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The Huddle: Conversations with the Diabetes Care Team features perspectives, issues and updates to inform your practice and elevate your role.
Diabetes Podcast
Diabetes Care & Education Podcasts
As a member of the diabetes care team, you know professional growth can move you and the people you serve forward. The Huddle is where you'll find diabetes podcasts that share perspectives from fellow professionals on issues and updates in the field.
Our podcasts on diabetes, prediabetes and cardiometabolic care ‒ from advocacy to technology ‒ can inform your practice, elevate your role and ultimately benefit your clients.
Find the latest episodes of our diabetes care and education podcasts on this page or on other major podcast platforms.
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Latest Diabetes Podcast Episodes
Episode Summary
On this episode of The Huddle, Wendy Mobley-Bukstein, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES, CHWC, NASM-CPT, FAPhA, FADCES and Debbie Hinnen, APN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FAAN discuss the importance of medication persistence, how to talk to clients about starting and staying on diabetes medications, and strategies to help clients stay consistent with their medication taking. This episode was made possible with support from Lilly, A Medicine Company.
Resources
Learn more about the latest in diabetes technology on danatech: danatech l Diabetes Technology Education for Healthcare Professionals
Learn more about the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors: Self-Care Tips (ADCES7)
Kennedy-Martin, T., Boye, K. S., & Peng, X. (2017). Cost of medication adherence and persistence in type 2 diabetes mellitus: a literature review. Patient Preference and Adherence, 11, 1103–1117. https://doi.org/10.2147/PPA.S136639
McGovern, A., Hinton, W., Calderara, S. et al. A Class Comparison of Medication Persistence in People with Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Observational Study. Diabetes Ther 9, 229–242 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-017-0361-5
Evans M, Engberg S, Faurby M, Fernandes JDDR, Hudson P, Polonsky W. Adherence to and persistence with antidiabetic medications and associations with clinical and economic outcomes in people with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A systematic literature review. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2022; 24(3): 377-390. doi:10.1111/dom.14603
Sabaté E., Adherence to Long-Term Therapies: Evidence for Action, 2003, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland.
Episode Summary
This week we're resharing an episode featuring Kristine Batty, PHD, APRN, BC-ADM, CDCES, FADCES as she discusses her experience both living with Type 1 diabetes and working with people with diabetes as a CDCES. She shares the importance of putting yourself in your client's shoes in order to understand their goals and pain points and support their needs, especially when it comes to diabetes technology.
Resources
Visit danatech here: danatech l Diabetes Technology Education for Healthcare Professionals
Learn more about the latest developments in T1D screening here: T1D Screening
View Kristine's video series below:
- Reducing Diabetes Technology Burnout
- Continuous Glucose Monitoring: Managing Expectations
- Breaking Down Diabetes Technology Barriers
- The Essentials of CGM Accuracy
Episode Summary
Registration is open now for ADCES25 taking place August 8-11 in Phoenix, AZ! Our conference planning chair Christina Whitehouse, RN, MSN, APRN, ARNP, FADCES, CDCES, shares what to look forward to at this year's conference, and why ADCES' annual conference is the place to be for all diabetes care and education specialists and other professionals in the diabetes space.
Resources
Register for this year’s annual conference: ADCES 2025 Annual Meeting
Explore all there is to see in Phoenix: Roosevelt Row Arts District | Downtown Phoenix
Episode Summary
On this episode of The Huddle, Chris Memering, MSN, RN, CDCES, BC-ADM, talks about the value that diabetes care and education specialists bring to the inpatient care setting. She outlines the importance of continuity of care between the inpatient and outpatient setting, how DCES in inpatient help increase patient satisfaction and safety, and how others in the inpatient setting can demonstrate their value to their hospital leadership.
Resources
Learn more about how to showcase the value of the diabetes care and education specialty in our value toolkit created especially for ADCES members. Log in here to view the toolkit: Showcase Value Toolkit
Or click here to become an ADCES member to access helpful resources like the value toolkit: Membership
Learn more about ADCES' inpatient certificate program focused on knowledge and skills necessary for effective inpatient diabetes care: Inpatient Certificate Program: Transforming Care and Enhancing Lives