Test Your Knowledge and Skills Regarding Mealtime Insulin

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Estimated Time
0.25 hour

Release Date
Mar 01, 2022

Expiration Date
Mar 01, 2023

Method of Participation

There are no fees for participating in or receiving credits/contact hours for this CE activity. For information on applicability and acceptance of continuing education credit for this activity, please consult your professional licensing board.

Requirements for Successful Completion

In order to receive credit, learners can participate in the entire CE activity. A certificate of credit will be issued only upon completing the activity evaluation form and a post-test with a passing score of 70% or higher. If you have questions regarding the receipt of your certificate, please contact Nicole Dane, via email at ndane@mlieducation.org.

For Pharmacists, MLI will accept your completed evaluation form for up to 30 days and will report your participation to the NABP only if you provide your NABP e-Profile number and date of birth. Within 6 weeks, view your participation record at the NABP website: https://nabp.pharmacy/

Course Description

This short (15-minute) CME/NCPD/CPE activity is designed for endocrinology and primary care clinicians to test their knowledge and skills regarding mealtime insulin and related topics for individuals with Type 2 diabetes. The activity includes a series of multiple-choice questions. Depending on your answers, recommendations will be provided for further study, including chapters within our online activity Strategies to Improve Glucose Control with Mealtime Insulin.

Speakers

Dhiren K. Patel, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP

Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice

Endocrine Clinical Pharmacy Specialist

Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

Boston, MA

Dr. Patel is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy in Boston. He was an endocrine clinical pharmacy specialist at the VA Boston Healthcare System for 12 years. He has recently transitioned to a Cardiometabolic Concierge Clinic.

Dr. Patel currently serves on the American Association of Diabetes Educators’ Technology Committee, the American Diabetes Association’s Overcoming Therapeutic Inertia Initiative, the CDC’s Diabetes Prevention Serious Game Steering Committee, and as a diabetes technology expert for the American Medical Association. Dr. Patel has been published in numerous peer-reviewed journals and delivered numerous presentations and lectures on diabetes and diabetes technology.

Jennifer Hall, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES

Registered Dietitian/Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist

Founder, Owner and CEO of DANS- Diabetes and Nutrition Services, LLC

Little Rock, Arkansas

Ms. Hall is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator. She earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Nutrition and Dietetics from The University of Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas. An entrepreneur, she is sole proprietor of DANS-Diabetes and Nutrition Services, LLC.

Ms. Hall has more than 20 years of experience providing nutrition counseling, diabetes management, and meal planning in the acute, sub-acute, long-term care and public health settings. She applies her expertise to empower her clients, patients, and health-care professionals to self-manage their medical conditions through motivational interviewing, behavior modification, diet. and physical activity.

Juan Pablo Frias, MD

Medical Director and Principal Investigator

Velocity Clinical Research

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Frias is Medical Director and Principal Investigator of the National Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA. He received his medical degree from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and completed his Fellowship in Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism at the University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Frias has held academic positions at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Barbara Davis Center for Diabetes, and the University of California San Diego School of Medicine. He has been involved in diabetes and metabolism-related research for more than 25 years and has authored numerous publications in this field.

Jay Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP

Professor Primary Care Department

Touro University California

Vallejo, CA

Dr. Shubrook is a board-certified family physician and a fellowship-trained diabetologist. He is a Professor in the Primary Care Department and Director of Clinical Research at Touro University California. He is also an Associate Editor of Clinical Diabetes and Director of Diabetes Services for Solano County Family Health Services.

Dr Shubrook’s research interests include prevention of and early intervention for type 2 diabetes. His clinical interests including training the primary care workforce to help patients improve management of their diabetes.

Katherine Whitmire, NP-c, BC-ADM, CDCES

Nurse Practitioner

Endocrinology Department

Southwest Medical Associates

Las Vegas, NV

Ms. Whitmire is a Nurse Practitioner in the Endocrinology Department at Southwest Medical Associates in Las Vegas, Nevada. She graduated Summa Cum Laude from Arizona State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Health Science and earned her Nurse Practitioner Degree from Duke University.

Ms. Whitmire is Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management and is a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. She has spent her entire nursing career caring for patients with diabetes and has a passion for improving outcomes for this population.

Accreditation and Disclosure Information

Target Audience

This CE activity is intented for endocrinologists and primary care clinicians including NPs, PAs, pharmacists, residents, fellows, nurses, diabetes educators, and other allied professionals who provide care for individuals with T1D or T2D eligible for or treated with MTI.

Educational Objectives

After completing this CE activity, the participant should be better able to:

Assess recent data and best practices regarding timely and effective initiation of MTI therapy
Identify appropriate candidates for transitioning to MTI therapy
Differentiate conventional rapid acting insulins from ultra-rapid analogs
Devise individualized treatment strategies to optimize control postprandial glucose levels and time in range with new rapid-acting insulin analogs
Evaluate new and emerging data regarding the mechanism of action, pharmacokinetic/pharmacodynamic profiles, and safety and efficacy of novel rapid-acting insulin analogs
Plan strategies to integrate robust measures of glucose control, including real world evidence, into treatment planning
Develop strategies to maintain glucose control with MTI therapy while celebrating cultural foods and traditions

Accreditation Credit and Support

The Endocrine Society is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. Endocrine Society has achieved Accreditation with Commendation.AMA PRA Category 1 Credit™.

