Diabetes Professional Training

Duration

1 day

CME credit

Yes, CME available

Intended audience 

Physicians, primary care and specialists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants 

Instructors  

Physician/diabetes specialists (primary care, cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology and more) clinical researchers, psychologists

Objective 

Provide up-to-date information on diabetes-related therapeutic approaches, including medication management, technology, behavioral interventions, and recent research findings

Duration

1 day in-person training with 2 diabetes psychologists; 8-hour virtual training with 1 psychologist

CME credit 

Yes, CME and CEUs available

Intended audience 

Clinic managers, nursing supervisors, operations directors, physician leaders of primary care clinics or delivery systems

Instructors  

Physician, clinical psychologist, health administrator 

Objective:  

Prepares lay or clinical professionals to implement a diabetes management/population management program using health coaching.

Cost

$8,000/group of up to 20 attendees

$4,000/group of 10 attendees (virtual delivery) 

Note: Individual prices apply to groups with minimum attendance requirements. Additional travel and lodging costs for out-of-town group trainings.

Duration

3 day for in-person training or; 4, 4-hour sessions for live long-distance virtual delivery

CEUs credit 

Yes, CEUs available

Intended audience

Community health workers, health educators, health education program supervisors

Instructors

Peer educator trainer, RN or RD certified diabetes educator, program supervisor or administrator

Objective 

Train community health workers, health educators and other health paraprofessionals to become diabetes health educators 

Cost

$10,000/group of up to 10 attendees

$1,000/individual*

Note: Individual prices apply to groups with minimum attendance requirements. Additional travel and lodging costs for out-of-town group trainings.

Project Dulce relies on peer educators to facilitate group diabetes education. The peer educator is a member of a multidisciplinary health care team, including an RN or RD/CDE. The peers come from the same community, culture, and speak the same language as the patients. They complete an intensive training process where scope of practice is emphasized, and each educator has frequent contact with a member of the clinical team. 

All topics essential to diabetes self-management are covered in the American Diabetes Association-approved curriculum — Diabetes Among Friends — which is very interactive and available in English and Spanish. Educational handouts are pictorial and available in multiple languages. Many of the peer educators have diabetes themselves and can relate to the class participants from their own experience. 

The peer educators undertake a three-phase training program, and their competency in diabetes knowledge and group facilitation is evaluated by their supervisor or a clinician using the AADE competencies for associate diabetes educators.

In addition to helping patients, Project Dulce staff is available to train other health-care providers on designing and implementing a culturally appropriate diabetes management program. The patient education curriculum, patient handouts, peer educator training guide and operations manual are also available to organizations licensed to use the model and materials. 

Organizations wishing to use the Project Dulce model can obtain a license to use the curriculum and materials once they are trained. The curriculum and materials are updated at least annually by clinical professionals to comply with American Diabetes Association guidelines and reflect best practice. The replication program requires that each organization undergo the following process:  

• Assign program supervisor with clinical or health education background.  
• Attend Diabetes Among Friends training. Supervisor and peer educators attend the 3-day training and pass the post-assessment.  
• Attend Project Dulce Program Coordinator Training, a 4-6 hour training on how to mentor and support peer educators and operate a Project Dulce program. If a formal training is not available or accessible, this work can be done over a series of Skype meetings. 
• Complete Phase 2 training, which is carried out by the program supervisor at the site. Phase 2 includes certification of standardized competencies to ensure knowledge, behaviors and skills required to be a successful peer educator
• Submit documentation attesting to the competency of new educators to SWDI.
• Certification: A 3 year certification is issued by SWDI to each individual who successfully completes Phase 1 and Phase 2 of the peer educator training program.
• Submit Annual Reports summarizing the status of peer educators at the site, approximate number of classes taught, number of attendees, and target audience.  
• Project Dulce Trainers may train additional individuals as diabetes peer educators at their own sites. Requirements are described in the Project Dulce Guide for Program Coordinators and Trainers. Notification and collaboration with SWDI staff is required. Project Dulce Trainers may not train individuals outside of the licensed organization; they are certified by SWDI for 3 years and required to submit annual reports.

• Arabic
• Chinese
• English
• Lao
• Somali
• Spanish
• Tagalog
• Vietnamese