Tools and Resources
Diabetic Foot Ulcers
- Prevention and Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Synopsis of the Evidence — A summary of the evidence (based on a number of ours reviews) on various approaches to preventing and treating diabetic foot ulcers.
- Screening and Risk Stratification for the Prevention of Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Summary of Evidence-Based Guidelines — A summary of recommendations from Canadian and international guideline groups on screening and risk stratification for diabetic foot ulcers.
- Treatments for Diabetic Foot Ulcers: A Summary of Evidence-Based Guidelines — A summary of recommendations from Canadian and international guideline groups on various treatments for diabetic foot ulcers.
Insulin Therapy
- Guide to Starting and Adjusting Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes — a fold-out information card providing health care professionals with guidance on how and when to start insulin.
Monitoring of Blood Glucose
- Stop Hypoglycemia —a pamphlet for people with type 2 diabetes that helps them recognize the signs of low blood sugar and provides information on treatment and prevention
- Quick Reference Prescribing Aid — contains key messages and cost information about self-monitoring of blood glucose.
- Type 2 Diabetes and Blood Sugar Testing in Residential Care: New Information for Family Members and Caregivers — A Guide for You — a readable, educational tool outlining key messages from our work on SMBG and tailored to the needs of family members and caregivers of those living in residential care.
- Knowledge Exchange Casebook: Café Scientifique Events on SMBG — the methodology and impact of a series of Café Scientifique events across Canada to exchange the knowledge generated by our study into self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) by people with type 2 diabetes not using insulin.
- Type 2 Diabetes and Monitoring Your Blood Sugar: Research and Recommendations — A Guide for You — an easy-to-read pamphlet for people with type 2 diabetes who are not using insulin.
- Alternate Prescription Pad — provides recommendations for patients with type 2 diabetes not using insulin, guidance on self-testing, and lifestyle tips for managing diabetes.
- Blood Glucose Testing in Type 2 Diabetes — an infographic showing key data and ideas.
- Optimal Therapy Newsletter — summary of key clinical messages on the prescribing and use of blood glucose test strips for self-monitoring of blood glucose, designed to support decision making by health care professionals.
- Self-Management Action Plan — a tool that supports diabetes self-management education, which a clinician and patient can use to identify, achieve, and maintain self-management goals.
Second- and Third-Line Therapy
- Second-Line Therapy for Type 2 Diabetes: In Brief
- Key Messages Snapshot
- How Much Does Diabetes Drug Therapy Cost?