Continuing education (CE) credits are available at no-cost to eligible health professionals. Please see below for available CE credits.

Certified Health Education Specialists/Master Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®/MCHES®): This course is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 1.0 total Category I education contact hours. Advanced-level continuing education contact hours are not available.

In support of improving patient care, this enduring activity has been planned by The American Kidney Fund and the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists. Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists 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.

American Medical Association (AMA): Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC): Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists designates this activity for a maximum of 1.0 ANCC contact hours. The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 10977, for 1.0 contact hours. RNs must retain this document for 4 years after the activity concludes.

Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR): CDR Credentialed Practitioners will receive 1.0 Continuing Professional Education units (CPEUs) for completion of this activity. Completion of this RD/DTR profession-specific or IPCE activity awards CPEUs (1 IPCE credits = 1 CPEU). If the activity is dietetics related but not targeted to RDs or DTRs, CPEUs may be claimed which are commensurate with participation in contact hours (1 hour/60 minutes = 1 CPEU). RDs and DTRs are to select activity type 102 in their Activity Logs.

Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB): As a Jointly Accredited Organization, The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists 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. Regulatory boards are the final authority on courses accepted for continuing education credit. Social workers completing this course receive _1.0_ general continuing education credits.

The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation. 

Certified Diabetes Care and Education Specialists: The Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists has been authorized by the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) to award AAPA Category 1 CME credit for activities planned in accordance with AAPA CME Criteria. This activity is designated for 1.0 AAPA Category 1 CME credits. PAs should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation.

National Board of Public Health Examiners (NBPHE): American Kidney Fund is an approved provider of CPH Recertification Credits by the National Board of Public Health Examiners for Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH). Up to 1.0 CPH Recertification Credits may be earned upon the completion of this activity.

Disclosure information for participants:

In accordance with Joint Accreditation criteria and the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, the Association of Diabetes Care & Education Specialists (ADCES) must ensure that anyone in a position to control the content of the educational activity (planners and speakers/authors/discussants/moderators) has disclosed all relevant financial relationships with any ineligible companies for the past 24 months.

Joint Accreditation/ACCME also requires that ADCES mitigate any reported conflict and eliminate the potential for bias during the educational activity. The disclosure information is intended to identify any ineligible relationships and allow learners to form their own judgments. However, if you perceive a bias during an activity, please report it on the evaluation.

Relevant disclosures (or lack thereof) among educational activity planners and faculty are as follows:

This activity was supported by Bayer through an unrestricted educational grant.

Speakers

• Joselyn Carballo, MPH, has no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Rhea Suarez, MPH, CHES®, has no relevant financial disclosures to report.

Planners

• Michael Spigler MCHES®, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Joy Hall MPH, CHES® no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Shahzia Lakhani, AGACNP-BC, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Rhea Suarez, MPH, CHES®, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Asia Mason, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Nikeyia Davis, MBA-HCM, MSN, APRN, AGPCNP-C, CNN, FNKF, FANNA, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Carolyn Feibig, MS, RD, LD, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Ardis Reed, MPPH, RD, LD, CDE, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Elle Lee, LCSW, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Pablo Garcia, MD, no relevant financial disclosures to report.
• Kershaw V. Patel, MD, MSCS, no relevant financial disclosures to report.