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Lake Regional's Randle achieves Certified Diabetes Educator status
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OSAGE BEACH, Mo. -- Tara Randle, coordinator of the Diabetes Self-Management Program at Lake Regional Health System, recently achieved Certified Diabetes Educator status by successfully completing the Certification Examination for Diabetes Educators.
To qualify for the exam, candidates must accumulate 1,000 diabetes patient education hours and work as a diabetes educator for at least two years. Achieving certification status demonstrates to people with diabetes and employers that the health care professional possesses distinct and specialized knowledge, thereby promoting quality of care for people with diabetes. Currently, almost 16,000 diabetes educators are certified by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
Randle has a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg and a master’s degree in food and nutrition from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She joined Lake Regional as the Diabetes Self-Management Program coordinator in November 2005. Previously, she was a clinical dietitian at a continuing care retirement facility in Wichita, Kan.
The NCBDE was established in 1986 to develop and administer a certification program for health care professionals who teach individuals with diabetes how to manage their disease.
The medical staff at Lake Regional Health System includes nearly 90 physicians who care for lake-area residents and visitors in the hospital and its six clinics and 14 specialty clinics. Lake Regional Health System also operates rehab therapy clinics, retail pharmacies and home health services throughout the lake area.
Subscribe To Lake AlertsTo qualify for the exam, candidates must accumulate 1,000 diabetes patient education hours and work as a diabetes educator for at least two years. Achieving certification status demonstrates to people with diabetes and employers that the health care professional possesses distinct and specialized knowledge, thereby promoting quality of care for people with diabetes. Currently, almost 16,000 diabetes educators are certified by the National Certification Board for Diabetes Educators.
Randle has a bachelor’s degree in dietetics from the University of Central Missouri in Warrensburg and a master’s degree in food and nutrition from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. She joined Lake Regional as the Diabetes Self-Management Program coordinator in November 2005. Previously, she was a clinical dietitian at a continuing care retirement facility in Wichita, Kan.
The NCBDE was established in 1986 to develop and administer a certification program for health care professionals who teach individuals with diabetes how to manage their disease.
The medical staff at Lake Regional Health System includes nearly 90 physicians who care for lake-area residents and visitors in the hospital and its six clinics and 14 specialty clinics. Lake Regional Health System also operates rehab therapy clinics, retail pharmacies and home health services throughout the lake area.
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