TCOYD - Continuing Medical Education

Director
Steven V. Edelman, MD

Endocrinologist, Clinical Professor of Medicine, Univ. of California, San Diego School of Medicine, San Diego VA Healthcare System, Founder and Director, Taking Control of Your Diabetes

9.15.07 Faculty

Steven V. Edelman, MD

Robert R. Henry, MD
Professor of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Chief, Endocrinology and Metabolism, San Diego VA Healthcare System

William Polonsky, PhD, CDE
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego, Founder and President, Behavioral Diabetes Institute, Del Mar CA

Christopher Sadler, MA, PA-C, CDE
Physician Assistant, Certified Diabetes Educator, Diabetes and Endocrine Associates, La Jolla, CA

Saturday, September 15, 2007
Santa Clara Convention Center
6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™

Click here to register or call 1(888) 229-6263.
Click here for complete conference brochure.

Making The Connection: Cutting Edge Strategies for Diabetes Care

There continues to be a growing incidence and prevalence of both type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the United States and around the world. Despite significant advances, the vast majority of people with diabetes have inadequate glycemic control. In addition to poor diabetes control, coronary heart disease remains the most common cause of death in people with diabetes, highlighting the importance of concentrating on reducing cardiovascular risk factors.

The goal of this course is to educate providers about the most effective strategies to help their patients with diabetes reach their treatment goals and avoid the associated acute and chronic complications. This course will focus on four cutting-edge topics in diabetes care: Prevention of heart disease and type 2 diabetes using TZD’s; incretin mimetics for treating type 2 diabetes; insulin regimens for people with type 2 diabetes; and new evidence-based motivational strategies to improve patient self management. This information will be clinically oriented with presentation of current and important landmark clinical trials.

In addition, this course will offer a truly unique learning opportunity. It is being held in tandem with a separate, yet similar, patient education conference and will give providers the opportunity to observe and interact with people who have diabetes and are engaged in their own intensive educational environment. Making that connection with patients, providers will acquire new skills and insight into what empowers patients with diabetes to develop healthy self-management of their diabetes.

OBJECTIVES

1. Discuss latest findings concerning patient motivation and how it influences self-management of diabetes.

2. Explain concepts and practical issues in initiation of combination therapy and the role of TZDs in the treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes.

3. Give an overview of the role of GLP-1 in humans and a clinically relevant explanation of the incretin mimetic story.

4. Review current literature on exenatide and DPP4 inhibitors.

5. Describe in detail therapeutic strategies indicated when a patient fails metformin and/or sulfonylurea therapy, to include adding a TZD, insulin, exenatide, or an alpha glucosidase inhibitor.

6. Review pros and cons of various insulin strategies including combination therapy, split mixed approach and basal bolus regimens.

7. Design and implement individualized insulin regimens for patients with type 2 diabetes.

8. Understand emotional and physical barriers to initiation of insulin therapy faced by patients with type 2 diabetes and strategies to overcome these barriers.

9. Discuss major behavioral strategies for enhancing diabetes self-management.

PROGRAM AGENDA

7:45 - 8:15 a.m. — Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:15 - 8:30 a.m. — Program Overview, Steven Edelman, MD and William Polonsky, PhD, CDE

8:30 - 9:30 a.m. — Improving Diabetes Care at the Community Level: The Role of Education, Motivation and Self-Advocacy, Steven Edelman, MD

9:30 - 10:00 a.m. — The Personal Side of Diabetes: Psychological Secrets for Effective Management, William Polonsky, PhD, CDE

10:00 - 10:10 a.m. — Break with Refreshments

10:10 - 11:05 a.m.— Lowering Cardiovascular Risk While Improving Glycemic Control: New Clinical Strategies, Robert R. Henry, MD

11:05 - 12:00 p.m. — From Combination Therapy to Basal-Pradial Strategies: Practical Insulin Regimens for Patients with Type 2 Diabetes, Steven Edelman, MD

12:00 - 12:55 — Current Clinical Update on the Use of Exenatide in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and a Look into Future Applications of Incretines, Christopher Sadler, PA, CDE

12:55 - 1:55 p.m. — Banquet lunch

2:00 - 3:00 p.m. — An Interactive Hour Exploring the Personal Side of Diabetes Using a Q&A Format, William Polonsky, PhD, CDE

3:00 - 3:45 p.m. — Making The Connection, Steven Edelman and William Polonsky, PhD, CDE

Note: Attendees of "Making the Connection" and "Advances in the Prevention of Type 2 Diabetes" CME programs will receive a copy the textbook, Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes, 7th ed., by Steven V. Edelman, MD, and Robert R. Henry, MD. Registrants who do not attend will not receive the book.

September 15 , 2007 Santa Clara
Making the Connection

REGISTRATION

Registration Fee: $25
Includes: Breakfast, lunch, snack and syllabus. Register by Friday, September 7. Registration is limited to 100 people. Cancellation: Call 888-229-6263. No refunds after Friday, September 10. Click to Register.

Attendees of "Making the Connection" CME will receive a copy the textbook, Diagnosis and Management of Type 2 Diabetes, 7th ed., by Steven V. Edelman, MD, and Robert R. Henry, MD.

ACCREDITATION

This activity has been planned and implemented in accordance with the Essential Areas and policies of the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education through the joint sponsorship of the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Taking Control Of Your Diabetes. The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

The University of California, San Diego School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

BRN: Nurses may claim credit for activities approved for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ in most states, for up to 50% of the nursing requirement for re-certification. This course is designated for 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. (Provider # CME Category 1 Credit)

Certified Diabetes Educators: To satisfy the requirement for renewal of certification by continuing education for the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators (NCBDE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the NCBDE list of Approved Providers (www.ncbde.org). NCBDE does not approve continuing education. The University of California, San Diego is accredited by the ACCME, which is on the NCBDE list of Approved Providers.

Jointly sponsored by:

For more registration information please contact:

University of San Diego Continuing Medical Education
9500 Gilman Dr.
MC 0617 La Jolla, CA 92093
Toll Free: 888-229-6263 or 858-534-3940 ocme@ucsd.edu

TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR DIABETES
(TCOYD) is a not-for-profit 501(c)3 charitable organization dedicated to educating, motivating and empowering people with diabetes and their loved ones to take a more active role in their own health care.

September 15 , 2007 Santa Clara Making the Connection

September 15 , 2007 Santa Clara
Making the Connection