-reference card for conducting a foot exam, a monofilament for sensory testing, and templates for waiting room posters and medical record stickers. [download pdf]