
The CORE Concepts® Course is a high-quality, convenient program to sharpen your skills as a diabetes care and education specialist. Learn online in a collaborative group of like-minded professionals in this 10-week self-paced session.
You will learn the essentials of DSME with:
- Interactive online lessons
- Collaborative case study sessions
- Expert faculty support
- Group discussion boards
- Quizzes
- Integrated textbook readings
NEW FEATURE: This session will include access to weekly Monday-evening webcast discussions. Our experienced faculty will walk you through realistic case studies — with a chance to bounce around ideas, ask questions, and understand the how and why for managing each case. Participants will also have an opportunity to ask questions in a traditional office-hours format. Participation is strongly encouraged but will also be recorded in case you miss it.
Many of our learners have found the CORE Concepts Online Course to be a great way to help prepare for the CDCES credentialling exam.
Key goals of the ADCES Online CORE Concepts Course are to:
- Increase your knowledge of the diabetes disease state
- Sharpen your clinical management skills
- Highlight self-management education techniques and tools
- Assure successful outcomes to the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors®
This 10-week online course
is recommended for health care professionals who have at
least 2 years' experience in diabetes care and education
and who know that online learning is a suitable fit with your learning style.
Please note that diabetes care and education specialists should always adhere to their clinical scope of practice when providing patient care and DSMES. Participants, with the assistance of course facilitators, will explore the scientific basis for diabetes education and care, while artfully applying concepts to patient situations, through case studies and online
discussion.
Continuing Education Credit: 30 hours CE
Required Textbook
This course is an in-depth review of the concepts of diabetes
self-management education. The Art and Science of Diabetes Care and Education is
mandatory reading for this course. It is NOT
included with course registration. If you currently do not have this book, please
purchase the textbook separately.
The textbook is available for purchase in both printed and eBook formats.
Intended Audience
This learning is designed for diabetes care and education specialists,
including nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, nurse practitioners, physicians,
PAs, and other health care providers interested in staying up to date on
current practices of care for people with diabetes and other related
conditions.
Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this course, participants should be able
to:
- Apply ADA Standards of Care to provide evidence-based care in education for people with diabetes (type1, type 2, and GDM) and for diabetes prevention.
- Utilize the ADCES7 framework to assess self-care behaviors to develop an individualized care and education plan for a person with diabetes as they transition through the lifecycle.
- Explain ways to advocate for individuals with diabetes by supporting initiatives and resources that improve access to care and education for diverse populations.
Nine modules will be covered over the 9-week period:
• Module 1: Disease Process and Approach to Treatment
• Module 2: Effective Interviewing, Coping, Prevention
• Module 3: Healthy Eating
• Module 4: Insulin, Diabetes in Children, and More
• Module 5: Risk reduction behaviors | Reducing risks for acute complications
• Module 6: Oral Medications | Being Active
• Module 7: Chronic Complications and Coexisting Conditions
• Module 8: Monitoring and Problem Solving
• Module 9: Advocacy and Care Delivery
Activity Type
This is an application-based learning activity.
2025 Dates
Session space is limited. Dates are subject to
change.
Winter: January 16 - March 27, 2025
Spring: April 10 - June 18, 2025
Summer: July 10 - September 17, 2025
Fall: October 2 - December 10, 2025
How It Works
- You are required to purchase or
currently have access to the textbook The Art and Science of Diabetes
Care and Education, 6th edition.
- The ten-week course will include
learning modules and readings, plus a final exam after the modules are
completed. The modules include readings, online activities, and discussion
board interactions based on case studies.
- Optional, live Zoom meetings will be held on select Mondays. Short case studies will be discussed, and learners can ask questions around the course content. Live sessions are 45 minutes long, starting at 5:15pm PT, 6:15pm MT, 7:15pm CT, 8:15pm ET.
- Registrants will receive course access one to two days before the official start of the session.
- Learners can expect to devote about 3-4 hours a week to complete all material.
- Each session will have small groups for
discussion with other participants and experienced facilitators. Communication
will occur within the online discussion boards (communication forums).
- Learners can work on the course at
their own convenience. However, to ensure active discussions, discussion
participation for each module must be completed within the one-week time frame
designated for that module in the course syllabus.
- The final exam period will be the last week of the course session.
- Course is pass/fail.
- Each
participant will be expected to post a minimum of 3-4 messages on the
discussion boards for each module.
- Final exam must
be passed with a minimum of 70% to pass. Three attempts are allowed.
- Certificate of
credit issued upon successful completion of the course and passing the Final
Exam.
- We recommend that you stay on track
with the syllabus each week, so you don't fall behind (e.g., you can work for
one hour and then log off and come back three days later and work for another
hour or two).
Joint Providership
None
Financial Support
None