Patient-Centered Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Care

Catalog description

This elective is an educational experience designed to equip student pharmacists with the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to provide effective, evidence-based pre-diabetes and diabetes care. The program provides comprehensive instruction in current diabetes concepts and standards of care and incorporates case studies and hands-on skills training focused on the situations most likely to be encountered—as well as the services most needed—in community and ambulatory care practice settings. Participants will gain experience evaluating and adjusting drug therapy regimens for patients with pre-diabetes, type 1, and type 2 diabetes, counseling patients about lifestyle interventions, analyzing and interpreting self-monitoring of blood glucose results, and assessing the overall health status of patients to identify needed monitoring and interventions. Students will receive the APhA Patient-Centered Diabetes Care Certificate upon completion of this elective. Cr. Hr: 1