Kara Mayes, MD, FAAFP / Jay H. Shubrook, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP - Now Is the Time to Overcome Therapeutic Inertia in T2D to Achieve Personalized Glycemic and Weight Management Goals

Go online to PeerView.com/PQU860 to view the activity, download slides and practice aids, and complete the post-test to earn credit. Type 2 diabetes (T2D) is a progressive disease that is largely preventable and entirely treatable. Timely intensification of therapy is a foundational principle of contemporary management of people with T2D since this strategy is associated with better long-term health outcomes. In conjunction with intensified therapy, modest weight loss has been shown to improve overall and long-term health outcomes. In this activity, based on a series of Project ECHO® workshops and produced in collaboration with the American College of Diabetology, you’ll learn best practices for individualizing patient care and intensifying therapy with evidence-based pharmacologic management of T2D with non-insulin glucose-lowering therapies. Now is the time! Watch today to begin adding these practical strategies to your toolbox! Upon completion of this activity, participants should be better able to: Intensify treatment in people with T2D consistent with the latest guidelines, available evidence, and shared decision-making principles to control glycemia and weight to optimize outcomes and avoid long-term complications; Explain the rationale for targeting weight and establish personalized weight loss goals as a treatment priority for comprehensive T2D management; and Counsel people with T2D about the relationship between obesity and diabetes and the importance of achieving and maintaining a healthy weight as a T2D treatment priority.