Online Certificate Program
Effective
dates for CE credit: 7/7/2025
– 4/19/2027
Description
Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) is structured around seven diabetes self-care behaviors, known as the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors®. The ADCES7 model guides the health care team in effective person-centered collaboration and goal setting, to achieve behavior change that leads to effective self-management and improved clinical outcomes.
This on-demand certificate program has a strong focus on the barriers and facilitators of behavior change, including social determinants of culturally competent care, individualization, and person-centered care.
Modules
- Introduction to the ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors®
- Healthy Coping
- Healthy Eating
- Being Active
- Taking Medication
- Monitoring
- Reducing Risks
- Problem Solving
The program format combines text, videos, and interactive activities.
After completing all modules, you must pass the final post-learning assessment with a score of 80% or higher, to receive CE credit and earn the program certificate
Learning Outcome
Learners will have an increase in knowledge of the ADCES7 framework to apply the practical skills needed to educate clients on these practices. Educating clients and helping them to implement self-care behaviors will improve outcomes for the person with diabetes.
Learning Objectives
After successfully completing this program, learners should be able to:
- Identify the seven ADCES7 Self-Care Behaviors® and apply the practical skills needed to educate others on how to implement self-care behaviors.
- State the importance of behavior change as the outcome measure for diabetes self-management.
- Summarize methods for effective engagement and communication that promote positive self-management.
- Explain how to use person-first, strengths-based language.
- Recognize how the stress of having diabetes impacts those living with it; summarize how to provide education on healthy coping skills.
- Identify the elements of an appropriate physical activity plan for people with diabetes and prediabetes and strategies to implement a physical activity plan - by reducing barriers and increasing facilitators.
- Describe barriers to medication taking and strategies to improve medication taking in people with diabetes.
- Recognize best practices for glucose monitoring, including blood glucose monitoring (BGM) and continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) as key monitoring activities for people with diabetes.
- Identify ways to reduce risks of diabetes complications, both acute and chronic.
- Recognize skills for your care toolbox for supporting and encouraging the people you serve to problem-solve situations that arise when managing their diabetes.
Activity Type
This self-paced online program is an application-based activity.
Learning Format
Enduring Material
Intended Audience
This activity is designed for diabetes care and education specialists, including nurses,
dietitians, pharmacists, 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.
Program Completion
After you have completed the coursework, you will take the post-learning assessment. It has 40 multiple-choice questions. Your overall program completion will be based upon successfully passing the post-assessment with a score of 80% or better. You will get three (3) tries to pass the assessment.
After you successfully complete the post-learning assessment and evaluation, you will get access to a statement of credit showing the CE credit you earned, to print for your records. (You will be able to return to print it later, if needed.)
Upon completing the program you will also earn the Program Certificate, provided as a PDF for you to download and print.
Access
Period
You
will have access to this learning activity for a period of six months after you
enroll, or whenever the activity's CE credits expire (whichever comes
first).
Expiration
date: 4/19/2027