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Leveraging Diabetes Education and Community Resources as an Inertia Buster

Diabetes Self-Management Education & Support (DSMES) and Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT) are effective tools for reducing or eliminating therapeutic inertia. Get tips on how to leverage these tools and your team to improve health outcomes for people with diabetes. Review barriers to diabetes self-care and care plan follow-up Describe the four critical times to refer to Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) Identify steps to effectively refer for DSMES and medical nutrition therapy (MNT) Locate relevant community support resources to address social and emotional barriers contributing to therapeutic inertia.

Learning Objectives:

  • Review barriers to diabetes self-care and care plan follow-up.
  • Describe the four critical times to refer to Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES).
  • Identify steps to effectively refer for DSMES and Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT).
  • Locate relevant community support resources to address social and emotional barriers contributing to therapeutic inertia.
The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians. ACOFP designates this program for a maximum number of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credit and will report CME with the extent of the physician’s participation in this activity.

This program is provided by ACOFP for educational purposes only. The material presented is not intended to represent the sole or best medical interventions for the discussed diagnoses, but rather is intended to present the opinions of the authors or presenters that may be helpful to other practitioners. Participants engaging in this medical education program do so with the full knowledge that they waive any claim they may have against ACOFP for reliance on any information presented during these educational activities.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) to provide osteopathic continuing medical education for physicians.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) designates this enduring activity for a maximum of 0.75 AOA Category 1-A credits and will report continuing medical education (CME) credits commensurate with the physician’s participation in this program.

The American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians (ACOFP) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.

ACOFP designates this enduring activity for 0.75 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.