Impact of Continuing Medical Education (CME) Insulin Program
The purpose of this study is to determine if a continuing medical education (CME) program can change primary care providers' use of insulin therapy - their confidence in selecting doses and engagement of patients in the decision making as to whether to initiate insulin therapy.
|Study Design:||Observational Model: Cohort
Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional
|Official Title:||Impact of CME Program on Self-Reported Confidence and Use of Insulin in Persons With Type 2 Diabetes|
- We will determine whether attendees' self-reported confidence and use of insulin with persons with type 2 diabetes changes after they attend the CME program. [ Time Frame: pre program survey & 2-4 month post program survey ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
- pre-CME training level of patient's A1c when starting insulin therapy compared to post-CME training level of patient's A1c when starting insulin therapy [ Time Frame: pre program survey and 2-4 month post program survey ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
|Study Start Date:||June 2006|
|Study Completion Date:||August 2009|
|Primary Completion Date:||August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)|
primary care provider
attending insulin CME Training
We will determine whether attendees' self-reported confidence and use of insulin with persons with type 2 diabetes changes after they attend the CME program. Specifically, we will address the following questions:
Question 1. Clinical guidelines. Is insulin initiated earlier (at a lower A1C)?
Question 2. Decision-making. Does confidence in selecting a starting insulin regimen change? Does confidence in selecting a starting insulin dose change? Does confidence in adjusting insulin change? Does confidence in discussion nutrition guidelines change?
Question 3. Application. Do more patients start using insulin? Who usually selects starting dose? How is starting dose selected? How often is insulin adjusted?
Question 4. Resources. How available are protocols for insulin use? How available is adequate time to monitor insulin therapy? How available is staff to teach insulin injections? How available is staff to help adjust insulin?
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00824603
|United States, Minnesota|
|International Diabetes Center|
|Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55416|
|Principal Investigator:||Margaret Powers, PhD||International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet|