Patient Education Development Center

Educational Seminars

These educational seminars are offered every Thursday from 9am to 12 noon. Contact us to reserve your space through our email: info@atcpr.com

Session 1- GENERAL INFORMATION ON                  DIABETES

1- What is diabetes?
2- General concepts on nutrition
3- Exercise and diabetes
4- Diabetes medications

Session 2- COMPLICATIONS

1- Prevention, detection, and treatment of acute     complications of diabetes
2- Prevention, detection and treatment of     chronic complications of diabetes
3- Skin care, foot care and dental care

Session 3- MONITORING

1-Benefits and risks of improved glycemic    control; treatment options
2- Interaction of meals, exercise and diabetes     medications and their impact on serum     glucose levels

Session 4- INSULIN ADMINISTRATION

1- Insulin injection techniques and survival     skills during diabetes emergencies

Session 5- BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION

1- Strategies to modify behavior, solve     problems, attain goals, and reduce risk     factors
2- Lifestyle therapy for weight loss and weight     maintenance.

Session 6- CARE FOR THE PREGNANT                  PATIENT WITH DIABETES

1-Prenatal care
2-Gestational diabetes
3-Benefits, risks and treatment options for    improved glycemic control

Session 7- TREATMENT OF ADDICTIONS

1- Plan for smoking cessation
2- Plan for alcohol cessation

Session 8- SUPPORT GROUPS

1- Stress and psychosocial adjustments
2- Use of support teams in the healthcare     industry
3- Involvement of the family and society

Session 9- HEALTH PREVENTION AND
                 MAI NTENANCE

1- Prevention and detection of diabetes
2- Identification of risk factors for diabetes and     cardiovascular disease

Session 10- WEIGHT REDUCTION CLINIC

1- Classification of obesity
2- Causes and consequences of obesity
3- Benefits of weight reduction
4- Treatment options for obesity
5- Introduction to a Very low Calorie Diet     (VLCD)

Sociedad Puertorriqueña de Endocrinología y Diabetología