Updates on the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

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Overview

The American Diabetes Association (ADA) defines diabetes as a group of metabolic diseases characterized by hyperglycemia resulting from defects in insulin secretion, insulin action, or both. The audience will be able to differentiate between the clinical presentations of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, identify diagnostic criteria for diabetes and prediabetes, differentiate between acute and chronic complications In addition to recommend appropriate treatment and preventive measures for each

What I will learn?

By the end of the session, learners will be able to:
Recommend an appropriate treatment plan and goal for patients with T2DM guided by most recent ADA guidelines
Identify monitoring parameters for every treatment regimen for both safety and efficacy
Evaluate and design an appropriate treatment plan guided by current guidelines, given a patient case scenario
  • clock Last Update 06/2021
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