My Favorite People: Diabetes Educators
Anne L. Peters, MD: Hi. I'm Dr. Anne Peters, and I am at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. I am with Tami Ross, who is the immediate Past President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). We are here to talk about the role of the diabetes educator and the care of the patient with diabetes.
Let me just start out by telling you that some of my favorite people in life are diabetes educators. I can't take care of a patient without the help of my diabetes educators. Could you discuss your sense of the role of the diabetes educator?
Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE, MLDE: It is really a partnership. You said that you couldn't live without your diabetes educators, and from the moment that our patients are diagnosed with diabetes, it is a partnership among the educator, the healthcare team, and the physician to provide care for the patient. We give them the education, management skills, and support that they need to help deal with a diagnosis that is very scary for many people.
In terms of being a diabetes educator, we look at what can we do to help make this new diagnosis less scary, to quell the panic that occurs.
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Helping Diabetes Patients on 'Worst Day of My Life'
Anne L. Peters, MD; Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE, MLDE
DisclosuresJune 27, 2014
My Favorite People: Diabetes Educators
Anne L. Peters, MD: Hi. I'm Dr. Anne Peters, and I am at the American Diabetes Association (ADA) Scientific Sessions in San Francisco. I am with Tami Ross, who is the immediate Past President of the American Association of Diabetes Educators (AADE). We are here to talk about the role of the diabetes educator and the care of the patient with diabetes.
Let me just start out by telling you that some of my favorite people in life are diabetes educators. I can't take care of a patient without the help of my diabetes educators. Could you discuss your sense of the role of the diabetes educator?
Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE, MLDE: It is really a partnership. You said that you couldn't live without your diabetes educators, and from the moment that our patients are diagnosed with diabetes, it is a partnership among the educator, the healthcare team, and the physician to provide care for the patient. We give them the education, management skills, and support that they need to help deal with a diagnosis that is very scary for many people.
In terms of being a diabetes educator, we look at what can we do to help make this new diagnosis less scary, to quell the panic that occurs.
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Anne L. Peters, MD, CDE
Professor, Endocrinology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California; Director, University of Southern California Clinical Diabetes Programs, Los Angeles, California
Disclosure: Anne L. Peters, MD, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Served as a consultant for: Amylin/Lilly; Abbott Diabetes Care; Becton, Dickinson and Company; Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Medtronic, Inc.; Perrigo; Roche; Takeda Pharmaceuticals North America, Inc.; sanofi-aventis
Serve(d) as a speaker or a member of a speakers bureau for: Amylin/Lilly; Novo Nordisk
Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE, MLDE
Director, Diabetes Center of Excellence at Primary Care Centers of Eastern Kentucky, Hazard, Kentucky
Disclosure: Tami A. Ross, RD, LD, CDE, MLDE, has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:
Serve(d) as a director, officer, partner, employee, advisor, consultant, or trustee for: American Association of Diabetes Educators; VMS BioMarketing; Roche Diagnostics; A to Z Health
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: McNeil Nutritionals; Dreamfields Pasta