Oral Medication and Insulin Therapies
Charlene Freeman, RN, CDE, CPThas had more than 30 years of experience with diabetes patient management, diabetes program development, patient and educator training, development of clinical protocols, marketing of materials, and has served as an independent consultant. She developed and directed clinic-based diabetes education programs that have received American Diabetes Association (ADA) recognition and state accreditation, meeting the national standards for diabetes self-management education. Insulin pump therapy and multiple daily injection therapies are areas of particular interest to the author. Ms. Freeman has presented over 1,300 diabetes educational workshops to professionals, patients, and the public internationally, nationally, state-wide and locally. She was invited to co-chair workshops at the I.D.F. (International Diabetes Federation) in Kobe, Japan. Charlene is well respected as a certified diabetes educator and certified pump trainer. She is past President, Health Care and Education of the national organization of the ADA and is past President of the Iowa Affiliate of the ADA.