Rx Essentials: Type 2 Diabetes Prescribing Update - Hybrid

Get essential prescribing updates with the latest treatment recommendations in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) from Dr. Fitzgerald. Reinforce and clarify your online learning through expert feedback in this livestream session. 

How does Hybrid work? 

Learn Online: 

• Review the online portion of Rx Essentials to start learning, noting what you would like clarified (see online description below). 

Clarify & Reinforce During Livestream Session: 
Contact Hours: 1 (1 Rx) 

• Attend 1-hour Livestream program to reinforce your learning and gain deeper knowledge through expert feedback. 
• 1-hour sessions include a new case study based on what you’ve learned online, an interactive quiz, and a Q&A where you can pose questions to clarify learning. 

Online Portion: 
Contact Hours: 4.1 (4.1 Rx) 

Get essential prescribing updates on the latest treatment recommendations in type 2 diabetes mellitus. Learn to appropriately prescribe the wide variety of medications now available for the prevention and treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Pharmacology expert Dr. Margaret Fitzgerald highlights initiation and maintenance insulin therapy. She focuses on refining prescribing practices in the person with type 2 diabetes, keeping in mind compelling indications for the use of select medications. You will learn about: 

• Therapeutic goals in the treatment of type 2 diabetes 
• The mechanism of action of the wide variety of medications 
• Appropriate clinical scenarios and compelling indications for the use of each of the available medications 
• The contraindications and precautions in the use of each T2DM medication 
• Appropriate use of insulin at the time of T2DM diagnosis 
• Indications for the initiation and continuation of insulin therapy 

Rx Essentials courses deliver prescribing updates to help you keep up-to-date and feel confident you are treating your patients based on current prescribing best practices.