Certification
Diabetes educators are educated and licensed healthcare professionals including registered nurses, registered dietitians, pharmacists, or work in any one of a number of specialty areas. Additionally, they have the opportunity to earn two different credentials.
Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE)
The CDE credential demonstrates that the certified health care professional possesses distinct
and specialized knowledge in diabetes self-management education.
This credential is administered by the National Certification Board For Diabetes
Educators.
Board Certified in Advanced Diabetes Management (BC-ADM)
The BC-ADM credential demonstrates that the healthcare professional is able to perform a
complete and/or focused assessment, recognize and prioritize complex data in order to identify
needs of patients with diabetes across the life span and provide therapeutic problem solving,
counseling and self-management training.
This credential is jointly sponsored by AADE and the American Nurses Credentialing
Center.