CDE Exam Preparation
Prepare to engage, learn, and get ready for the exam!
These sessions are designed to help prepare you to write the Certified Diabetes Educator examination and will cover key topics, provide study tips, and an opportunity for Q&A.
These sessions will be facilitated by Trina Fitter RD, CDE, Resource Clinician and Project Lead for Waterloo Wellington Diabetes.
Each registrant will recieve a copy of the slide deck prior to their registered session(s) to review independently. These 1- hour sessions will feature a focused review of exam - style questions and time for group discussion/Q&A.
CDE Exam Preparation Sessions
***These sessions are designed to help you prepare to write the Certified Diabetes Educator exam and will cover key study topics suggested by the Canadian Diabetes Educators Certification Board. Attending sessions does not guarantee a passing grade on the exam but introduces you to key exam content that you will need to review in greater detail outside of the sessions.
Learn tips on how to prepare for the exam, review definitions, diagnosis criteria, screening algorithms, risk reduction strategies, glycemic targets/monitoring recommendations, hypoglycemia and hyperglycemia emergencies.
Review physical activity and nutrition guidelines, smoking cessation, diabetes and driving, mental health as well as self management strategies.
Review current medication treatment options, dose adjustments, dyslipidemia, hypertension, heart disease, CKD, retinopathy, neuropathy, foot care, sexual dysfunction.
Review diabetes in pregnancy guidelines, diabetes in Indigenous peoples, older adults, pediatrics, in-hospital management recommendations.
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