The Inpatient Diabetes Certificate is a comprehensive program that prepares healthcare professionals to effectively manage diabetes and hyperglycemia in hospitalized patients. It addresses the full continuum of care, from intake to hospitalization and discharge. Learners will develop assessment, intervention, and discharge planning skills to ensure glycemic management throughout the hospital stay.
AACE Inpatient Diabetes Certificate is designed to provide Patient Care Team Members with an introductory and comprehensive online best practices course to help care team members manage and improve patient outcomes with diabetes.
$295 | Informed Members - $235 | Engaged Members - $175
Institutional Pricing and Group Discounts (5+ licenses) are available for AACE Certificate Courses.
1/28/2025
1/28/2027
After completing this activity, participants will be able to:
- Describe the impact of glycemic control on hospitalized patients and identify optimal glucose targets based on current guidelines for critically ill and non-critically ill patients.
- Assess and implement safe and effective medication strategies, including insulin and other glucose-lowering agents, tailored to the unique requirements of the inpatient setting.
- Identify and apply appropriate diabetes technologies, such as continuous glucose monitors (CGMs) and insulin pumps, ensuring their safe use, integration, and transition at discharge when necessary.
- Differentiate between common hyperglycemic crises, including diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and hyperosmolar hyperglycemic syndrome (HHS) and manage these emergencies through evidence-based protocols.
- Develop skills to recognize and promptly manage inpatient hypoglycemia, particularly in patients at higher risk due to specific feeding methods or treatment regimens.
- Implement patient-centered discharge planning to support continued glycemic control posthospitalization, coordinating with outpatient providers and resources to enhance patient outcomes.
The primary target audience includes Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants, and Pharmacists. The secondary target audience includes Endocrinologists and Primary Care Physicians.
Physician Credit
The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The American College of Endocrinology (ACE) designates enduring activity for a maximum of 7 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Nursing Credit
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider Number 17762, for 7 contact hours.
Thank you to our faculty for developing this certificate:
Sara Ahmad, MD, CCD
Houston Methodist Hospital
Tori Calder, DNP, AGNP-BC, CDCES
Senior Nurse Practitioner
Northwell Health
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology & Metabolism
Samaneh Dowlatshahi, MD, FACP, FACE
Houston Methodist Hospital
Uma Gunasekaran, MD, FACE
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
UT Southwestern
Claire Ingram
Physician Assistant
University of Colorado
Claudia Lewis MMS, PA-C
University Hospitals Diabetes and Metabolic Care Center
Jacqueline Nicole McNulty, PharmD, BCACP, CDCES
Parkland Health
Archana R. Sadhu, MD, FACE
Director of System Diabetes Program, Houston Methodist
Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
Houston Methodist Academic Institute
Texas A&M Health Science Center