Advanced Classes for Adults
Matching Insulin to Carbohydrates
This one-hour advanced session demonstrates how to count carbohydrates and determine insulin doses to maintain target blood glucose levels. Patients must use rapid-acting insulin to attend. Offered every Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 1-2 p.m. and Tuesdays from 2:45-3:45 p.m. For more info or to register, call (617) 732-2440, or e-mail education@joslin.harvard.edu.
Blood Glucose Awareness Training (BGAT)
This one-day workshop helps people who use insulin to anticipate, recognize and prevent hypoglycemia. The instructors are Joslin Clinic nurses, dietitians, exercise physiologists and behavioral specialists. The next BGAT workshops will be held on June 2, August 4 and November 17, 2006. For more info or to register, call (617) 732-2594.
Steps to Success
Have you had diabetes for a while, but still struggle to create an effective treatment plan? This series of five, two-hour classes offers practical education with a nurse educator and a dietitian for those who already monitor their blood glucose and have received some nutrition education. Sessions meet Thursday evenings. For more info or to register, call (617) 264-2767 or e-mail education@joslin.harvard.edu.
Information Tune Up For People With Type 2 Diabetes
This class focuses on providing a yearly review of what’s new in diabetes treatment and management for people with type 2 diabetes, including new meal planning techniques, medications and a discussion of updated research information. This is a 90-minute class and is offered Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10:30 a.m. No prerequisites required. For more info or to register, call (617) 732-2440.
Keeping Your Kidneys Healthy
This free, one-hour session covers what participants need to know to monitor and reduce risk for kidney disease. Meets Wednesdays from 3-4 p.m. To register, call (617) 732-2440.
Cholesterol: the good, the bad, the healthy
This 90-minute class is designed to help people with diabetes and dyslipidemia learn how to improve their lipid levels and other cardiovascular risk factors through better food choices, physical activity and medication. We look at how participants’ knowledge, attitudes, skills and self-efficacy influence heart healthy behaviors, and how to change those behaviors when necessary. Strategies for change include: goal setting, modeling behavior, and positive feedback. The class is held twice a month (every other Friday) from 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m. in room 270. To register, call (617) 732-2440.
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