Fueling a Healthier Future: A Wyoming Focus on Diabetes and Heart Health Virtual Fall Conference
October 10, 2025
Virtual

Activity description: Learners will report increased knowledge and/or confidence in: managing diabetes complicated by thyroid disease, applying diabetes technologies such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps, and delivering education effectively in rural Wyoming. Learners will also demonstrate greater awareness of public health programs and resources available to support people with diabetes, leading to more effective referrals and improved patient outcomes.

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

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 Conflicts of Interest: In accordance with the ACCME Standards for Integrity and Independence, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) requires anyone in a position to affect or control continuing education content (e.g., authors, presenters, and program planners) to disclose all financial relationships with ineligible companies. It is the responsibility of ADCES to mitigate and disclose all relevant conflicts of interest. Disclosure of a relationship is not intended to suggest or condone bias in any presentation but is made to provide participants with information that might be of potential importance to their evaluation of the presentation.

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

All identified relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated.

Speakers

Kara Beech, BSBA, SHRM-CP, CTA – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Kacie Hutton, MPH – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Ashley Littleton, RDN, LD, CDCES – Medtronic, Tandem, Omnipod: Pump Trainer

Amber Nolte, MPH, CPM – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Tom Repas, DO, FACE – Sanofi: Speakers Bureau

Planners

Troy Bailey, RD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Allison Barnett, PA-C – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Jaime Hornecker, Pharm D – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Tom Repas, DO, FACE – Sanofi: Speakers Bureau

Sabine Schenck, MSW – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Ashley Littleton, RDN, LD, CDCES – Medtronic, Tandem, Omnipod: Pump Trainer

Dian True, RN, MA, CDCES, FADCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Content Reviewers

Anand Patel, PharmD, BCP – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies                    

Nancy Ryan, RD, MS, BC-ADM, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Activity Agenda

7:30-8:00am Late Conference Registrations

8:00-8:20am Conference Welcome, Announcements and Survey - Troy Bailey, MS, RDN, CDCES, Star Valley Healthcare

8:20-9:20am The Role of the Thyroid in Diabetes - Thomas Repas, DO, FACE, Hoskinson Health & Wellness Clinic
This presentation will discuss the function of the thyroid gland and the role of the thyroid gland in its relationship to diabetes.

9:20-9:30am Break

9:30-10:30am Chronic Disease Initiatives in Wyoming - Amber Nolte, MPH, CPM, Chronic Disease Prevention Program Manager, Wyoming Department of Health
This presentation will discuss new programs and initiatives the Chronic Disease Prevention Program has implemented since April 2025. Identify new funding opportunities available to Wyoming organizations and discuss the resources needed for current programs.

10:30-10:40am Break

10:40-11:40am Diabetes Technology for Educators: Optimizing Patient Outcomes with Devices and Data - Ashley M. Littleton RD, LD, CDCES, Memorial Hospital of Converse County
This presentation will Identify and differentiate the features and functionalities of the latest continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) devices, insulin pumps, and automated insulin delivery (AID) systems. Analyze and interpret patient-generated data (e.g., from CGM reports, pump downloads) to facilitate shared decision-making and personalize diabetes management strategies.

11:40-11:50am Break

11:50-12:50pm Bridging the Gap: Diabetes Education in Rural Wyoming - Kara Beech, BSBA, SHRM-CP, CTA, Beech Creative Group
This presentation will review and discuss demographics, challenges facing rural communities, and how to build trust with this demographic. Identify key marketing strategies utilized to reach this demographic and discuss available digital resources and tools to maximize reach to this demographic.

12:50-1:00pm Closing Remarks and Evaluations - Ashley M. Littleton, RD, LD, CDCES, Memorial Hospital of Converse County

Accreditation:

In support of improving patient care, 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 JA4008258-0000-25-285-L01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 4.0 contact hour(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this live activity for a maximum of 4.0 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 4.0 ANCC contact hours.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 4.0 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 4.0 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 4.0 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. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 4.0 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.