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Catching Up With Communities of Interest

Catching Up With Communities of Interest coi COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST | INFORMATION SHARING In March and April, the topic of COVID-19 dominated the discussions on ADCES The Diabetes Technology COI made its way Connect. ADCES worked to centralize the discussion and information by launching a to ADCES Connect after living on ADCES’s COVID-19 Megathread on the Public Health COI. This Megathread was subscribed to technology website, Danatech.org, for the past by many as members asked questions and shared vital knowledge with one another 2 years. The move was made in preparation for as new information came in. ADCES staff and diabetes care and education specialist the launch of ADCES Connect, the new online members worked tirelessly to monitor the thread and try to answer as many community website for ADCES members. Migrating questions as they could with the most relevant information the organization was the Diabetes Technology COI made it so that all receiving through proper channels. files, blog articles, and discussion forums would be able to be transferred to the new platform without One of the most asked about topics on the Megathread was on telehealth and how to any loss of content. If you were a member of begin in setting up and billing for virtual communication as many worked to stay in touch Diabetes Technology COI while it was on Danatech. with their patients throughout the global pandemic. To help better explain the needs org, your subscription has been brought over with and restrictions to stay compliant, ADCES worked fast to produce a live webinar for the the move, and you should still be receiving all email members. This was followed up with multiple Q&A live sessions because there were many alerts and find all files and discussions that were more that were in need of the information and had follow-up questions on the topic. shared in its previous location. Catching Up With ADCES's Communities of Interest Great conversations are happening in the Communities of Interest (COI) blogs and discussion forums. ADCES members have access to everything. You need to just subscribe to the ones more interesting to you. Here are some of the topics educators were talking about earlier this year. In early March, the Cultural Diversity COI began adding new The new 2020 Co-Leader of Advanced Practice COI introduced documents to their file library for subscribers to reference as Ramadan herself to the community with the popular blog article, was approaching. As many people with diabetes began fasting, the Celebrating Those "A-Ha" Moments. The February blog post COI leader had handouts ready for the diabetes care and education explored the work that diabetes care and education specialists specialists who may need to consult on the topic of fasting with find themselves in when trying to problem solve and successfully diabetes as well as handouts for their clients to take home. These files reaching through to a patient. The article is a personal story of are still readily available within the COI for members to access. struggling to discover the issues that her patient was having with diabetes self-management after experiencing a cardiovascular event. After closely working with the patient and describing the risks of neglecting and importance of proper self-management, they were able to come together in a shared decision of a plan as the patient fully bought into the program. Each victory, big or small, should be celebrated for the sake of the patient and for the sake of the specialist. 46 // ADCES IN PRACTICE // May 2020 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png ADCES in Practice SAGE

Catching Up With Communities of Interest

ADCES in Practice , Volume 8 (3): 1 – May 1, 2020

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SAGE
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© 2020 by the American Association of Diabetes Educators
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2633-559X
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2633-5603
DOI
10.1177/2633559X20919841
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coi COMMUNITIES OF INTEREST | INFORMATION SHARING In March and April, the topic of COVID-19 dominated the discussions on ADCES The Diabetes Technology COI made its way Connect. ADCES worked to centralize the discussion and information by launching a to ADCES Connect after living on ADCES’s COVID-19 Megathread on the Public Health COI. This Megathread was subscribed to technology website, Danatech.org, for the past by many as members asked questions and shared vital knowledge with one another 2 years. The move was made in preparation for as new information came in. ADCES staff and diabetes care and education specialist the launch of ADCES Connect, the new online members worked tirelessly to monitor the thread and try to answer as many community website for ADCES members. Migrating questions as they could with the most relevant information the organization was the Diabetes Technology COI made it so that all receiving through proper channels. files, blog articles, and discussion forums would be able to be transferred to the new platform without One of the most asked about topics on the Megathread was on telehealth and how to any loss of content. If you were a member of begin in setting up and billing for virtual communication as many worked to stay in touch Diabetes Technology COI while it was on Danatech. with their patients throughout the global pandemic. To help better explain the needs org, your subscription has been brought over with and restrictions to stay compliant, ADCES worked fast to produce a live webinar for the the move, and you should still be receiving all email members. This was followed up with multiple Q&A live sessions because there were many alerts and find all files and discussions that were more that were in need of the information and had follow-up questions on the topic. shared in its previous location. Catching Up With ADCES's Communities of Interest Great conversations are happening in the Communities of Interest (COI) blogs and discussion forums. ADCES members have access to everything. You need to just subscribe to the ones more interesting to you. Here are some of the topics educators were talking about earlier this year. In early March, the Cultural Diversity COI began adding new The new 2020 Co-Leader of Advanced Practice COI introduced documents to their file library for subscribers to reference as Ramadan herself to the community with the popular blog article, was approaching. As many people with diabetes began fasting, the Celebrating Those "A-Ha" Moments. The February blog post COI leader had handouts ready for the diabetes care and education explored the work that diabetes care and education specialists specialists who may need to consult on the topic of fasting with find themselves in when trying to problem solve and successfully diabetes as well as handouts for their clients to take home. These files reaching through to a patient. The article is a personal story of are still readily available within the COI for members to access. struggling to discover the issues that her patient was having with diabetes self-management after experiencing a cardiovascular event. After closely working with the patient and describing the risks of neglecting and importance of proper self-management, they were able to come together in a shared decision of a plan as the patient fully bought into the program. Each victory, big or small, should be celebrated for the sake of the patient and for the sake of the specialist. 46 // ADCES IN PRACTICE // May 2020

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Published: May 1, 2020

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