CDE of the Year 2023

Credentialled Diabetes Educators (CDEs) are Australia’s ‘go to’ qualified healthcare specialists for people living with diabetes. They are healthcare practitioners qualified to provide a personalised approach to diabetes education and care. They work with other healthcare practitioners and provide services to people living with diabetes, empowering and assisting them in dealing with daily self-management. Recognition as a CDE is an assurance that these healthcare practitioners will provide high-quality diabetes education and expert advice to help people living with diabetes do the hard work of staying well every day.

The annual CDE of the Year Awards are designed to recognise and honour the outstanding achievements and contributions of CDEs in providing high-quality diabetes education to empower and support people living with diabetes.

The awards are run by ADEA with financial support from global research-based pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly.

Each state and territory will have a winner and from this group, a national winner will be selected to receive the prestigious Jan Baldwin National CDE of the Year title. State winners will receive a $1000 scholarship. The national Jan Baldwin winner will receive a $5000 scholarship and the opportunity to speak at the 2023 Australasian Diabetes Congress in Adelaide.

Eligibility for nominees

Nominees are the CDEs who are nominated by either their peers or people living with diabetes and carers.

1. A nominee must be currently practising as a CDE in Australia at least from the day of being nominated
2. A nominee must be nominated in the ADEA branch they are a member of:
   • ADEA-ACT
   • ADEA-NSW
   • ADEA-NT
   • ADEA-QLD
   • ADEA-SA
   • ADEA-TAS
   • ADEA-VIC
   • ADEA-WA
3. A nominee can be nominated more than once by different nominators
4. A nominee cannot be a recipient of the ‘Jan Baldwin National CDE of the Year’ award in previous years

Eligibility for nominators

Nominators are those who submit nominations of a CDE for the program.

1. A nominator must submit a nomination for an individual CDE
2. A nominator can submit different nominations for different nominees
3. Two nominations for the same nominee by the same nominator will be counted as one nomination
4. Self-nominations will not be accepted
5. Nominations will be accepted from people living with diabetes/pre-diabetes and their family/friends, GPs, allied health practitioners and other CDEs

Selection criteria

The Panel will give consideration to the following selection criteria when reviewing nominations:

1. Demonstrated excellence in diabetes education
2. Leadership and an inspirational role model for diabetes educators

Please direct all queries to ADEA National Office at inquiries@adea.com.au or (02) 6173 1000

Nominate now

Please take the time to fill out the nomination form to the best of your ability and remember to include all relevant information. We look forward to reviewing your nominations.

CDE of the Year Awards 2022

Click here to learn more about last year’s winners.