AOA diabetes resources for members??

AOA offers a wealth of information regarding how doctors of optometry can better care for patients with diabetes, including the supplement Optometrists Form Front Line in Battling Diabetes and the Evidence-Based Optometry (EBO) Committee's guideline, Eye Care of the Patient with Diabetes Mellitus. 

Also, just released is the Quick Reference Guide (QRG), a summary version of AOA's EBO clinical practice guideline on diabetes in a condensed, nine-page format. 

The QRG includes:

•    Discussion of diabetic retinal disease;
•    Non-retinal ocular complications;
•    Diagnosis of ocular complications from diabetes;
•    Suggestions on an ocular examination schedule;
•    Proper treatment and management of the disease;
•    Management of systemic complications and comorbidities of diabetes; and,
•    Management of patients with vision impairment resulting from diabetes.

Read more about the QRG, which augments AOA's other diabetes tools and resources found on Diabetes & Eye Health.

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