Rush University Diabetes Center
Teaching Guideline


Individual Assessment (Session 1)
•Complete Individual Assessment
•Set goals
•Diabetes Disease Process video 
•Educate on HgbA1C 
•Educate on Blood Glucose Monitoring and teach meter if needed
•Instruct patient to bring blood glucose records to every visit 

ABC’s (Session 2)
•Review blood glucose records 
•Review goals set and progress towards reaching goals
•Review differences between type 1 and type 2 diabetes
•Physical Activity/ Exercise 
•Acute Complications: Hypoglycemia, Hyperglycemia and Sick day management 
•Driving with Diabetes
•Medications

Healthy Eating or Carb Counting (Session 3)
•Nutritional Management
•Show Simple Start Video 
•Use My Food Plan and educate on Carbohydrate Counting and label reading
•Educate on grocery shopping, eating out, food diaries, alcohol and importance of weight loss with type 2 diabetes
•Review Plate Method for healthy eating guidelines 


My Plan (Session 4)
•Psychosocial adjustment- stress management/depression
•Identify support network/family role in diabetes 
•Chronic Complications/Risk Reduction
•Foot care/foot exam
•Identify community resources for diabetes