Professional Education
Joslin Diabetes Center is a leader in pioneering approaches to continuing education for healthcare professionals. Joslin's CME and CE activities promote the highest standards of care, drawing on up-to-date medical literature as well as cutting-edge research conducted at Joslin to provide current, relevant, and evidence-based findings from Joslin faculty and other experts.
Our mission is to help providers offer their patients optimal management of diabetes and its related conditions, improved health outcomes, and enhanced quality of life. To that end, we provide continuing medical education for all members of the diabetes team - physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, nurses, dietitians, pharmacists, and other healthcare professionals- in a variety of formats, both live and online, to suit your schedule and preferred learning style.
Upcoming Joslin Symposia
Diabetes, Oral Health, & Nutrition:
Interrelationships, Innovations, & Interventions
Saturday, July 21, 2012
The Fairmont Dallas Hotel
1717 N. Akard Street
Dallas, TX 75201
A symposium providing up-to-date information on periodontitis and diabetes for primary care providers, dietitians, diabetes educators, dentists, periodontists, and dental hygienists who treat patients with type 2 diabetes.
September 10 & 11, 2012 | Boston, Massachusetts
Diabetes and the Heart 2012 is the fourth annual summit of the Joslin Diabetes Center and Cleveland Clinic partnership. Among the largest and most respected academic providers of CME, our two institutions believe that the greatest reach and impact can be achieved in continuing medical education through innovative collaboration. With world-class clinical care protocols and cutting-edge knowledge in both diabetes and cardiac care, we feel that together, we will engage the largest audience more efficiently and effectively.
For more information, or to register for this event, go to: www.joslin.org/diabetesheart.html
November 1–3, 2012 | Boston, Massachusetts
A comprehensive Harvard Medical School CME activity addressing practical aspects of diabetes and thyroid disease care and management, including the use of new technologies that address the growing complexity of diabetes care and the challenges of managing chronic illness in a primary care practice
Space is limited.
Register today at http://www.cme.hms.harvard.edu/courses/joslin
Register by June 21 and save $200!
Current Enduring Activities
Harvard Joslin: Advances in Diabetes 2010—Webcast Series
In November 2010, over 200 primary care providers met for two days in Boston to hear from national experts on the latest developments in diabetes treatment, insulin management, cardiovascular risk reduction, and other topics relevant to primary care providers and their patients.
Diabetes and the Heart 2010: A Clinical Summit on Critically Challenging Patients—Webcast Series
In September 2010, over 100 primary care providers, cardiologists, and others gathered in Boston to hear from national experts on the latest developments in preventive and therapeutic interventions for the cardiometabolic syndrome, with the goal of reducing eventual morbidity and mortality in their patients.
These video/slide Web casts are speaker presentations recorded at the conference.
Improve Practice Systems and Participate in Performance Improvement (PI) CME through Joslin's Online Primary Care Community
The Joslin Professional Education Continuum (JPECTM) provides knowledge, analysis tools, and collaboration with your colleagues to help you and your clinical and office team improve your office systems, patient care and patient outcomes. Visit this free online community now and join the hundreds of other healthcare providers who are taking advantage of Joslin's expertise and resources.
Joslin Clinical Guidelines
To assist physicians and other healthcare professionals in managing the care of their patients with diabetes, Joslin offers approved clinical guidelines on a variety of topics including Adult Diabetes, Pharmacological Management of Type 2 Diabetes, and Continuous Glucose Monitors.


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