December 2024

ENDOCRINOLOGY

A USER-CENTERED APPROACH TO DIABETES SURVIVAL SKILLS TRAINING

Jelena Kravarusic, MD, PhD, Amisha Wallia, MD, MS, and Grace Prince, MD, a former fellow at Northwestern Medicine, conducted a study to address the limits of traditional, in-person diabetes education and survival skills training.

The study focused on understanding the needs of patients newly prescribed insulin and their caregivers in order to design a virtual training program for diabetes survival skills.

The COVID-19 pandemic revealed that previous tools and methods were hard to adapt for telehealth. Additionally, traditional diabetes survival skills training does not adequately meet the specific learning needs of patients and their caregivers, particularly when delivered via telehealth.

Recognizing these challenges, the researchers adopted a user-centered design approach, incorporating principles from adult learning and education. This strategy tailors training to real-world challenges faced by patients and caregivers and empowers them to manage diabetes more effectively. It offers a sustainable solution for diabetes education and survival skills training.
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The study was published in the Journal of Clinical & Translational Endocrinology. 
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Jelena Kravarusic, MD, PhD, of Northwestern Medicine Endocrinology
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​Amisha Wallia, MD, MS, Associate Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology) and Preventive Medicine (Epidemiology)

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