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Certification Examination for Diabetes Care and Education Specialists

Format
Written multiple-choice objective examination
Exam questions
Total questions: 175; Scored questions: 150; Unscored questions: 25; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit
4 hours
Passing score
70 scaled score units
Examination outline
  • Assessment (24.67%)
    • Physical and Psychosocial
    • Self-Management Behaviors and Knowledge
    • Learning
  • Care and Education Interventions (70%)
    • Disease Process and Approach to Treatment
    • Individualized Education Plan
    • Person-Centered Education on Self-Care Behaviors
    • Evaluation, Documentation, and Follow-up
  • Standards and Practices (5.33%)
    • Describe the current National Standards for Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (NSDSMES)
    • Describe the National Diabetes Prevention Program Standards (National DPP)
    • Apply practice standards (AACE, ADA, Endocrine Society, etc.)
    • Describe population health strategies
    • Collaborate with other healthcare professionals to advance team-based care
    • Advocate for people with diabetes (access to medications and supplies, care in institutional settings, policies, etc.)
    • Promote primary and secondary diabetes prevention strategies in at risk individuals and populations
    • Promote evidence-based care and education
    • Recognize the impact of disparities (economic, access, gender, ethnicity, geographic, etc.)
    • Incorporate principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion
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