OVERVIEW: Dr. Isaacs, a Clinical Pharmacist and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist, discusses the pharmacologic mechanisms of diabetes medications, explores the latest evidence on how they affect heart, kidneys, and weight management, and identifies potential side effects and clinical pearls. Additionally, you will learn how to design a therapeutic regimen and monitoring plan for patients based on the updated diabetes treatment algorithm and how to add non-insulin agents to insulin therapy. By focusing on evidence-based learning and practical application, this course equips healthcare professionals with the knowledge and skills required for effective diabetes care management. This asynchronous enduring course requires a passing score on the knowledge checks, as well as a completed course evaluation to claim credit.

Overview: This module overviews the population health impact of pregnancy related hypertension and diabetes in the District of Columbia and across the country. The course reviews the risk factors, diagnostic criteria, management, and treatment of these conditions so that health professionals can make appropriate treatment recommendations and referrals. This module will be a lecture style format with integrated questions throughout. It will be approximately 1 hour and 30 minutes in length and provide 1.5 hours of CME.

OVERVIEW: This course presents providers with evidence-based information and tools to integrate behavioral health care skills into their practice using the Collaborative Care Model. In a time of widespread need for clinical assessment and early intervention services for depression and other behavioral health conditions, providers can learn about how their patient care practices can be adapted to address this need effectively. This module is a lecture style format with knowledge check questions at the end of the presentation. This module is approved for 1 hour of CME. 

Students will gain a basic understanding of the concepts of Culinary Medicine.