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We would like to welcome you to the circle of diabetes teams treating patients with continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). The SPECTRUM program is a structured, manufacturer-independent training and treatment program. The name SPECTRUM comes from „structured patient education for continuous glucose monitoring“.

Two working groups of the Deutsche Diabetes-Gesellschaft (DDG) (German Diabetes Association) participated in the creation of this program: the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Diabetes & Technologie (AGDT) (Diabetes & Technology Working Group of the German Diabetes Association) and the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pädiatrische Diabetologie (AGPD) (Pediatric Diabetology Working Group of the German Diabetes Association). More than two dozen diabetologists, diabetes advisors, scientists and psychologists from the fields of adult and pediatric diabetology kindly contributed their knowledge, varied experience and Practical tips.

Upon completing SPECTRUM, patients with diabetes have the knowledge to safely and successfully use a CGM system. Contrary to a product training, SPECTRUM places the focus not on the device characteristics but rather on the therapeutic use of the measurement results and the practical use of the systems in daily life. Patients learn how to understand the information given by the CGM device, how to properly use the alarm functions and how to draw the correct therapeutic conclusions.

The SPECTRUM program offers you a training and treatment program which fulfills the needs of different target groups:

 There is a SPECTRUM version for adults, one for children and their parents, as well as a version for teenagers with diabetes. The content of the training as well as the language and approach used are tailored to these target groups.

 SPECTRUM can be used independently of the type of insulin therapy. Patients on injection therapy (MDI) or an insulin pump therapy (CSII) can use the same set of slides and can be trained in the same group.

 SPECTRUM also takes into account that the glucose units mg/dl and mmol/l are both used in several countries. The sets of slides are available in both units of measure.

SPECTRUM thereby fulfills the quality requirements as specified in the National Medical Guideline „Diabetes – strukturierte Schulungsprogramme“ (Diabetes – structured training programs) as well as the standards defined by the International Diabetes Federation.

Many colleagues have worked on the program thus far but there are bound to be other good ideas – we look forward to your suggestions and feedback.

The authors wish you fun and success with SPECTRUM!

Yours sincerely

Bernhard Gehr,

Head of the adult version (AGDT)

Martin Holder,

Head of the pediatric versions (AGPD)

... on behalf of the author team: Eberhard Biermann, Sabine Carstensen, Dorothee Deiss, Guido Freckmann, Bernhard Gehr, Bettina Heidtmann, Lutz Heinemann, Martin Holder, Elke Kerth, Ralf Kolassa, Bernd Kulzer, Karin Lange, Andreas Liebl, Rosi Lohr, Carmen Ludwig-Seibold, Berthold Maier, Kerstin Remus, Claudia Sahm, Marcella Schulz-Braun, Sandra Schlüter, Thorsten Siegmund, Ulrike Thurm, Simone von Sengbusch, Tanja Wadien, Marita Wernsing, Ralph Ziegler.