Diabetes care includes a comprehensive management of blood sugar and managing the complications for adolescents and adults. An American Diabetes Association recognized Self-Management Patient Education Program is available. Physicians provide training to patients that need insulin pumps and wound care for diabetic foot ulcers. The section also provides fine needle aspiration of thyroid nodules and bone densitometry. Faculty and staff participate in training residents and medical students through lectures and clinical rotations.
Community education occurs on topics of diabetes and osteoporosis.
A Clinical Diabetes Fellowship Program is an intensive, week-long program designed for health care professionals to prepare for the Certified Diabetes Educator exam. A one-day program is provided for training health care professionals in the prevention and treatment of diabetic foot ulcers. Regional medical education is sponsored by Endocrinology. During 1998, over 30 presentations were made to physician groups in eastern North Carolina. An annual symposium on the various aspects of the treatment of diabetes and its complications is designed for primary care physicians.