title: The experience of teaching in a diabetes program.
abstract: Diabetes care accounts for $132 billion of total health care expenditures, and the prevalence of diabetes is increasing. Preparing and managing diabetes educators are a serious challenge for health care managers. A phenomenological approach was used to explore the teaching experiences of 3 diabetes program staff members. Data were collected through 3 face-to-face interviews and 20 e-mail messages over a 6-week period. The individuals included 2 second year marriage and family therapist doctoral students and 1 certified diabetes educator. Reflexivity, triangulation by peers, and member checks were used to ensure trustworthiness. The 4 themes found in this study were roles, awareness, sense of importance, and challenges and frustrations.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Services and Information Management, College of Allied Health Sciences, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858-4353, USA. barrissus@ecu.edu
authors.forename: Susie T
authors.initials: ST
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: Marie E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Pokorny
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care; D013663:Teaching