I'm also a graduate of BERTIE, which I attended in 2010. Having not been 'trained' in diabetes since diagnosis in 1985, I found the course extremely useful and I have found my HbA1c has improved considerably since, although I still have spells when my control waivers a touch (but that's very much my fault).
The whole concept of ratios and adjusting doses was new to me - I'd effectively guesstimated these for myself previously, with predictably variable consequences! The BERTIE course put some science behind it all and has informed my diabetic control for the better.
I have been on varying doses of steroids for the past few years for another medical condition, and that of course makes for some challenges to my ratio calculations, and reintroduces an element of guessing but things generally settle down after each change in dosage.
I would definitely recommend these courses, the only issue being that I do recall some people on my cohort having immense difficulty with the maths involved!
The whole concept of ratios and adjusting doses was new to me - I'd effectively guesstimated these for myself previously, with predictably variable consequences! The BERTIE course put some science behind it all and has informed my diabetic control for the better.
I have been on varying doses of steroids for the past few years for another medical condition, and that of course makes for some challenges to my ratio calculations, and reintroduces an element of guessing but things generally settle down after each change in dosage.
I would definitely recommend these courses, the only issue being that I do recall some people on my cohort having immense difficulty with the maths involved!