Session 2: Beyond the Guidelines: Strategies to Enable Patients with Diabetes to Take Responsibility for their Health and Reach Self-Management Goals

Date: 1/27/2012 Check-In and Breakfast:
 7:00 am - 7:30 am
Educational Session: 7:30 am - 1:00 pm
Sharm Steadman

M. Sharm Steadman, Pharm D, BCPS, CDE, FASHP

Professor, Department of Family & Preventative Medicine, Family Practice Residency Program, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC

At the conclusion of this program, the participant should be able to:

  • Explain the rationale and recommendations for meal planning and physical activity for persons with diabetes.
  • Develop an individualized self-management plan for self-care behaviors including monitoring, food choices and physical activity.
  • Review the role of motivational interviewing in assisting patients to make behavioral changes and achieve self-management goals (role play and cases).
  • Demonstrate, through case-based activities, the elements of the patient teaching process as described by the National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education.
  • Discuss the impact of psychosocial issues, culture, and health beliefs on diabetes self-care practices.
  • Discuss the evidence supporting the role of herbal and natural therapies in diabetes management.
  • Discuss the evidence supporting the role of non-traditional exercise activities, such as yoga  in diabetes management.