• Britt A Marshall, Ina C Flores Shih, Martina Abuphilipous, Catherine Park, Pamela Vohra-Khullar, and Saria Hassan.
• Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA. Britt.Marshall@emory.edu.
• J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Aug 5.

BackgroundThe use of technology in diabetes mellitus (DM) management has been growing. The indications and coverage for continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) have increased. Primary care (PC) clinics, including resident continuity clinics, are the frontline for DM management; however, they struggle to adopt CGM.AimTo implement a CGM curriculum to resident physicians to improve knowledge and confidence.SettingAn internal medicine (IM) resident PC clinic in an urban academic medical institution.ParticipantsTwenty-four IM residents.DescriptionWe designed a curriculum that included a lecture about CGM indications, interpretation, ordering, and insurance consideration; and a voluntary, experiential learning module in which the residents wore a CGM.EvaluationWe conducted a retrospective pre-post survey with a 4-point Likert scale. Average self-reported scores in knowledge increased for CGM (1) indications from 1.85 to 3.45, (2) ordering from 1.35 to 3.05, (3) functioning from 2.20 to 3.50, and (4) data interpretation from 1.85 to 3.25 (all p < 0.0001). Confidence for "describing CGM monitoring" and "fielding questions about CGM" increased from 2.25 to 3.65 (p < 0.0001) and 1.90 to 3.30 (p < 0.0001).DiscussionGiven the demand for DM management in the PC setting, this targeted CGM curriculum has promise to help residents adopt CGM into their practice.© 2024. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Society of General Internal Medicine.

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