Cecilia Sauter gives us a brief introduction to her work and an overview of her presentation at the 2012 AADE. She discusses the important of training diabetes educators to listen and how crucial it is to ask the right questions and engage with patients. More videos with Cecilia Sauter: Training …

Cecilia Sauter talks about how she teaches diabetes professionals to work very hard at listening to the patients. She points out that most diabetes professionals are very motivated to help their patients and have many tools which they want to share but they need to remember first to listen to …

Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE, discusses some of the ways she motivates her patients to change their dietary habits. She always starts her conversations by asking them what they are interested in changing. Then she makes suggestions involving taking very small steps and just changing a few things at a …

Cecilia Sauter, MS, RD, CDE, gives us some terrific examples how very small steps that patients can take to improve their physical activity levels. However, she first points out that it is vital to listen to patients to determine if they are willing to increase their activity. If so, she recommends doing …

Cecilia Sauter answers Steve Freed’s case study question regarding approaching patients who have specific ethnic high-carb foods — such as rice — which they are attached to.  She emphasizes that she always presents the patients with various different options including medication and portion control, allowing them to choose their own …

Richard S. Beaser, MD, Edward S. Horton, MD and Catherine A. Mullooly, MS, RCEP, CDE The week’s excerpt answers the following questions: What the four necessary factors are in a fitness program The formula to use to estimate individuals maximum heart rate How to use the Karvonen formula Which is …