Diabetes Management Program Education Materials

The Diabetes Management Program at Brigham and Women’s Hospital has a strong educational component and is certified by the American Diabetes Association as an Education Recognition Program. We offer individual and group training sessions at many of the BWH Diabetes Management Program locations.

What is diabetes? What is insulin? How does diabetes affect the body? Marie McDonnell, M.D., Chief of the Diabetes Section of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension at Brigham and Women's Hospital, answers patients' most commonly searched questions about diabetes.

In addition, the materials below are provided for patients, family members and caregivers of patients with diabetes, from the newly diagnosed patient to those in the long term diabetes management phases. The series, from Mass General Brigham, includes:

What is Type 1 diabetes? What is a typical day like for someone with Type 1 diabetes? What kind of care team do you need with Type 1 diabetes? Marie McDonnell, M.D., Chief of the Diabetes Section of the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Hypertension at Brigham and Women's Hospital, explains how to stay healthy with Type 1 diabetes.

Diabetes Management Program Education Materials

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