Developing Interactive Learning for Continuous Glucose Monitoring

Christina Lorenzo, MS1, Christine Young, MA CMI1, Rasa Kazlauskaite, MD MSc FACE2, Donna Hughes, MA1, Leah Lebowicz, MS CMI1

1University of Illinois at Chicago; 2Rush University Medical Center

 

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Abstract

 This research project investigates the development of an interactive visual learning tool for patients utilizing continuous glucose monitoring. A beta product of this interactive learning tool was developed to run real-life scenarios that visualize how meal choices and medication affect glucose trajectories in both healthy patients and patients with Type 2 diabetes. This learning tool is intended to be used by the clinician to engage the patient in an educational discussion about continuous glucose monitoring. The tool may enhance a patient's understanding of graphic glucose trajectories so that they may discover how their body reacts to different lifestyle choices and learn to make better real-time decisions with their own CGM data. The effectiveness of this beta product was evaluated by 17 health professionals.

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References

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