The Business Side of Diabetes

The Business of Managing Diabetes

Lesson 1

What Is Diabetes?

Performance Objectives: The student will

* Describe the symptoms of diabetes

* Understand the terms that are used regarding diabetes

* Research, compose and orally present information using the appropriate technology

* Define diabetes and the various types

* Treat someone experiencing hypo or hyperglycemia

Instructional Goals:

1.B.4c Read age-appropriate material with fluency and accuracy.

1.C.4a Use questions and predictions to guide reading.

1.C.4b Explain and justify an interpretation of a text.

4.A.4a Apply listening skills as individuals and members of a group in a variety of settings (e.g., lectures, discussions, conversa¬tions, team projects, presentations, interviews).

4.A.4b Apply listening skills in practical settings (e.g., classroom note taking, inter¬personal conflict situations, giving and receiving directions, evaluating persuasive messages).

4.A.4c Follow complex oral instructions.

4.A.4d Demonstrate understanding of the relationship of verbal and nonverbal messages within a context (e.g., contradictory, supportive, repetitive, substitutive).

5.A.4a Demonstrate knowledge of strategies needed to prepare a credible research report (e.g., notes, planning sheets).

5.A.4b Design and present a project (e.g., research report, scientific study, career/higher education opportunities) using various formats from multiple sources.

22.A.4a Compare and contrast communicable, chronic and degenerative illnesses (e.g., influenza, cancer, arthritis).

22.A.4b Analyze possible outcomes of effective health promotion and illness prevention (e.g., reduction in stress, improved fitness, lessened likelihood of injury and illness).

24.B.4 Explain how decision-making affects the achievement of individual health goals

Assessment Activities

Students will be quizzed on the terms that are introduced. They will give a power point presentation showing the financial

Introductory Activities

The instructor will introduce the lesson by asking questions to determine what the students know. This normally peaks the interest of the students.

The instructor will then start the lecture on "The Business of Managing Diabetes". This is the first of a two lessons about the effect that diabetes has on businesses' bottom line. Although this is a lesson about what this disease costs are to the business community, you cannot fully comprehend the scope of it until you know what the disease is and the affect that it has on the human body. This first lesson defines diabetes and explains exactly what it is. The second lesson will cover the costs to business; the necessities of prevention and the financial savings that are derived from it, and how to help employees that have diabetes manage their health.

There will be a PowerPoint presentation that will outline the causes and treatments of diabetes. The instructor will also