Jim Martinez

Dynamic medical assistant with extensive experience in diabetes care and patient education. Proven success in leading diabetes support groups and training sessions on continuous glucose monitoring, enhancing patient engagement and health outcomes. Committed to fostering community health through targeted initiatives and quality improvement projects.

• Changed clinic culture to having more emphasis on chronic disease management and preventative health
• Developed and maintained increasingly successful and expanding diabetes program with services in both English and Spanish
• Diabetes Self-Management one on one sessions. Motivating patients in the art of self-management using motivational interviewing techniques
• Recruit, train, and facilitate staff and volunteers to perform the sessions
• Diabetes Education Class with rotating topics pertaining to various methodologies of diabetes control
• 8 years of providing quality diabetes education in a group setting
• Telepharmacy program allowing patients to speak to real-time pharmacists at UCSF for medication education and adherence
• Walking group championed by rotating volunteers promoting physical activity for diabetic, HTN, obese, and pre-diabetic patients
• 2012 award recipient from Diabetes Hands Foundation (big blue test)
• RN led Insulin titration workshops with UCSF volunteer RN focusing on titrating insulin to improve patient’s diabetes control
• Eyevan/Eyepacs routine retinal screening services for patients
• Healthy Living Class created to promote healthier living among patients with glucose intolerance, hyperlipidemia, and obesity
• Healthy Cooking class designed to educate patients on healthier cooking methods
• Successfully met quarterly quality improvement measures enabling clinic to receive grant money from the Strength in Numbers initiative
• Championed Volunteer Coordinator position to enhance support around chronic care
• Established patient panels with providers and diabetes educators for better management of high-risk patients

• 2004-Present: Project Homeless Connect SF-Diabetes screening and blood pressure checks as well as promotion of primary care for homeless clients.
• 08/97-present: Active member, Co-chair, MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan), University of California, Berkeley- Implement recruitment/outreach programs to high school youth.
• 01/98-06/99: Tutor, Teacher’s Assistant, MESA (Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement) Oakland, CA- Conduct a 2 hour long tutoring session with 18 inner city junior high students, Motivate and increase interest in the subjects of science and math to students. Assist teacher in the formation of her curriculum.

• 07/11, Care Management Plus Training Course, Oregon Health & Science University
• 05/10, Treating Patients with C.A.R.E. Module I, Institute for Healthcare Communication
• 03/10, 36th Annual UC Davis Diabetes Symposium, UC Davis Health System
• 08/10, More Hot Topics in Nutrition, San Francisco Department of Public Health
• 03/07, Diabetes Educator Course, Diabetes Educational Services
• 09/06, Motivating Change in Groups, Kaiser Permanente
• 03/06, Motivating Change 2, Kaiser Permanente
• 11/05, Diabetes Care Management, Module 2, Kaiser Permanente
• 07/05, Brief Negotiation, Kaiser Permanente

• Organic Chemistry (w/lab)
• Human Paleontology
• Structure/Biomechanics
• Human Food Practices
• Human Anatomy (w/lab)
• Chicanos in Health
• Ethics in Health
• Physiology
• General Biology (w/lab)
• Alternative Medicine
• Human Genetics
• Nutrition