Evidence-based Clinical Care: Glycemic Management

This course reviews standardized inpatient glycemic management clinical pathways including the utilization of insulin sliding scale as an adjuvant therapy.

Target Audience

Endocrinologists, Internal Medicine Physicians, Critical Care Specialists, Hospitalists, Obstetricians, Advanced Practice Registered Nurses, Physician Assistants/Physician Associates, Nurses, Clinical Nurse Educators, Diabetes Educators, Pharmacists, Pharmacy Technicians, Laboratory Personnel, Registered Dietitians, and all other interested healthcare providers.

Learning Objectives

  • Utilize the new standardized insulin sliding scale to reduce hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia events. 
  • Adhere to standardized protocol to manage inpatient glycemic control focusing on basal treatment and using an insulin sliding scale as an adjuvant therapy.
Additional information
Bibliography: 

Adigbli, D., Li, Y., Hammond, N., Chatoor, R., Devaux, A. G., Li,Q., et al. (2024). A Patient-Level Meta-Analysis of Intensive Glucose Control in Critically Ill Adults. NEJM evidence, EVIDoa2400082.

ElSayed, Nuha A., Grazia Aleppo, Vanita R. Aroda, et al. “16. Diabetes Care in the Hospital: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2023.” Diabetes Care, vol. 46, no. Supplement_1, 12 Dec. 2022.

Korytkowski, Mary T, et al. “Management of Hyperglycemia in Hospitalized Adult Patients in Non-Critical Care Settings: An Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline.” The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, vol. 107, no. 8, 12 June 2022, pp. 2101–2128.

Mathew P, Thoppil D. Hypoglycemia. [Updated 2022 Dec 26]. In:StatPearls [Internet]. Treasure Island (FL): StatPearls Publishing; 2024 Jan-. Available from:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK534841/.

Course Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 ABS Accredited CME
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Course opens: 
02/14/2025
Course expires: 
02/13/2028

Faculty

Amanda Brusco 
Senior Systems Business Analyst
Technology and Digital
Baptist Health 

Heidi Clarke, PharmD
Manager, Clinical Pharmacy 
Baptist Health 

Natalie Quesep, PharmD, BCPS, BCCC
Pharmacy Clinical Specialist
Baptist Health 

Bryan Vinik, M.D. 
Endocrinologist
Baptist Health 

Erika Gonzalez, MSN, R.N., CCRN NE-BC
Director, Evidence-Based Clinical Care
Baptist Clinical Enterprise
Baptist Health 

Amanda Brusco, Heidi Clarke, PharmD, Natalie Quesep, PharmDBCPS, BCCC, Bryan Vinik, M.D., and Erika Gonzalez, MSN, R.N., CCRN NE-BC, faculty of this educational activity, have no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* to disclose, and has indicated that the presentation or discussion will not include off-label or unapproved product usage.

Non-faculty contributors and others involved in the planning, development, and editing/review of the content have no relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies*.

*Ineligible companies - Companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Baptist Health South Florida is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Baptist Health has been re-surveyed by the ACCME and awarded Commendation for 6 years as a provider of CME for physicians.
              
Baptist Health South Florida designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Board of Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to 1.0 Medical Knowledge MOC point in the American Board of Internal Medicine's (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.

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American Board of Surgery - Maintenance of Certification (MOC) - Accredited CME- General Surgery

Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME of the American Board of Surgery’s Continuous Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABS credit.

Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

Through an agreement between the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, medical practitioners participating in the Royal College MOC Program may record completion of accredited activities registered under the ACCME’s “CME in Support of MOC” program in Section 3 of the Royal College’s MOC Program.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ABIM Medical Knowledge
  • 1.00 ABS Accredited CME
  • 1.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
  • 1.00 General certificate of attendance
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
  • 1.00 Nurse Practitioners
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Nursing
  • 1.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
Please login or register for a Baptist Health CME account to take this course.

Your participation information will be shared with specialty boards through the ACCME's PARS reporting system. Successful completion of a course examination is required. Submissions are recorded in approximately 48 hours. You will receive an email when your credits have been processed.

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