About Diabetes Education

Recognizing that diabetes is an on-going but manageable disease, our Diabetes Education Center was one of the first nationally certified diabetes education programs in Texas and today provides a variety of programs and services for Scott & White's diabetes patients and their families.

The center is located in the Center for Diagnostic Medicine Building at the corner of 31st Street and Avenue R.

To make an appointment for one of our diabetes self-management classes or for information about our diabetes support group, please call one of center's certified diabetes educators:

• Barbara Buckles, R.N., CDE 254-215-0369
• Lynn McLellan, R.D., CDE 254-215-0310

For our patients with type 2 diabetes and their families, our classes are:

• four days a week
• an option of morning, afternoon or evening times
• a total of four classes over a six month period

In addition, a diabetes support group meets in the same location on the last Monday of each month at 5:30 p.m.

Session	Description
Class 1 (three hours)	Topics include symptoms, diagnosis and treatment, blood glucose monitoring and why it is important, meal planning and physical activity, and carbohydrate counting.
Class 2 (two hours, two weeks after Class 1)	Topics include evaluating self-test results and skills, meter use and maintenance, monitoring glucose levels, strategies for food selection and portion control when eating away from home.
Class 3 (two hours, three months after Class 2)	Topics include foot care skills, heart healthy food choices, how diabetes and therapy change over time, and glucose monitoring records.
Class 4 (two hours, three months after Class 3)	Topics include problem solving skills, stress and how it affects blood glucose control, diabetes and depression and specific needs identified by class patients.

Back to Top