D04 - Empowering the Future: Nurturing New Talent

Sunday, August 10, 2025

7:00 AM - 7:45 AM MST

CE/CME Hours: .75 CE

This presentation explores a comprehensive approach to orienting new diabetes care and education specialists (DCES). Just as we guide patients in taking ownership of their diabetes care through DSMES, we will focus on fostering a sense of responsibility, autonomy, and continuous growth for new DCESs. Attendees will learn how to structure an effective onboarding process that equips new DCESs with essential knowledge and skills while encouraging self-directed learning and professional development that is unique to the individual. By adopting a self-management approach for DCESs, we aim to cultivate confidence, independence, and long-term success in their roles as diabetes care and education specialists.

Disclosure(s):

Anne Harrington, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES: No financial relationships to disclose

Erin DaRosa, MBA, RDN, LD, CDCES: No financial relationships to disclose

Primary Presenter(s)

Anne Harrington, MS, RDN, LD, CDCES

Ambulatory Manager
HealthPartners
Bloomington, Minnesota

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Co-Presenter(s)

Erin DaRosa, MBA, RDN, LD, CDCES

Senior Manager, Diabetes Education
HealthPartners
Bloomington, Minnesota

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Session Host(s)

Rachel Stahl Salzman, MS, RD, CDN, CDCES

Lecturer in Medicine
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, New York

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