Module 1 - Setting Our Sights on Optimal Outcomes for Eye Care
Launch Date:
October 17, 2022
October 17, 2022
Learn the fundamentals of eye care for patients with diabetes to reduce their risk of the vision-threatening complications diabetic retinopathy and diabetic macular edema including the importance of diabetes self-management education.
1.
Identify collaborative strategies that can be used to enhance the multidisciplinary care of patients with or at risk for DR/DME to foster earlier recognition, treatment, and long-term management of DR/DME across the continuum
2.
Recognize key factors for patient education that are needed to catalyze uptake of recommended eye care in patients with diabetes
3.
Describe the natural history of DR/DME, with an emphasis on its progressive nature, which underscores the need for earlier diagnosis and treatment to prevent the development of vision-threatening complications
