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ForwardDM Series Session 5: Behavior Change Strategies to Support Members with Diabetes/Prediabetes
The purpose of this educational activity is for UPMC Health Plan clinical staff to explore and better understand behavior change and coaching strategies for members with diabetes and prediabetes.
Target Audience
ISD RNs / SW / Health Coaches / Paramedics / EMTs / Pharmacists
Learning Objectives
ANCC/ SW OBJECTIVES:
- Describe the importance of behavior change in diabetes management
- Identify health behavior change strategies to support members with prediabetes/ diabetes
- Illustrate behavior change skills in action through case studies
PHARMACY OBJECTIVES:
- Discuss role of patient-directed behavior changes to improve underlying diabetes management
- Review how behavior changes can impact home adherence and understanding to diabetic medication regimens
Program begins at 9 am and ends at 10:30 am. Total Education Time = 1.5 Hour(s) | ||
TIME | CONTENT | PRESENTER |
9:00 to 9:20 am | Review of the importance of behavior change in relationship to diabetes management | Janine E. Jones, MEd, RD, CDCES, NBC-HWC Valerie Vidic, RD, LDN, CDCES Indira Stokes, MPH, CHES, NBC-HWC |
9:20 to 9:40am | Discuss the health behavior change strategies to support members with diabetes and prediabetes | Janine E. Jones, MEd, RD, CDCES, NBC-HWC Valerie Vidic, RD, LDN, CDCES Indira Stokes, MPH, CHES, NBC-HWC |
9:40 to 10:30am | Discussion and case study of behavior change skills in action to better assist members in better management of diabetes/prediabetes | Janine E. Jones, MEd, RD, CDCES, NBC-HWC Valerie Vidic, RD, LDN, CDCES Indira Stokes, MPH, CHES, NBC-HWC |
Janine has a BS in medical dietetics and a M. Ed in nutrition. She has 30 years’ experience working as a dietitian in diverse health care and community settings. Janine has practiced in long term care facilities, rehabilitation centers, urban teaching-research hospitals, and small rural hospitals. She has supplemented her clinical background with public health consultation, outpatient counseling, lifestyle health coaching, and facilitation of support groups. In addition, she has collaborated with multidisciplinary teams for program development, marketing, and education in her positions.
Janine has focused her career on facilitating individuals and groups with lifestyle change to meet their personal health goals through nutrition counseling, diabetes education, and lifestyle health coaching.
She has been a Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist since 2003 and a health and wellness coach for 15 years at UPMC Health Plan. As a clinical health coach, Janine applies client centered behavior change principles and motivational interviewing skills to help clients make healthy lifestyle changes.
Indira Stokes is a Clinical Engagement Coordinator at UPMC Health Plan where she is responsible for training, empowering, and the skill development of health coaches and care managers. She has a bachelor's in Biology and Economics from the University of Pittsburgh and a master's in Public Health, specializing in behavioral and community health from the University of Pittsburgh. Indira is a Certified Health Education Specialist and a Nationally Board-Certified Health and Wellness Coach with over 5 years’ experience in health coaching.
Valerie Vidic is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialist. Valerie has 25+ years of experience providing diabetes self-management care and education in both the clinical and industry settings. She worked as a clinical manager and technical support clinician for an insulin pump product company. She worked as a key account manager in a diabetes self-test diagnostics market, and most recently with UPMC. Her career with UPMC started at Magee Women’s Hospital, Maternal Fetal Medicine, in 2015. Transitioning to Community Medicine (CMI), and then joining the UPMC Health plan in 2019 as a senior diabetes educator. She currently serves as the Diabetes Care and Education Program Coordinator.
In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
CCM CE will be provided:1.5 CE - CCM COA will be sent via email from UPMC Health Plan nurse planner approximately 6-8 weeks following the live date of the course.
This activity is eligible for endorsed credit for UPMC Health Plan EMTs and Paramedics. Complete ETHOS course work, obtain the attendance certificate, and submit to EMS governing body for 1.5 CE credit(s).
As a Jointly Accredited Organization, University of Pittsburgh is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved under this program. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. University of Pittsburgh maintains responsibility for this course. Social workers completing this course receive 1.5 continuing education credit(s).
Other health care professionals will receive a certificate of attendance confirming the number of contact hours commensurate with the extent of participation in this activity.
NOTE: Paramedic/EMT CE is approved for any activity in which ANCC (nursing CE) is approved. This is per Heather Bogdon and Christie Hempfling
Available Credit
- 1.50 ACPE PharmacyThe UPMC Center for Continuing Education in the Health Sciences is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE) as a Provider of continuing pharmacy education.
- 1.50 ANCCUPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
- 1.50 ASWB
- 1.50 Attendance