2024 Diabetes Update
The 2024 Diabetes Update symposium will provide an update on diabetes management with an emphasis on glucose management and the pregnant patient. Other topics will include medication updates, obesity management, clinical nutrition, and care of the geriatric diabetes population.
Symposium Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, the participant should be better able to:
- Integrate medical management strategies for patients with gestational diabetes or diabetes and pregnancy.
- Recognize optimal management of obesity-related to people living with diabetes.
- Discuss how to interpret data from technology and implement it into pattern management within diabetes practice.
- Identify medications available for the treatment of patients with diabetes.
- Examine the impact of nutrition on patients with diabetes.
- Describe the treatment of diabetes in the geriatric population.
- Integrate into practice the appropriate treatment of metabolic-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) in the patient with diabetes.
General Information
Friday, Oct. 11, 2024
7:15 a.m. – 4:45 p.m.
Attendance Options
In-Person
UNMC Dr. Stanley M. and Dorothy Truhlsen Campus Events Center
(located on the first floor of the Michael F. Sorrell Center for Health Science Education)
619 S 42nd Street, Omaha, NE 68105
Live Stream
Via Zoom – Instructions on how to join the live stream will be sent to registered participants via email a few days before the start of the symposium.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by University of Nebraska Medical Center and Nebraska Medicine. University of Nebraska Medical Center 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.
Physicians
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nurses
7.0 Contact Hours Awarded
Nebraska Medicine is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the Midwest Multistate Division, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Pharmacists
The University of Nebraska Medical Center designates this activity for 7.0 ACPE contact hours. Pharmacists should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Dietitians and Licensed Medical Nutrition Therapists
The 2024 Diabetes Update Symposium awards 7.0 Continuing Professional Education Units (CPEUs) in accordance with the Commission on Dietetic Registration's CPEU Prior Approval Program.
Registration Information
Registration Fees
- Physicians – $135
- General Registration – $110
- UNMC/Nebraska Medicine Employees – $90
- Students/Residents/Fellows – $35
The deadline to register is Oct. 4.
Once online registration is closed, you will only be able to register on-site for the walk-in fee of $200. Walk-in registrations will only be accepted if space is available; meals are not guaranteed.
If you need assistance with online registration, please call our Registration Office at 402-559-5929.
Cancel/Refund Policy
If you need to cancel your registration, please email conted@unmc.edu no later than Oct. 4, 2024. There is a $30 processing fee for cancellations made by Oct. 4. Cancellations made after this date and registrants who fail to attend are responsible for the full registration fee.
Symposium Director
Assistant Professor, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, UNMC
Sponsors
This symposium is sponsored by the UNMC Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism; Nebraska Medicine — Diabetes Center, and Employee Learning & Development; through the resources of the UNMC Center for Continuing Education.
Questions?
Director, Educational Programs UNMC Center for Continuing Education