November Partner Spotlight

Outgoing Executive Committee Chair Reflects on NDEP’s Past Achievements, Future Possibilities As he concludes his term as the National Diabetes Education Program’s (NDEP) Executive Committee Chair, Dr. John Buse says the federal program’s most important recent achievement is one that holds the greatest promise for its future: the NDEP Strategic Plan. The five-year plan kicked off this year and is the result of work that NDEP’s Strategic Planning Task Group began in September 2012. NDEP’s Executive Committee, which Dr. Buse began chairing earlier that same year, challenged the task group to identify clear areas of focus for the next five years in areas where NDEP’s strengths could help make a significant difference in diabetes outcomes. The Strategic Plan is most notable for shifting the NDEP’s primary focus from delivering health messages directly to the general public to improving the NDEP’s engagement with partner organizations representing health care professionals, including community health workers and community-based organizations. And Dr. Buse—who earned both his M.D. and Ph.D. at Duke University—says that shift has “turned the NDEP on its head.” Even so, he says the ambitious plan is “doable.” As he explains, NDEP’s budget and personnel are considerably smaller than the budgets and resources of the nation’s pharmaceutical c...
Source: National Diabetes Education Program - Category: Endocrinology Source Type: news