Three VIDCOE healthcare providers completed a 28-hour Certified Caribbean Diabetes Education Training on July 29th, 2022. This intensive training prepares VIDCOE Clinicians to lead its Diabetes Self-Management Classes. The training provides VIDCOE clinicians with the skills to assess patients and manage their diabetes. This training focused on the following areas:
- Understanding Diabetes/Management Plan
- Role of medication and adherence to reasonable diabetes control
- Role of insulin preparation/administration, glucose testing
- Role of daily activity in promoting improved health outcomes
- Role of nutrition, healthy choices, portion control, decreasing salt, and saturated fat intake
- Daily skin & foot care to prevent amputations
- Reporting illness to the health care provider
- Assisting patients in identifying some of the barriers to improved health
- Developing the skills of patient assessment, teaching, and patient motivation
The Certified Caribbean Diabetes Education Training also provided our clinicians with a culturally sensitive training that empowers persons with diabetes or at-risk of developing diabetes to take charge of their health.
