981-P: Success of Online CME at Improving Clinical Knowledge, Competence, and Confidence regarding CGM

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Introduction and Objective: We sought to determine if online continuing medical education (CME) could improve the clinical knowledge, competence and confidence of primary care physicians (PCPs) and diabetologists/endocrinologists (D/Es) related to CGM. Methods: Intervention was a 45-min online video expert interview series with downloadable slides. Education effect assessed with matched pre-/post-assessment design. A paired samples t-test was conducted for significance testing and a McNemar test was conducted at the question level (5% significance level, P <.05). Confidence was assessed in a Likert scale question. Data collection was May 15, 2024 to July 18, 2024. Results: 191 PCPs and 34 D/Es were included in the study, of which 41% of PCPs and 53% of D/Es improved their knowledge/competence. On a question-level: 15% of both PCPs and D/Es demonstrated improvements at patient selection for use of CGM (P<.05 for PCPs and P=NS for D/Es). 21% of PCPs and 29% of D/Es demonstrated improvements at overcoming barriers to CGM use in a practical scenario (P<.01 for both PCPs and D/Es). 14% of PCPs and 18% of D/Es demonstrated improvements at identifying benefits of CGM (P<.01 for PCPs and P=NS D/Es). 34% of PCPs and 21% of D/Es had a measurable improvement in confidence in initiating CGM (P<.01 for PCPs and P=NS for D/Es). Continued educational gaps include: 61% of PCPs and 56% of D/Es need education on patient selection for CGM use, 50% of PCPs and 56% of D/Es need additional education on overcoming barriers to CGM, and 35% of PCPs need additional education on benefits of CGM. Conclusion: This study demonstrates the success of online CME consisting of an expert interview series on improving clinical knowledge, competence and confidence of both PCPs and D/Es related to CGM use. Significant continued knowledge and competence gaps were identified in both groups, with the largest gaps in knowledge seen in PCPs and competence in D/Es. Disclosure A. Larkin: None. M. LaCouture: None. A. Le: None. Funding Independent educational grant from Abbott Diabetes Care

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