What future for therapeutic education (TE)?
The exponential increase in cases of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), particularly in developing countries, is combined with the progressive failure of healthcare facilities to provide adequate assistance. The role of Therapeutic Education (TE) in the treatment of T2DM has long been certified. However, despite efforts to implement educational interventions, these have proved to be largely insufficient in meeting current needs. Diabetology – like modern medicine – has therefore been looking into digitization as a possible solution. The increasingly widespread diffusion of the Network and the means for accessing it have in fact triggered a full-fledged race to computerization, a growth that is not always consistent. TE could not get away from these new circumstances. The digital world offers opportunities for reviewing and updating TE without denying or replacing its recent and prestigious past. This new way of doing TE, however, requires attention and new skills to be acquired and tested extensively. KEY WORDS therapeutic education; health literacy; digital therapeutic education; video; social media.