Reinforce your diabetes care and education skills with a wide variety of ADCES courses and other continuing education (CE) options.
Earn diabetes continuing education credit (CE/CME), expand your knowledge and improve your practice with webinars, online ADCES® courses, in-person events, certificate programs and books. Look to us as your complete resource to keep up to date on the latest in diabetes care, education and technology. Not sure where to begin?
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The ADCES Diabetes Care and Education Curriculum, 4th edition is now available!
This comprehensive resource is built on the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors® Framework and provides an evidence-based model and guidance for implementing your diabetes self-management education and support (DSMES) program. Highlights of the new edition include updated content to improve the teaching and learning experience, improved clarity and readability, and content aligned to the ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes—2024.
An e-book version of the Curriculum, 4th edition is also available.
The ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors® Online Course is updated! This new edition aligns with the 2024 ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes and features a new, more interactive format with enduring materials. Complete this course to understand each of the seven ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors, and better understand the approach to a self-empowered model of care for the person with diabetes.
ADCES has e-book versions of each of our publications, and they’re a great, versatile alternative to print books! E-books are convenient to access, and you can download your copy on up to four personal devices. You can change the reading mode from day to night, take notes and highlight by color, bookmark multiple pages, create flashcards, have it read aloud, and even change the font size!
Expand your learning with a diabetes online education course or recorded webinar on the latest topics in diabetes care and education. Topics include gestational diabetes, cardiometabolic health, cultural competency, technology, recent guidelines and treatment updates, diabetes CORE Concepts® and more.
Grasp the prevalence, identification, and treatment of co-occurring diabetes and eating disorders. Through four case studies with CGM data, you will learn ways these illnesses intersect and how you can collaborate with a team to support people with diabetes to improve self-management behaviors and psychosocial and metabolic health outcomes.
Understand the impact health beliefs have on behavior across different cultural backgrounds. Learn how to enhance your communication skills and overcome challenges to providing diabetes care and prevention education to diverse groups of people.
Review the basics of continuous glucose monitoring, discuss the different CGM models that are currently available in the US, and review use of the PANTHER Program’s new Point-of-Care CGM Clinic Tools to provide optimal diabetes care to device users. FREE to ADCES members and nonmembers.
Discuss the most current diabetes nutrition education topics to non-dietitian providers including nutrition assessment questions, carbohydrate and other macronutrient distribution, how to decipher nutrition labels, food and medication safety, and effective behavioral modification tools.
Build a foundation of clinical knowledge of diabetes and its complications and identify opportunities for diabetes education interventions.
Discuss recent changes in national treatment guidelines for care of people with type 2 diabetes and review the new treatment algorithm recommended in the American Diabetes Association's 2024 Standards of Care.
Master the evidence-based framework of the seven key behaviors essential to providing successful diabetes self-management education and support.
Address the various etiologies of diabetes, the educational and treatment strategies and the changing needs of children and adolescents as they grow and thrive with diabetes.
Review the basics of insulin pump therapy and basal and bolus pump settings, discuss the different pump models that are currently available in the US, and review use of the PANTHER Program’s new Insulin Pump Settings Tool to determine insulin pump settings.
Keep up with the latest topics in diabetes education and management by participating in a virtual ADCES® course or live webinar. Topics include recent guideline updates for treatment and medications, technology, population health, DSMES, cardiometabolic health, lifestyle coach training, CORE Concepts® (online) and more.
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Dive deep with in-person ADCES events. Whether you’re looking for a crash course in building your own diabetes education program, searching for networking opportunities or preparing to earn or renew credentials, we offer in-person events that can help you achieve your goals.
ADCES24 registration and housing is now open! Join us August 9-12, 2024 in New Orleans, LA.
Join peers from around the country to discover the premiere diabetes care and education event of the year, network and gain practice pearls.
Can't make it in-person? Register for On-Demand to access a variety of key sessions from the live program. Available August 26-October 28!
