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ForwardFifth Annual Diabetes Symposium
This half-day symposium will focus on the medical management of common and important challenges facing health professionals who care for patients with diabetes as well as patients facing gestational diabetes. The multispecialty educational approach allows participants to explore treatment options, whether inpatient or outpatient, in a concise symposium format.
For complete details and schedule, please visit the symposium website: DiabetesSymposium.BaptistHealth.net
Registration is required. Please Log in to register.
Target Audience
Hospitalists, Internists, Family Practitioners, Emergency Medicine Physicians, Surgeons, Cardiologists, Endocrinologists, Podiatrists, Physician Assistants, Nurse Practitioners, Laboratory Personnel, Occupational Therapists, Pharmacists, Respiratory Therapists, Nurses, Dietitians and other interested healthcare practitioners.
Learning Objectives
- Apply updated guidelines in the management of patients in a hyperglycemic crisis.
- Utilize a triage system to determine the best location of care and therapeutic approach for patients during a hyperglycemic crisis.
- Discuss methods to address risk factors for recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) prior to discharge.
- Examine the results of cardiovascular disease trials that include type 2 diabetes management agents.
- Implement a cardiodiabetological approach to patient care.
- Approach diabetes as a multifaceted disorder by addressing factors beyond glucose control.
- Identify the risk factors for diabetic retinopathy.
- Explain current technologies for glucose monitoring and current practice guidelines.
- Identify current and emerging technologies for insulin subcut infusion therapy.
- List current technology options for population management of diabetic patients with diabetes using technology.
- Assist patients with implementing self-care behaviors to improve quality of life.
- Demonstrate how active collaboration with a healthcare team will improve clinical outcomes.
2017 Schedule______________________
7:15 a.m. | Breakfast and Registration |
| 7:45 a.m. |
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| 7:50 a.m. | Hyperglycemic Crisis: What’s New, What’s Not and What’s Next? Marie E. McDonnell, M.D. |
| 8:30 a.m. |
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9:10 a.m. | Epidemiology and Diagnosis of Diabetic Retinopathy Andrew M. Schimel, M.D. |
| 9:50 a.m. | Questions and Answers |
10:05 a.m. |
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| 10:35 a.m. | New Frontiers in Diabetes Technology Marie E. McDonnel, M.D. |
11:20 a.m. | Patient Centered Diabetes Care – Challenges and Solutions Paul Aoun, D.O., Ph.D. |
| 12:00 noon | Questions and Answers |
12:15 p.m. | Adjourn |
Parking: The special event parking will be open next to the conference center. The entrance closest to
the auditorium is located on the south side of the campus. Approach from SW 94 Street (accessible from
SW 87 Avenue). At the first Baptist Hospital sign, turn right and make an immediate left. Look for special
event parking on the right.
Baptist Health provides accredited continuing education (CME/CE) to doctors, nurses and allied health professionals.
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 live activity for a maximum of 4 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
This activity has been approved for 4 credit hours, CE Broker Course #20-574549, by the Florida Boards of Medicine, Osteopathic Medicine and the Florida Council of Physician Assistants.
AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ claimed by physicians attending live events certified and organized in the United States for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ can be claimed through the agreement on mutual recognition of credits between UEMS and AMA, considered as being equal to the European Continuous Medical Education Credits (ECMEC©) granted by the UEMS. One AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™ is equivalent to one (1) hour of European EACCME Credit (ECMEC©). Each medical specialist should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
NOTE: Partial credits are not available. Participants must attend the symposium in its entirety to receive continuing education credit. (This does not apply to M.D.s and D.O.s.)
Available Credit
- 4.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™
- 4.00 General certificate of attendance
- 4.00 Florida Board of Dietitians
- 4.00 Florida Board of Laboratory Personnel
- 4.00 Nurse Practitioners
- 4.00 Florida Board of Nursing
- 4.00 Florida Board of Occupational Therapy
- 4.00 Florida Board of Pharmacy
- 4.00 Florida Board of Podiatric Medicine
- 4.00 Florida Board of Respiratory Therapy
Registration is required. Please Log in to register.
Required Hardware/Software
Technical Support: If you are experiencing technical difficulties or have received an error message, please send an email to CME@BaptistHealth.net and include a print screen of the error message, your browser name and version, username and URL where the error occurred. You can expect a response within 48 hours.