Treatment Strategies for Basal Insulins to Manage Time-in-Range and Glucose Variability to Improve Outcomes in Patients with Diabetes

Program Overview

This CME program will highlight treatment strategies for basal insulins to manage time-in-range and glucose variability to improve outcomes in patients with diabetes. The expert faculty, Dr. Neil S. Skolnik, will outline the importance of improving patients’ glucose to time-in-range, minimize glucose variability, and incorporate continuous glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes. Following, Dr. Skolnik will discuss how to distinguish between insulins and how to incorporate them into practice. To conclude, he will review how to tailor treatment plans with the interprofessional team and the activated patient with diabetes, thus improving patient outcomes.

Target Audience

General practitioners, diabetes educators, nurses, pharmacists, and others interested in the management of patients with diabetes

Agenda

I. The Importance of Maximizing Patients’ Glucose in Time-in-Range, Minimize Glucose Variability, and Incorporate Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Patients with Diabetes
II. Scientific Update on Longer-acting Insulins and Their Role in Managing Patients with Diabetes
III. Clinical Strategies for Individualized Treatment Plans that Coordinate the Interprofessional Team and Inform the Patients on the importance of Minimizing Glucose Variability

Learning Objectives

1. Recognize the importance of improving patients’ glucose to time-in-range, minimizing glucose variability, and incorporating continuous glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes
2. Distinguish between insulins and incorporate them into practice in patients with diabetes
3. Tailor treatment plans with the interprofessional team and the activated patient with diabetes

Faculty

Neil S. Skolnik, MD
Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Thomas Jefferson University
Associate Director
Family Medicine Residency Program
Abington Jefferson Health
Jenkintown, PA

Disclosures of Relevant Financial Relationships

It is the policy of AcademicCME that all faculty, instructors, and planners disclose relevant financial relationships relating to the topics of this educational activity. Any relevant financial relationships are mitigated via a content review by planning committee members and faculty with no relevant financial relationships.

The faculty reported the following financial relationships or relationships to products or devices they or their spouse/life partner have with commercial interests related to the content of this CE activity:

Planners and Peer Reviewers

Timothy Hayes, MD, PhD; Kim Cheramie, MSN, RN-BC; Chelsey Benedek and Nicole McMenamin hereby state that they or their spouse/life partner do not have any relevant financial relationships to products or devices with any commercial interests related to the content of this activity of any amount during the past 12 months.

Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, AcademicCME is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council forPharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Credit Designation Statements

AcademicCME designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit ^TM.

Clinicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Financial Support

This activity has been supported by independent educational grant Sanofi US.

Disclosure of Unlabeled Use

This educational activity may contain discussion of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. AcademicCME and Sanofi US do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient’s conditions and possible contraindications on dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer’s product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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