[Contribution of medical technologists in team medical care of diabetics].

For the effective treatment of diabetic mellitus (DM), patients are encouraged to self-manage their disease according to the doctor's instructions and advice from certified diabetes educators (CDE) and other comedical staff. Therefore, the cooperation of medical staff consisting of a doctor, CDE, nurse, pharmacist, dietitian, and medical technologist is important for DM education. Medical technologists licensed for CDE (MT-CDE) have been participating in the DM education team in Kobe University Hospital since 2000.