Professional Education

With a steadily increasing number of Mississippians developing diabetes, the necessity of a steadily increasing number of health-care professionals equipped with the most up-to-date tools to help these Mississippians also has grown, which is why the DFM sponsors a Continuing Medical Education symposium annually for health-care providers around the state. The DFM recognizes that one of the most important keys to assisting patients with diabetes is a well-educated and trained health professional.

"In a state with nearly 350,000 people living with diabetes– diagnosed and undiagnosed– and with no signs of the diabetes epidemic slowing down, I cannot even begin to describe the importance of our medical professionals knowing about the latest innovations in diabetes care," said Mary Fortune, Diabetes Foundation of Mississippi (DFM) executive vice president. "Diabetes treatment options, advances in research, technological breakthroughs and contemporary diabetes issues change so frequently that our health-care providers absolutely must remain educated on these subjects, especially when such a large percentage of our state’s population is affected." The annual CME symposium is held in March.

Education