Diabetes Fundamentals
You will learn and review:
- What is diabetes
- Monitoring your progress
- Actions of insulin
- Sick day management
- Exercise
- The ins-and-outs of acute complications
- Changing behaviors effectively
Medical Assessment
The evaluation provided by the diabetes education team includes a comprehensive medical exam, diabetes plan of care, basic diabetes skills assessment and lifestyle questionnaires.
Mastering Your Diabetes
This course will empower you to take the lead in your diabetes care and to master the advanced skills of diabetes management, including:
- Correcting the highs and lows of blood glucose excursions
- Understanding the pharmacokinetics of various insulins
- Potentiate the actions of insulin to benefit you
- Understanding your own laboratory test results
- Developing personalized guidelines (algorithms) for control of blood sugars
- Increasing your proficiency in carbohydrate counting
- Managing and preventing diabetes complications
- Maintaining psychological health and well-being
- Developing the leader within you
MYD Booster
Through follow-up and support you will learn how to effectively partner with your health care provider to support your diabetes plan of care.
The DRI Education Team provides yearly educational updates to keep you informed of the latest state-of-the-art advances in diabetes management. Follow-up care will be scheduled on an individual basis.
Registration
To learn more about upcoming classes, click on one of the dates below.
>> March 2008
>> June 2008 (children and teens)
>> August 2008
>> November 2008
Read a letter from a patient who attended MYD by clicking here.
If you're interested in signing up, "Register Now" and follow the directions on the form.
Please note: Due to the huge demand for this program, classes are filled on a first-come, first-served basis. We will call you to verify the status of your registration when we receive your completed form.
If you have questions, please call Arleen or Star at 305-243-1062 .