Explore the essential components of diabetes care and education along with tools and strategies for assuring successful outcomes of the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors®. Many participants use this course as part of their preparation for the Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist (CDCES) exam. As an added bonus, all CORE Concepts attendees receive access to an online CDCES exam test-taking strategies module and CDCES exam practice questions. Registration for the August 2024 course takes place through the ADCES24 registration site. Select CORE Concepts at checkout and follow the prompts.
Acquire the necessary skills to deliver a successful National Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) at your site. ADCES is approved by the CDC to provide introductory, advanced and master training for lifestyle coaches to deliver CDC-recognized lifestyle change programs. Additional information on staffing your CDC-recognized diabetes prevention organization can be found on the CDC website. ADCES members can apply for scholarships to attend our in-person lifestyle coach trainings.
Danatech®, powered by ADCES, supports the learning and assessment needs of healthcare professionals with up-to-date diabetes technology product information, device training, professional education and more.
Find live and recorded webinars on specific CGMs, AIDs and other new diabetes technology devices. Live webinars include Q&A time help answer your specific questions.
This assessment-based certificate program provides a current CGM landscape review, the pros and cons of available devices, matching people with diabetes to the best device for them, overcoming barriers to implement CGM in practice, and reviewing and interpreting data to improve glycemic management.
Point-of-Care CGM and AID Clinic Tools are fillable Adobe Acrobat forms that can be used by clinicians in the moment of a clinic encounter to provide optimal diabetes care to device users. These tools were made available as part of a partnership between danatech and the Panther Program.
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The ability to titrate basal insulin arms health care professionals with a valuable tool to enhance the precision and efficacy of diabetes care, promoting better long-term health outcomes.
ADCES delivers comprehensive diabetes education and prevention learning opportunities for groups through our Diabetes Team Training program. Plan and host an event at your facility with personalized consultations, customized programming, various learning modalities and administrative reporting to track completion progress.
Augment Learning With Publications
ADCES books and publications support your practice with relevant, research-backed content from experts in diabetes care and education who have hands-on experience.
Advance your skillset on a particular topic with ADCES certificate programs. Choose from a variety of certificates and assessment-based learning programs to suit individuals or entire practice teams.
6.5 CE/CME$130 member | $230 nonmember
Designed for healthcare providers who have achieved an advanced body of core knowledge and skills related to diabetes education and/or management above that which is required by the profession of origin.
Become fully trained on the ADCES competencies of care and gain an increased knowledge of the best practices to develop care plans for the person with diabetes.
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$505 member | $605 nonmember
Designed for clinicians new to diabetes care and education, this certificate program encourages familiarity with the ADCES competencies and treating people with diabetes.
Hear from a mix of nurses, pharmacists, and dieticians to get perspectives across the care team, and understand the clinical aspects of diabetes, as well as aspects of self-care, such as healthy eating, healthy coping and problem solving.
$185 member | $230 nonmember
Designed for non-clinicians, this certificate program dives into the diagnosis and disease state of prediabetes and diabetes, complications, comorbidities and basic clinical guidelines for care.
Then learn skills to apply each module of the ADCES7 Self-care BehaviorsTM Framework into practice, including healthy coping, monitoring, reducing risks, problem solving and more. Plus, understand how person-centered care enhances your practice and outcomes for people with diabetes.
Free to members | $39.99 nonmember
Overcome barriers to implement CGM in your practice, understand CGM coding and reimbursement, and learn how to best match a person with diabetes to a device.
$329 Member | $429 Nonmember
Advance your DSMES service to operate as a business by gaining a deeper understanding of the business, marketing, reimbursement and quality improvement techniques needed to implement and sustain a DSMES program.
$109 Member | $159 Nonmember
Educate the entire diabetes care team on best practices to provide non-stigmatizing care for higher weight individuals.
ADCES members get free access to different continuing education courses to enhance their learning. Earn more than 30 CE/CME with these free certificate programs, online courses, and recorded webinars.
Dive deeper into diabetes care and education topics with an online course or certificate program. These courses are divided into multiple modules and offer more CE/CME.
7 CE/CME Insulin Pump Therapy Online Course, 4th Edition
12 CE/CME Putting Continuous Glucose Monitoring into Practice: Certificate Program (2nd Edition)