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Diabetes Care and Education Specialist Resources

Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes The American Diabetes Association publishes the Standards of Medical Care in Diabetes annually. These rigorously reviewed recommendations provide clinicians with guidance to prevent and treat diabetes and its complications. In addition to the full Standards of Care, an abridged version edited by primary care providers for primary care providers, is available. 

National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support. Diabetes self-management education and support (DSME/S) provides the foundation to help people with diabetes to navigate these decisions and activities and has been shown to improve health outcomes.

Patient Education Library Download free, reproducible handouts in a variety of languages.

Education Recognition Program Learn how you can for Diabetes Self-Management Education with our Education recognition Program.

  • Chronicle Diabetes (ERP Only) Chronicle Diabetes (CD) is provided  free to our Recognized programs. The only time a program will have a fee involved with CD use is if a program has a special request or need that the ADA staff cannot perform. Chronicle is designed to meet the requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) and satisfies all of the ADA requirements for documenting patient information.

Clinical Diabetes Read about the latest trends and innovations in diabetes care and treatment.

Diabetes Spectrum Translate current research findings into practical clinical applications.  

Online and Live Programs Check out our other continuing education opportunities.  

DiabetesPro SmartBrief Receive your daily diabetes briefing on what is going on in the clinical diabetes community.

DiabetesPro Career Center Your premier resource for employment opportunities and career development tools for clinicians or scientists working in the field of diabetes.

Books on ShopDiabetes.org Fill your library with resources written by leading diabetes experts.

Diabetes Core Update Our podcast features the latest clinically relevant articles published in our four scholarly journals.