Activity description: Attendees will have an increased understanding of how patients with diabetes are affected by a holistic approach that can improve the unique needs of transgender and nonbinary individuals.

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.

A virtual event link will be sent prior to the event. 

Questions? Email [email protected]

Irene Park Ulrich, PharmD, MPH, BCACP, CPP

Irene Park Ulrich received her PharmD from the University of North Carolina
(UNC) Eshelman School of Pharmacy in 2012. She went on to complete her pharmacy
residency in ambulatory care pharmacy at Mission Hospital and the Mountain Area
Health Education Center (MAHEC) in Asheville, NC and was board certified in
ambulatory care in 2014. For ten years, Dr. Ulrich worked at MAHEC as a clinical
pharmacist faculty member, caring for patients with a variety of chronic health
conditions, including diabetes. During her time at MAHEC, she led the development and
implementation of an interdisciplinary Gender Health Clinic, serving transgender and
non-binary individuals in Western North Carolina. Dr. Ulrich went on to receive her
Master of Public Health from the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, and in
February 2024, Dr. Ulrich transitioned to a policy advocacy role. She continues to hold
an adjunct appointment as Associate Professor of Clinical Education with the UNC
ESOP.

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
Irene Ulrich, PharmD, MPH – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Planners
Cecilia Batchelor, MS, RD, LDN, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Natalie Meador, MPH, RDN, LDN – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Sue Liverman, RN, BSPA, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

Content Reviewers
Ashley James, DNP, APRN, CCNS, FNP-BC, CCA, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies
Emily Sutton, PharmD, CDCES – has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies

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 JA4008258-0000-25-233-L01-P. This knowledge-based activity has been approved for 1.0 contact hour(s)

American Medical Association (AMA) Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this live activity for a maximum of 1.0 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 1.0 ANCC contact hours.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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 1.0 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.