*Registration payment includes Credit Cards and Interfund Transfers ONLY.
Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dietitians, diabetic educators, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, health coaches, community care workers and other interested healthcare professionals.
This event is jointly provided by South Piedmont AHEC, Metrolina Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists (MADCES), UNC-Charlotte School of Nursing & UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy.
Please join us at the 36th Annual Diabetes Conference: Reducing the Burden and Living Well with Diabetes. Experts in diabetes care will discuss evidenced-based and practical strategies for providing comprehensive care for patients with diabetes. Attendees will have the option of attending in person or via live webinar.
Topics and Speakers:
Beyond Blood Glucose: Navigating the Emotional, Mental, and Behavioral Landscape of Diabetes
Jeffrey Ellison, PhD, CDCES
Medication Cost and Updates
Emily Gwynn, PharmD, CPP
Caroline McDaniel, PharmD, CPP
Intermittent Fasting and Various Fasting related to Diabetes Management
Kelly Desmond, RD, MSEd
Managing Weight-Based Disease: We Can No Longer Wait
Shawn Riser Taylor, PharmD, CCPP, CDCES
CGM Updates
Donald Nuzum, PharmD, BCACP, BC-ADM, CDCES
Village Heartbeat: Building Education and Accountability Together
Zeleka Benton, DNP, RN, MSN, BSN, CDCES
Tamara Hawkins, MSPH
In-Person Location:
Atrium Health Cabarrus - Hamrick Theater
920 Church Street North,
Concord, NC 28025
Learner Outcome:
This conference will enhance learner's knowledge of evidenced-based and practical strategies for providing comprehensive care for patients with diabetes.
Credits
Participants may earn up to 6.0 Contact Hours; 0.6 CEUs
Nurses
Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded to nurses who attend at least 90% of conference.
South Piedmont Area Health Education Nursing Education is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Pharmacists
Continuing Education Credit For Pharmacists:
The University of North Carolina Eshelman School Of Pharmacy is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education. The program ACPE #0046-9999-24-058-L01-P (Pharmacist) provides 6.0 contact hours of continuing pharmacy education credit. To receive CE credit, you must complete the CE attendance form and the evaluation of the program. Statement of credit can be viewed and printed in CPE Monitor. Statements of CE Credit will be processed in approximately 2 to 3 weeks. **No partial credit will be available**
Dietitians
This activity has received prior approval by the Commission on Dietetic Registration for 6.0 hours Continuing Professional Education (CPE) credit – Activity # 181478.
Exhibitors
For more information on exhibiting at the conference, please contact May Cheung, MSN, RN-BC at may.cheung@atriumhealth.org.
Live Webinar Information
This Live Webinar will be broadcast with Zoom. Instructions to join the Live Webinar will be emailed prior to the event. You can test your computer by going to the Zoom Test Page
Registering for and attending a South Piedmont AHEC program authorizes South Piedmont AHEC to take audio, video, and/or still images to be used for promotional and educational purposes. If you have concerns, please speak with a South Piedmont AHEC team member.
71576Closed