The New York State Diabetes Prevention and Control Program presents:
The Diabetes Epidemic: Preventing the Preventable
Satellite broadcast originally aired March 9, 2004
- Available via videostreaming (Requires basic RealOne Player which is available as a free download.)
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts
- Free videotape of the broadcast available (while supplies last)
Primary care and family physicians, endocrinologists, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, health psychologists, exercise specialists, social workers and other health care professionals who care for people with or at risk for diabetes.
Objectives:
After viewing the broadcast, participants will be able to:
- Identify three factors that put patients at high risk for developing type 2 diabetes.
- Describe three overall behavioral changes that health care providers can discuss with their patients to reduce the transition from impaired glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes.
- Identify specific individuals and programs within and outside of your practice environment that can become part of a diabetes prevention team for your patients.
- Identify three key behavioral strategies that patients can use to get started losing weight.
- Identify available resources to assist health care providers in meeting clinical practice recommendations for people already diagnosed with diabetes.
Presenters:
- James Desemone, MD, FACE – Director, Goodman Diabetes Service - Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Albany Medical Center
- Elizabeth Venditti, Ph.D., Director, Lifestyle Resource Core for the Diabetes Prevention Program/Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Department of Behavioral Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to provide continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.5 category one credits toward the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Associations' Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses' Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation. It has been designated for 1.5 contact hours and has been assigned code 5TLL8T-PRV-04-027 (live broadcast) and 5TLL8T-PRV-04-035 (tape/videostreaming).
Last update: March 22, 2004
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