Spectrum - Part 1: Curriculum. AGDT-AGPD Spectrum Group
How does continuous glucose monitoring work?
0.5 What are the advantages and disadvantages
0.6 What CGM systems are available?
0.7 What does continuous glucose monitoring cost? Is cost reimbursement available?
0.8 Your questions and your decision
0.9 Good-bye
Module 1: Basics of contiuous glucose monitoring (CGM)
1.2 How a CGM system works
1.3 Display of the CGM system
1.4 Accuracy of the CGM system
1.5 Calibration
1.6 Current glucose trend: interpreting correctly and taking action
1.7 Alarm functions
1.8 Tasks to be performed at home
1.9 What’s next in Module 2
2.1 Overview of topics for Module 2
2.2 Basic settings, alarm settings, proven CGM initial settings in detail
2.3 Inserting the first sensor
2.4 What should CGM users observe when calibrating?
2.5 Tips for the first days
2.6 Exercises
2.7 What’s next in Module 3
Module 3: CGM display and alarms
3.1 Overview of topics for Module 3
3.2 The first days with the CGM system: Exchanging experience
3.3 Calibration and alarms
3.4 Correctly interpreting information on the CGM display
3.5 What’s next in Module 4
Module 4: Analyzing personal CGM data (Part 1)
4.1 Overview of topics for Module 4
4.2 In retrospect: the first weeks with the CGM system
4.3 Evaluating CGM data: introducing a systematic approach
4.4 Evaluating CGM data: practical exercise using data brought by patients
4.5 Task: My three goals until the next module
4.6 What’s next in Module 5
Module 5: Analyzing personal CGM data (Part 2)
5.1 Overview of topics for Module 5
5.2 In retrospect: the first weeks with the CGM system
5.3 Evaluating CGM data: Repetition of the systematic approach
5.4 Evaluating CGM data: practical exercise using data brought by patients
5.5 Task: My three goals until the next module
5.6 Good-bye and what’s next in Module 6
Module 6: CGM advanced training
6.1 Overview of topics for Module 6
6.2 In retrospect: the past weeks
6.3 Experience with the CGM system over the entire training course
6.4 CGM and physical activity
6.5 CGM in water and in the sauna
6.6 On vacation with the CGM system
6.7 With CGM in the hospital
6.8 Taking stock of the course, other goals, what’s next
6.9 Good-bye
Dear Training Teams, dear Colleagues,
We would like to welcome you to the circle of diabetes teams treating patients with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The SPECTRUM program is a structured, manufacturer-independent training and treatment program. The name SPECTRUM comes from „structured patient education for continuous glucose monitoring“.
Two working groups of the Deutsche Diabetes-Gesellschaft (DDG) (German Diabetes Association) participated in the creation of this program: the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Diabetes & Technologie (AGDT) (Diabetes & Technology Working Group of the German Diabetes Association) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Diabetologie (AGPD) (Pediatric Diabetology Working Group of the German Diabetes Association). More than two dozen diabetologists, diabetes advisors, scientists and psychologists from the fields of adult and pediatric diabetology kindly contributed their knowledge, varied experience and Practical tips.
Upon completing SPECTRUM, patients with diabetes have the knowledge to safely and successfully use a CGM system. Contrary to a product training, SPECTRUM places the focus not on the device characteristics but rather on the therapeutic use of the measurement results and the practical use of the systems in daily life. Patients learn how to understand the information given by the CGM device, how to properly use the alarm functions and how to draw the correct therapeutic conclusions.
The SPECTRUM program offers you a training and treatment program which fulfills the needs of different target groups:
There is a SPECTRUM version for adults, one for children and their parents, as well as a version for teenagers with diabetes. The content of the training as well as the language and approach used are tailored to these target groups.
SPECTRUM can be used independently of the type of insulin therapy. Patients on injection therapy (MDI) or an insulin pump therapy (CSII) can use the same set of slides and can be trained in the same group.
SPECTRUM also takes into account that the glucose units mg/dl and mmol/l are both used in several countries. The sets of slides are available in both units of measure.
SPECTRUM thereby fulfills the quality requirements as specified in the National Medical Guideline „Diabetes – strukturierte Schulungsprogramme“ (Diabetes – structured training programs) as well as the standards defined by the International Diabetes Federation.
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