The Evolving Role of the Diabetes Care and Education Specialist/Dietitian as Artificial Intelligence Advances

This product is free for Diabetes DPG members.

This webinar was presented live on January 17, 2024.

An overview of the tremendous impact artificial (augmented) intelligence is already having on healthcare and its potential to truly transform medical care, bringing back “care” to healthcare and restore the precious connection and trust between patients and their clinicians. Through the presentation, the participant will discover how the role of the diabetes-focused dietitian will need to evolve to continue to bring value in a rapidly shifting healthcare environment and our responsibility to be part of the solution in figuring out how to harness AI for the good it can bring to healthcare.

CPE Level: 2
CPEU: 1
Performance Indicators: 5.1, 5.2, 2.3

Learning Objectives

• Articulate the impact AI is today on healthcare today and how diabetes-cardiometabolic care will transform as technology advances.
• Discover how to evolve your role as a diabetes-focused registered dietitian to demonstrate value in a rapidly shifting healthcare environment.
• Identify an action step(s) you can take to ensure your voice is heard in envisioning and shaping the future of diabetes-cardiometabolic care and education services to be part of the solution. 

Speaker

Janice MacLeod, MA, RD, LD, CDCES, FADCES

Janice is a diabetes-cardiometabolic expert and key opinion leader consultant. Janice previously was director of clinical advocacy at Medtronic Diabetes and Director, Clinical Innovation for Welldoc, a pioneer digital health company. Janice also served at Johnson & Johnson Diabetes Care in several roles including as Clinical Affairs Manager, and as Senior Diabetes Medical Science Liaison. Janice has spent many years in clinical practice as a diabetes dietitian and certified diabetes care and education specialist serving at both the University of Maryland in Baltimore, MD and at Carilion Health System in Roanoke, VA. Janice has served as both author and editor for multiple publications, has developed numerous continuing education programs and presentations in the areas of diabetes nutrition, glucose monitoring, digital health, and practice transformation. Janice is past Chair of the Academy of Nutrition & Dietetics Diabetes Practice Group and will be serving on the Association of Diabetes Care and Education Specialists Board of Directors starting in 2024. Her passion is developing business-savvy solutions leveraging technology to transform healthcare.

Janice lives with her husband in Maryland where they enjoy boating on the Chesapeake Bay, taking walks, growing and cooking with herbs, baking bread, reading lots of books and writing.