2026 Kentucky Diabetes Symposium

Activity description: Attendees will improve their knowledge of important topics such cardiorenal and metabolic management in type 2 diabetes, diabetes technology, environmental factors to prevent chronic diseases, how to screen and interpret information for early diagnosis and treatment of type 1 diabetes, dealing with implicit bias and how to demonstrate worth as a diabetes care and education specialist to organizations. These topics will be discussed in an interdisciplinary setting focusing on the value of the whole team to provide to care for the individual with diabetes.

Target audience: This activity is designed for individuals or groups of diabetes care and education specialists including Nurses, Dietitians, Pharmacists, and other health care providers interested in staying up to date on current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related conditions

Registration Open: September 1st - November 12th

Early Registration: September
Members: $100
Non-Members: $125
Retired: $70
Student (No CE): $70

Standard Registration: October
Members: $120
Non-Members: $145
Retired: $85
Student (No CE): $85

Late Registration: November
Members: $145
Non-Members: $165
Retired: $100
Student (No CE): $165

Questions? Email VolunteerEngagement@ADCES.org

Louisville Location
Baptist Health
4007 Kresge Way
Louisville, KY 40207

Hotels:
Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham: 0.8 miles (4-minute drive)
Hilton Garden Inn Louisville Mall of St. Matthew’s: 1.1 miles (4-minute drive)
Inn at Woodhaven: 0.4 miles (2-minute drive)

Prestonburg Location
Big Sandy Community and Technical College
1 Bert Combs Drive
Prestonsburg, KY 41653

Owensboro Location
Healthpark
1006 Ford Avenue
Owensboro, KY 42301

Requirements for successful completion: For successful completion, participants are required to attend the full activity, and complete and submit the program evaluation at the conclusion of the educational event. Your Statement of Credit will be issued upon submission of the evaluation form. Pharmacists must provide their date of birth (MMDD) and NABP ePID to receive credit. Pharmacist learners who fail to provide this information will not receive credit for this activity. Please check your NABP profile within 45 days of this activity to make sure your credits were uploaded. Per the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners Certification Board, nurse practitioners are eligible to claim continuing education contact hours from ANCC.

Disclosure and Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships: In accordance with Joint Accreditation criteria and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies for the past 24 months.

Joint Accreditation/ACCME requires ADCES to identify and mitigate all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to ensure educational content is balanced, evidence-based, and free from bias. Disclosure information is provided to help learners recognize any relevant financial relationships and make their own informed judgments about the content. If you perceive any bias during the activity, please report it through the evaluation form.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among education activity planners and faculty are as follows:

Speakers
Teresa Martin MS RDN CDCES LD – Employment: Beta Bionics
Katelyn O’Brien, PharmD, BCPS, CDCES, BC-ADM – Speakers Bureau: Insulet, Cequr: Consultant Sanofi, Lilly, Insulet

Planners
Beth Ackerman, RDN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Danielle Augustin, MS, CHES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Beth Cecil, RDN, LD – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Tammy Grider, RN, MSN, CDCES - has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Stacy Koch, NP-C, CDCES, MLDE – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Abigail Krabacher PharmD, BCACP, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Deanna Leonard, RN, LDE – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Ashley Webb RN, LDE – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Peer Reviewers
Amy Freeman, RDN, LDN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Erin Raney, PharmD, BCPS, BC-ADM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Cathriya Shuk-Yee Penny, DNP, ACHPN, FNP-BC, GNP-BC, CCP, BC-ADM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

All relevant financial relationships have been mitigated.

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned by Kentucky Diabetes Network and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education The Universal Activity Number is JA4008258-9999-26-307-L01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 6.0 contact hour(s). This statement contains information provided to NABP from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) via CPE Monitor®. ACPE policy states paper and/or electronic statements of credit may no longer be distributed directly to learners as proof of ACPE credit. The official record of credit may be located in the learner’s e-profile in CPE Monitor.

American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 6.0 ANCC contact hours.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 6.0 contact hours. RNs must retain this document for 4 years after the activity concludes.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 6.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR): CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 6.0 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEUs) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR prefession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (One IPCE credit = One CPEU). If the activity is dietietics-related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (One 60 minute hour = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Log. Sphere and Competency selection is at the learner’s discretion.

As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive 6.0 general continuing education credits.

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists: To satisfy the requirements for renewal of certification for the Certification Board for Diabetes Care and Education (CBDCE), continuing education activities must be diabetes related and approved by a provider on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers (http://www.cbdce.org). CBDCE does not approve continuing education. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is on the CBDCE list of Approved Providers.

Other Health Professionals: It is the responsibility of each participant to determine if the program meets the criteria for re-licensure or recertification for their discipline.

Successful Completion
To receive a Statement of Credit, you must participate in all identified components of the activity and complete an evaluation.