inConversation Spotlight on – Initiating analogue insulin therapy in an insulin-naive individual (On-demand)
The decision may be made to initiate insulin therapy in an individual who has never used insulin. Prof Joel Dave and Dr Marli Conradie-Smit explains when to initiate insulin therapy and how to start insulin in people with diabetes who are insulin-naïve
Learning objectives
You will learn:
- To understand “treatment inertia” and its causes and effects
- To know when to consider initiating insulin therapy
- To be able to calculate the initial dose of a basal and rapid-acting insulin analogue
- To be able to titrate the doses of an insulin analogue
- To understand which oral hypoglycaemic medications should be continued when insulin is initiated.
ATTENTIONKindly note that if you attended the live webinar and completed the questions after the event, you have already received 1 CPD point and will not be permitted to receive additional points for the on-demand video and questions. Should this occur, the HPCSA will only record 1 CPD point from the live webinar, invalidating any additional CPD points from this activity.Please note deNovo Medica ensures uploading of your CPD points to the HPCSA: please don't upload these yourself.
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