Diabetes Management Essentials

Contact Hours: 4.0

ACPE UAN: 0384-9999-21-107-H01-T

The National Pharmacy Technician Association (NPTA) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.

Target Audience: Pharmacy Technicians

This CPE activity has been designated as a knowledge-based program.

Goals & Objectives:

Upon completion of this course, pharmacists and pharmacy technicians will be able to:

• Discuss strategies for optimizing quality of diabetes care.
• Describe the implications of social determinants of health in diabetes management.
• List different types of diabetes.
• Recognize various diabetes screening recommendations.
• Discuss diabetes prevention strategies.
• Describe different methods for monitoring glycemic control.
• Identify services pharmacy can offer to contribute to optimal diabetes care.
• Recognize various diabetes pharmacotherapy options and their potential side effects.
• Describe the comorbidity benefits of glucose-lowering medications.
• Discuss diabetes treatment options recommended by the American Diabetes Association Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes 2021.
• Distinguish among treatment recommendations for different types of diabetes (type 1 vs type 2 etc.) and populations (pregnancy, youth, adults, older adults, etc.).
• Discuss the roles of individuals involved in diabetes management (parents, caregivers, school personnel, specialists, etc.)
• List strategies to optimize diabetes medication safety such as medication management interventions, monitoring parameters, hypoglycemia prevention/ management, carbohydrate counting/meal planning, regimen simplification, risk assessments, protocols, order sets, use of technology and decision support, and medication reconciliation.
• Recognize comprehensive cardiovascular risk reduction strategies (diet/exercise, obesity, hypertension, dyslipidemia, smoking cessation, antiplatelet therapy)
• Identify strategies to reduce risk of microvascular complications (nephropathy, retinopathy, neuropathy).
• Discuss how diabetes care may change depending on the setting (inpatient, outpatient, long-term care facility, perioperative, etc.) and acuity (emergency department, stable inpatient, critically-ill, transitions of care, etc.).

Release Date: 09/06/2021

Expiration Date: 09/06/2024