Hello everyone, the new packages for 2024 will be ready soon but I want to discuss two items

1) I have been getting a lot of emails on when the 2023 guidelines will be out. To give some history, since the 1993 edition of the Diabetes Canada guidelines, there has been a 5 year cycle where an updated version is published in the spring so 1998, 2003, 2008, 2013, 2018. 2023 should have been the next update. However at the last Diabetes Canada conference that I attended, they discussed they were moving away from that cycle. The reasons for the change is that some chapters required quicker updates and couldn’t wait 5 years (like the pharmacotherapy chapter) while other chapters have had little change and did not require an update every 5 years. There have been several chapter updates (like the pharmacotherapy and mental health chapter) and position statements (like the one on remission or cannabis) so I don’t think there will be a brand new 2023 guideline. So if you are studying for the 2024 exam you should be studying the 2018 guidelines and all the updates.

2) I plan on making some significant changes to the website to improve your experience and pass rate. I will be creating a more comprehensive How To Study section. I plan on finishing these changes at the end of February or March 2024. Also I will be adding in new questions from all the mental health chapter update and the new position statement on insulin pumps. I plan on finishing these changes in February or March 2024 so don’t start a new practice exam until after March.

Lastly, 2024 packages should be available next week for purchase.

Thanks
Esmond