Forsyth Medical Center 
Survival Skills Program
| Survival Skills is a three-hour group program designed to provide basic education details on managing diabetes. |
The program includes:
- Basic explanation of diabetes and the types
- Nutrition education and personalized meal plan
- Blood glucose monitoring and review of the American Diabetes Association glucose control guidelines
- Medication information
- Acute and chronic complications (detection, treatment and prevention)
- Exercise
- Foot care
- Sick-day guidelines
- Coping with diabetes
- Goal-setting
A three-month and nine-month follow-up is provided for each participant.
