Support Your Patients with Our Diabetes Education Class Series
Help your patients build the knowledge and confidence to successfully manage diabetes. Our comprehensive group diabetes education series provides practical, evidence-based strategies that patients can apply to improve their health.
Participants will learn about:
- Healthy eating
- Being active
- Monitoring
- Taking medications
- Healthy coping
- Reducing risks
- Problem solving
Led by diabetes care and education specialists, these interactive classes empower patients to improve self-management, ask questions, and connect with others living with diabetes.
Refer your patients today to help them gain the skills and support they need to better manage their diabetes and improve long-term health outcomes.
Recent patient survey feedback (provided at the end of the class):
- “This class should be mandatory for all diabetics!”
- “Loved how interactive the class was”
- “Instructor was very well informed and approachable.”
Additionally, in our self-tracking we see that patients with a pre and post A1c available, who attended at a minimum of 2 (out of 3) classes, achieved an average of 1.9% reduction in A1c. This is greater than what metformin achieves alone (average reduction of 1.5%).
The program is usually covered by patients’ insurance plans. In August, we will begin offering evening classes and in September we will offer classes on weekends.
To register, email LifestyleMedicineRenton@valleymed.org. Learn more about Valley’s Diabetes Education and Nutrition Services here.