The Diabetes Initiative of South Carolina Celebrates Over 20 Years of Professional Diabetes Education

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BACKGROUND: Diabetes is a major public health problem in South Carolina; however, the Diabetes Initiative of South Carolina (DSC) provides a realistic mechanism to address issues on a statewide basis.

METHODS: The Diabetes Center of Excellence in the DSC provides oversight for developing and supervising professional education programs for health care workers of all types in South Carolina to increase their knowledge and ability to care for people with diabetes. The DSC has developed many programs for the education of a variety of health professionals about diabetes and its complications.

RESULTS: The DSC has sponsored 21 Annual Diabetes Fall Symposia for primary health care professionals featuring education regarding many aspects of diabetes mellitus. The intent of the program is to enhance the lifelong learning process of physicians, advanced practice providers, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, laboratorians and other health care professionals, by providing educational opportunities and to advance the quality and safety of patient care. The symposium is an annual 2-day statewide program that supplies both a comprehensive diabetes management update to all primary care professionals and an opportunity for attendees to obtain continuing education credits at a low cost.

CONCLUSION: The overarching goal of the DSC is that the programs it sponsors and the development of new targeted initiatives will lead to continuous improvements in the care of people at risk and with diabetes along with a decrease in morbidity, mortality and costs of diabetes and its complications in South Carolina and elsewhere.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2016

Erschienen:

2016

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:351

Enthalten in:

The American journal of the medical sciences - 351(2016), 4 vom: 17. Apr., Seite 325-6

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hermayer, Kathie L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Diabetes mellitus
Education
Introductory Journal Article
Program
South Carolina
Symposium

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Date Completed 12.09.2016

Date Revised 15.04.2016

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.amjms.2016.01.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM259411639