Diabetes Teaching Center - Adults

Over Thirty Years of Service and Support

If you have diabetes, you know you must act as your own health advocate.  You must take meticulous care in the daily activities that most people take for granted such as meal planning and exercise.  You must learn proper use and administration of medications and blood glucose monitoring equipment.  Most importantly, you must learn to recognize the symptoms of complications of your disease so that they may be prevented or treated in their early stages.

It is for this reason that we at UCSF have traditionally placed great emphasis on the education of individuals with diabetes, in order to assist them in managing the extraordinary change in lifestyle that necessarily accompanies the disease.

Established in 1978, the Diabetes Teaching Center is distinguished among self-management outreach programs in that we place an emphasis on individualized care – teaching patients how to recognize their own individual patterns of response to their diabetes.  Our program enables patients to make more consistent and appropriate adjustments in their therapy and lifestyle.

Specialized classes include:

• Insulin pump workshops
• Oral agent classes – two day
• Insulin workshops – three and one-half days

On its 30th anniversary, our Diabetes Teaching Center blazed a new trail by creating an online diabetes education resource for individuals with diabetes and their family members, Diabetes Education Online.

And, don’t forget to make plans to attend our annual UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center Patient Symposium held in April or May each year.