The Master Plan for Diabetes Continuing Education Program
The Master Plan for Diabetes Continuing Education Program is organized by Ontario Pharmacists Association (OPA).
Course Expiration Date: March 04, 2024
Description:
The program has been developed to support pharmacists who would like to improve their knowledge in diabetes management and be eligible to assist patients with diabetes by providing Medscheck for Diabetes services in their stores.
The course covers various aspects of diabetes management and is taught by subject matter experts who put a strong emphasis on providing education for the self-management of diabetes. Participants will have access to an interactive tool that provides Ministry of Health (MOH) documentation forms, checklist forms containing patient teaching points for various areas of diabetes care, reference resources for pharmacists and patients.
If you wish to prepare Canadian Diabetes Educator (CDE) exam, please check out Comprehensive Diabetes education course which has additional online modules covering all the CDE’s exam competencies in addition to what the MASTER Plan program covers.
Learning objectives:
• Introduction to the MASTER Plan
• Complications and screening
• Diabetes self-management: Perspectives in behaviour change
• Insulin injection devices and injection techniques
• Lifestyle changes for diabetes management
• Managing special circumstances in diabetes patient care
• Motivational interviewing to facilitate behaviour change
• Overview of blood glucose monitoring in the community pharmacy
• Overview of pathophysiology of diabetes
• Pharmacological management of type 2 diabetes: oral antihyperglycemic agents and injectable therapy
• Pharmacological management of diabetes: Insulin
• Physical activity and diabetes: Prescribing exercise
• Psychosocial Aspects of the Adult with Diabetes
• Self-monitoring of blood glucose
• The use of CSII technology in diabetes
