Distinguishing between type 1 and type 2 diabetes

●  What are the distinguishing features of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes?

Strategies for the patient poorly compliant with nutrition and lifestyle

●  What is the role of the dietitian in the management of the patient with type 2 diabetes?

●  How can the primary care physician assist his or her patient with type 2 diabetes in complying with nutritional recommendations?

●  What are the precautions when recommending exercise for the patient with diabetes?

●  What are some things regarding nutrition that can be addressed in a 15 minute primary care visit?

Clinical and patient issues with the use of thiazolidinediones

●  What is the overall nature of the concern with the use of the thiazolidinedione class of oral hypoglycemic agents, and rosiglitazone in particular?

●  How do you respond to the patient who is on rosiglitazone and whose HbA_1c is under control, who wants to know whether he/she should discontinue the medication?

●  Should the patient on rosiglitazone be followed any differently than patients on other oral hypoglycemics?

Role of statins in the patient with type 2 diabetes

●  Is there any reason why all patients with type 2 diabetes should not be on statin therapy?

●  Are all statins the same in the treatment of dyslipidemia in type 2 diabetic patients?

●  For the primary care physician what are some of the considerations in the selection of a statin?

●  What is the importance of non-HDL cholesterol control in the patient with type 2 diabetes?

●  What are approaches to reducing non-HDL cholesterol?

Effective initiation of insulin: matching the right regimen to the right patient

●  What are some of the considerations regarding the initiation of insulin therapy?

●  How is basal insulin therapy initiated?

●  What dose of basal insulin do you start with?

●  How is the premix insulin regimen initiated?

●  How is a basal/bolus insulin regimen initiated?

●  What doses of meal time insulin should be used?

●  How do you match a particular insulin regimen with a given patient?

●  What patients should be considered for the basal/bolus insulin regimen?

HbA_1c and self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG): tools to reach target

●  How is blood glucose monitoring used in conjunction with the basal insulin regimen?

●  How is blood glucose monitoring used in conjunction with premixed insulin regimens?

●  How is blood glucose monitoring used in conjunction with basal/bolus insulin regimens?

●  What does the new HbA_1c clinical laboratory reporting format look like?