UW (Washington) Diabetes Management in Primary Care Through Telemedicine 2020

UW Medicine Diabetes Management in Primary Care Through Telemedicine 2020 Format:5 videos + 7 pdfs, size: 1.12 GBCourse Audience: family medicine physicians, internists, primary care physicianOverview:Date & LocationFriday, May 15, 2020, 10:00 AM – 12:15 PMOverviewDue to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, primary care has dramatically changed with outpatient practices pivoting to telepractices to allow for appropriate and timely patient care. In the outpatient primary care setting, diabetes self-management is typically assessed by measuring HbA1C, which involves a laboratory blood draw. However lab visits for blood draws are being limited to avoid exposure to COVID-19. Such a unique and unprecedented situation necessitates use of alternative methods of assessing glucose control in diabetes. Good diabetes management also becomes critical in the ongoing pandemic situation, since diabetes is believed to increase risk of poor outcomes from COVID-19. In this web-based course we will offe