Presenter: 

Kathleen Berkowitz, MD

• Maternal Fetal Medicine Specialist, Department of OBGYN, Women's Health Institute, Fairview Hospital, Cleveland Clinic

Presentation Objectives

• Understand goals for managing a pregnancy complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)

• Review maternal and neonatal complications associated with GDM

• Evaluate differing screening recommendations (IADPSG, ACOG, ADA) for GDM

• Review the classification of diabetes during pregnancy

• Examine GDM blood glucose targets and ranges

• Review importance of individualized Medical Nutrition Therapy (MNT), exercise and weight gain goals

• Revisit GDM medical management from initial consultation to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd trimester goals

• Understand potential complications associated with each trimester

• Champion the importance of stepwise management and the role of the team

Continuing Education:

RN
This course is provider approved for 1 contact hour by the California Board of Registered Nursing - Provider #CEP14797: Community Perinatal Network, Yorba Linda, California. 

RD
This course is provider approved for 1 contact hour by the Commission on Dietetic Registration - Provider# 6FB40F4: Community Perinatal Network, Yorba Linda, California. 

Upon completion of all 3 components: 1. pre-test, 2. video, and 3. post-test, you are eligible to receive continuing education, free of charge. After submitting the third component (post-test), please allow up to 3 weeks for your certificate to be emailed to you.

Handouts:

Are available upon request. Email cdapp@perinatalnetwork.org to receive them.

Training Module - May 8, 2019 - Diagnosis & Initial Management of Gestational Diabetes

Pre-Test

Click Here To Access Training Module - May 8, 2019: Post-Test