Diabetes
Enhance your knowledge of Diabetes with up-to-date CME resources, educational sessions, research articles, and more.
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patients with diabetes were treated by PAs in 2024.
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Americans are diagnosed with diabetes every year.
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Americans have prediabetes and 81% are unaware they have it.
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Americans have type 1 diabetes.
Toolkits
Clinical Guidelines & Point-of-Care Resources
International Diabetes Federation (IDF) Global Clinical Practice Recommendations for Managing Type 2 Diabetes—2025
The 2025 IDF global clinical practice recommendations have been updated to incorporate the latest evidence and advancements in diabetes care.
American Diabetes Association (ADA) Standards of Care in Diabetes—2025
The Standards of Care in Diabetes serves as a comprehensive resource to clinicians, researchers, policy makers, and other stakeholders.
Nutrition Guide for Clinicians
The Nutrition Guide for Clinicians provides free, expert, evidence-based support to healthcare professionals.
CME Resources
Type 2 Diabetes: Real Cases, Real Conversations — Advanced Therapies and Emerging Horizons: Optimizing Care for Complex Patients
The focus of this case will be a complex patient and how to manage overlapping conditions, including the need for interprofessional team-based care between specialists in endocrinology, primary care, and diabetes (diabetes educators and DSMES).
Type 2 Diabetes: Real Cases, Real Conversations — T2D and Kidney Health: Protecting What Matters
In this episode, faculty will discuss the intersection of diabetes and CKD, highlighting emerging therapies and how primary care clinicians (PCPs) are involved in early kidney risk mitigation. The conversation addresses how new treatment guidelines… more
Type 2 Diabetes: Real Cases, Real Conversations — From Diagnosis to Direction: A Whole-Patient Approach to Type 2 Diabetes
This course provides an in-depth exploration of the diagnostic process for Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) with an emphasis on identifying and managing common comorbidities. Learners will gain an understanding of the importance of a comprehensive… more
Explore these sessions on diabetes available as part of AAPA Conference on Demand 2025.
Lifestyle Medicine: Incorporating Lifestyle Medicine Guidelines into Diabetes Management
Join us for an expert clinical panel on incorporating recently published lifestyle medicine guidelines into diabetes care.
How to Initiate and Intensify Insulin Therapy
All people living with diabetes may require insulin therapy during the duration of the disease. This session will provide the tools and guidelines to initiate and intensify insulin therapy in a simplified manner.
Diabetes Updates: What Do You Need to Know?
This session includes pertinent updates from the 2025 ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes and will provide highlights from the literature, updates in diabetes medications and technology, and more.
Research
Type 1 Diabetes Diagnoses Are On the Rise: What Is the PA Role?
Type 1 diabetes diagnoses are on the rise, with over half now occurring in adults—and PAs play a crucial role in addressing this shifting landscape. Learn how PAs can break down barriers, improve outcomes, and empower patients in the fight against this chronic disease.
A multilevel life course perspective on type 2 diabetes
This article describes type 2 diabetes from a multilevel life course perspective that can help clinicians find areas of possible intervention and understand the challenges patients face.
Diabetic ketoacidosis
Despite advances in diabetes management, diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) continues to be a leading cause of morbidity and mortality. Clinicians must be able to identify those patients at risk, recognize common signs and symptoms, and start prompt management.
Videos & Webinars
Type 1 Diabetes Across the Disease Continuum
In this four-part series, PA Ashlyn Smith examines type 1 diabetes across the disease continuum, including common diagnostic myths, risk based screening, disease staging, and stage specific treatment considerations.
Nutrition and Managing Type 2 Diabetes
Type 2 diabetes is one of the most common health problems faced by people in the U.S. today. In this AAPA video, learn steps you can take to manage diabetes, including changing what you eat to control your blood sugar.