February 27, 2012 - DEEM Educational & Membership Meeting - 5:30PM – 8:00 PM - Addictive Behavior Diabetes (NEW), Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, MA - more information to come
April 26-27, 2012 - DEEM 2nd Annual Statewide Diabetes Educators Meeting, Sturbridge, MA - More Information to Come
September 25, 2:30PM - DEEM Membership Meeting - Location TBA
“Challenges of Diabetes Management in the Elderly” presented by on 1.24.2008 Medha Munshi MD, Director of Geriatric Diabetes Clinic, Joslin Diabetes Center Boston, MA: Click here to see presentation
Maine Association of Diabetes Educators - a Coordinating Body of AADE (MeADE)
Maine Diabetes Prevention & Control Program (DPCP) / Maine CDC / DHHS Transitioning from Theory to Practice: Applications for the Real World of Diabetes Education
2012 Annual Conference October 14-16, 2012 Point Lookout, Northport, Maine
Forms for Potential Presenters
Please find attached an “Educational Activity Plan Documentation Form” and a “Biographical Data Form and Conflict of Interest Statement” which must be completed in order to be considered as a potential speaker at our Annual Conference. We look forward to your submissions and are available for answering questions. In order to make our application for continuing education credits as smooth as possible, it is necessary for you to follow the expectations outlined below and to submit the forms in Word format.
Expectations: 1. Forms must be returned to Susan@GreatGatherings.com by March 15, 2012. A Bio Form and a CIO form must be completed for each presenter. 2. You will be notified of your acceptance as a presenter by April 17, 2012. 3. Your draft presentation materials (such as PowerPoint slides and handouts) must be submitted by September 15th to allow time for review and submission with our CEU materials – you may amend your presentation up to the time of presentation. We will be asking your permission to provide participants with a copy of your presentation. 4. The target audience will be primarily diabetes educators (RN’s and dietitians) practicing in various settings but will also include others who have an interest in diabetes education. Many of the diabetes educators will have their CDE certification. 5. We expect presentations to be done fairly and without bias and will monitor all sessions to ensure compliance with this. This does not preclude you from receiving grants or having financial relationships – we disclose these relationships in a handout form for the conference based on the information you provide on the Bio Data and COI form. 6. Please indicate whether your presentation will be geared to the larger, general sessions of at least 150 participants or the smaller breakout sessions (10 – 40 participants). 7. While the experience of our audience is varied, we generally assume that the participant has a general knowledge of the areas covered – the smaller breakout sessions can be geared to those with more basic needs or those who have more expertise. 8. For the general sessions, participants will be sitting at round tables. Although the room is large, there are three large screens to aid the viewing of PowerPoint slides. 9. The total length of your program can be either 60, 75 or 90 minutes (this includes time for introduction and wrap-up question and answer period). It is imperative that you stick to the allotted time frame as the smooth running of the entire program depends on timely beginning and ending of each session. The time breakdown of your session must be spelled out in the “Time Frame” on the Educational Activity Documentation Form. 10. It is important for you to develop learning objectives for your presentation that are specific and measurable. Objectives should respond to the following statement: “At the end of this presentation, the participant will be able to…” Learning objectives start with a verb and should be measurable. These learning objectives will also appear on the Evaluation tool, so make sure that participants will be able to evaluate whether they reached each objective at the end of the program. Please see attached examples of verbs to use in composing your objectives. 11. For the Detailed Content Outline on the Documentation Form, the Roman numeral relates directly to each behavioral objective but is not a restatement of the objective. There should be at least an A. and B. under each Roman numeral that describes what will be presented. 12. For the Adult Learning/ Teaching Method on the Documentation Form, state how the material will be presented. “Lecture with slides” is the most common method. “Case review” and “discussion” are other examples. Please see attached examples of Teaching Methods.
Thank you for your interest. We encourage everyone to submit an abstract. Even if you do not have experience speaking in public, the breakout sessions are friendly and informal so they are a great way to start. We look forward to receiving your abstract.
If you have any questions or need any clarification or assistance, please call Susan MacPherson at 207-622-5330 or email Susan@GreatGatherings.com
Simmons College is proud to present an online 12 hour continuing education course for RDs and RNs that is also very useful in studying for the Certified Diabetes Examination. All modules are self-paced and consist of an outline of a featured resource from the NCNBE (National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators) recommended reading list and our post-test. You may have access to the course until you complete the final test. You may take the final test as many times as needed to achieve the 75% passing rate. Please access the course at: http://simmons.edu/shs/courses/diabetesreview/
