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Cover Story: ADA's Advanced Postgraduate Course Goes Virtual
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diabetes care. Session topics include the ADA's
Standards of Care updates for 2021, nutrition
therapy, recent clinical trial results, pharmacologic
and nonpharmacologic treatment options,
complications such as retinopathy and nonalcoholic
fatty liver disease, and diabetes treatment during the
COVID-19 pandemic.
"The virtual platform will allow health care
professionals to discuss ways to improve their
care," said Joshua J. Neumiller, PharmD, CDCES,
FADCES, FASCP, one of the 2021 Course directors.
"Conversing with other professionals in real time
through the live chat promotes community among
this wide audience."
In addition to Dr. Neumiller, directors of the 2021
Postgraduate Course include Amy Hess-Fischl, MS,
RD, LDN, BC-ADM, CDE; Gretchen Piatt, PhD, MPH;
Michelle Stancil, RN, BSN, CDE; and Guillermo
Umpierrez, MD, CDE.
Additional topics to be covered will include social
and behavioral determinants of health in diabetes
prevention and treatment, barriers to patient
adherence, and distress related to diabetes.
"Psychosocial factors and mental health are
important components in caring for people with
diabetes," Dr. Piatt said. "Attendees will have the
opportunity to develop skills related to these topics
in workshops, as well as attend lectures focused on
these important factors."
"As new diabetes technologies continue to emerge,
we are eager to provide an update on these

advances and how these tools can aid in patient
care," Ms. Hess-Fischl added.
Experts will discuss the current and future value of
blood glucose monitoring, and a workshop session
will provide attendees an opportunity to develop
skills related to continuous glucose monitoring.
"We want to ensure that the sessions are interactive,
so participants will be able to participate in live
Q&A sessions and chat with the speakers after
their presentations," Ms. Stancil said. "But another
benefit will be that all of this content will be available
to registrants for up to 30 days, so they can learn
after office hours, on weekends, or at other times
convenient for them."
All pre-recorded sessions will be released during the
original scheduled times over the 5-day meeting.
Postgraduate Course attendees can receive up to
20 continuing education credits or Maintenance of
Certification points.
"Our colleagues are facing unprecedented times
during this global pandemic," Dr. Umpierrez
said. "We are keeping the 68 years of tradition
alive despite this, delivering, unbiased content
in a convenient manner to meet the realities that
clinicians face these days."
To learn more about and register for this virtual
meeting, please visit professional.diabetes.org/PG.
Participate in live tweeting by using the hashtag
#ADAPostgrad and view meeting tweets on ADA's
DiabetesPro Twitter account (@ADA_DiabetesPro).

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