The Endocrine Society designates this enduring material for a maximum of 0.25 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

While offering CME credits noted above, this program is not intended to provide extensive training or certification in the field.

Please note that while other accrediting bodies accept AMA PRA Category 1 credit, we can only award and report this credit for MDs/DOs. For those outside of this accreditation, please complete the participation evaluation and use that certificate as proof of attendance to submit to your accrediting body.

Joint Accreditation with Commendation logo In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Medical Learning Institute, Inc., the Endocrine Society and National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). Medical Learning Institute, Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Nursing Continuing Professional Development Contact Hours

Successful completion of this nursing continuing professional development activity will be awarded 0.25 contact hours and 0.25 contact hours in the area of pharmacology.

Continuing Pharmacy Education Contact Hours

Medical Learning Institute, Inc. (MLI) designates this continuing education activity for .25 contact hours (0.25 CEUs) of the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education.

Universal Activity Number: JA0007322-9999-22-018-H01-P

Type of Activity: Knowledge-based

Interprofessional Continuing Education Credit

This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 0.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credits for learning and change.

Commercial Support Statement

This activity is supported by an educational grant from Lilly.

Disclosure & Conflict of Interest Policy

Medical Learning Institute, Inc., is committed to providing high quality continuing education to healthcare professionals, as individuals and teams, with a protected space to learn, teach, and engage in scientific discourse free from influence from ineligible companies that may have an incentive to insert commercial bias into education. To that end, MLI requires faculty, presenters, planners, staff, and other individuals who are in a position to control the content of this CE activity to disclose all financial relationships they have had in the past 24 months with ineligible companies as defined by the ACCME, as related to the content of this CE activity, regardless of the amount or their view of the relevance to the education. All identified COI will be thoroughly vetted and mitigated according to MLI policy. These disclosures will be provided to learners prior to the start of the CE activity.

Planner/Presenter

Juan Pablo Frias, MD, National Research Institute, Los Angeles, CA

Juan Pablo Frias, MD, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:

Consultant and/or Advisor for 89Bio, Akero, Altimmune, Axcella Health, Becton Dickenson, Boehringer Ingelheim, Carmot Therapeutics, Echosens, Eli Lilly, Gilead, Merck, Metacrine, Novo Nordisk, Pfizer, Sanofi

Grant/Research Support from Akero, Abbvie, AstraZeneca, Boehringer Ingelheim, BMS, Eli Lilly, Intercept, Janssen, Madrigal, Merck, Metacrine, NorthSea, Novartis, Novo Nordisk, Oramed, Pfizer, Poxil, Sanofi

Speakers Bureau participant with Merck, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi

Planner/Presenter

Jennifer Hall, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES, Nutrition Services, LLC, Little Rock, Arkansas

Jennifer Hall, MS, RDN, LDN, CDCES has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.

Planner/Presenter

Sheron Hanks, patient, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.

Planner/Presenter

Piccola Houston, patient, has no relevant financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.

Planner/Presenter

Dhiren Patel, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy, Boston, MA

Dhiren Patel, PharmD, CDE, BC-ADM, BCACP, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:

Consultant and/or Advisor for Abbott, Amarin, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dexcom, Insulet, Lilly, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Xeris, Zealand

Speakers Bureau participant with Abbott, Amarin, Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim, Dexcom, Insulet, Lilly, Merck, Novo Nordisk, Sanofi, Xeris, Zealand

Planner/Presenter

Jay Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, Touro University California, Vallejo, CA

Jay Shubrook, DO, FACOFP, FAAFP, has a financial interest/relationship or affiliation in the form of:

Consultant and/or Advisor for Astra Zeneca, Bayer, Eli Lilly

Planner/Presenter

Katherine H Whitmire, NP-c, BC-ADM, CDCES, Southwest Medical Associates, Las Vegas, NV

Katherine H Whitmire, NP-c, BC-ADM, CDCES has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose for this educational activity.

Planning Committee and Content/Peer Reviewers

The planners and content/peer reviewers from Medical Learning Institute, Inc, the Endocrine Society and National Committee for Quality Assurance, does not have any relevant financial relationships to disclose with ineligible companies unless listed below.

All of the relevant financial relationships of individuals for this activity have been mitigated.

Disclosure of Unlabled Use

This educational activity may contain discussions of published and/or investigational uses of agents that are not indicated by the FDA. The planners of this CE activity do not recommend the use of any agent outside of the labeled indications. The opinions expressed in the CE activity are those of the presenters and do not necessarily represent the views of the planners. Please refer to the official prescribing information for each product for discussion of approved indications, contraindications, and warnings.

Disclaimer

Participants have an implied responsibility to use the newly acquired information to enhance patient outcomes and their own professional development. The information presented in this CE activity is not meant to serve as a guideline for patient management. Any procedures, medications, or other courses of diagnosis or treatment discussed or suggested in this CE activity should not be used by clinicians without evaluation of their patient's conditions and possible contraindications and/or dangers in use, review of any applicable manufacturer's product information, and comparison with recommendations of other authorities.

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