Functional insulin therapy courses adapted to the patient's reality
Ruiz, J.; Morel, D.; Andrey, M.; Masciotra, D.
Revue Medicale Suisse 7(298): 1255-6 1258-9
2011
ISSN/ISBN: 1660-9379 PMID: 21751722 Document Number: 651016
Therapeutic education was initially developed in the field of diabetology. In this chronic disease, it is the patient who is the major decision-maker. R. K. Bernstein is probably the first patient to have practised self glucose monitoring. He developed the basal-bolus technique for himself, which prompted the creation of functional insulin therapy courses by European physicians. This experiential approach has been adapted and simplified for patients in order to facilitate their management of uncertainty. The ASKAR method offers a frame of reference for the development of teaching-learning sequences. The acronym ASKAR refers to the five components of a person's experience: Action, Situation, Knowledge, Attitude and Resource. Working on these five components is a way for patients to improve their management of uncertainty.