Understanding Type 2 Diabetes
The importance of understanding diabetes and communicating to your patients useful information about type 2 diabetes in particular cannot be overemphasized. Your role as a diabetes educator puts you at the dynamic center of the collaborative process of patient education. After a conversation with you, patients can share the resources you give them with their physician, their families, and others in their support network.
Understanding is the first step
Our patient-centered educational materials can help patients realize that understanding diabetes is the first step toward managing the condition. For instance, Diabetes 101 introduces patients to the basics of type 2 diabetes and mentions simple, sensible lifestyle changes they can make to start managing their chronic condition.
The materials also can help you stress to your patients the importance of regular blood sugar monitoring and provide tips on how to manage blood sugar levels.
For patients who already have a good basic understanding of their condition, you will find a comprehensive selection of educational information in our Curriculum for Established Patients. All of our materials are intended to reinforce your teaching and counseling to help patients take control of their complicated chronic illness.
