Endocrine Abstracts

We created a forum to meet on a regular basis to join forces to facilitate providing optimal diabetes care and education for the members of the hospital, academic and communities of Brooklyn.

Learning Objectives:

1. To identify the opportunities where CDE’s can have an impact on the education, management and prevention in and out of the hospital and academic setting.

2. To illustrate the use of CDE’s in an urban academic medical center to optimize the education of nurses, patients and the community in diabetes management and prevention.

3. To describe the process of using CDE’s in diabetes improvement initiatives and education in an academic urban hospital and in the Brooklyn community.

Content Outline

1. CDE Opportunities in an Urban Academic Medical Center

a. Inpatient

b. Outpatient

c. Education of staff

d. Education of students

e. Community Health Forums

f. Research

2. Utilizing CDE’s in an Urban Academic Medical Center

a. In-servicing staff

b. Precepting students

c. Conducting Workshops

d. Representation on Hospital Wide Clinical Committees

e. Research Activities

f. Implementing new policies/procedures

g. Evaluating new policies/procedures

3. The Process of Utilizing CDE’s

A CDE’s involvement in:

a. Community Activities

b. Patient Clubs

c. Regulatory Affairs

d. Nursing Education

e. Physician Education

f. Medical Resident/Physician Education in-servicing

g. Preceptorship of Nurses

Comments/keywords: CDE, diabetes, leadership.