Diabetes Management

This module represents a short course for health care practitioners to study the care of patients with diabetes. The module is offered at Level 6 and gives you the opportunity to build upon existing knowledge and study the nature of diabetes mellitus in greater depth, including its impact on the patient and family. You'll then be able to realistically appraise the knowledge with respect to its value in practice. Level 7 module is also available.

The course will cover areas such as:

• epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and anatomy
• physiology and disordered physiology
• pharmacology of type 1 and 2 diabetes
• investigations, diagnosis and management of diabetes
• blood glucose monitoring and insulin therapy
• NICE guidelines
• local guidelines
• national service frameworks for diabetes and its implementation
• complications of diabetes and their prevention
• wound management and the diabetic foot
• psychological and socio-cultural issues in diabetes
• health promotion in diabetes
• medical nutrition therapy
• inter-professional collaboration in diabetes management and the expert patient's perspectives of diabetes
• diabetes across the life span
• diabetes in children adolescents and the elderly
  diabetes in pregnancy and future trends in diabetes management.

How will I be taught and assessed?

A range of teaching and learning methods will be employed to take account of the different styles of learning represented within the student group and to address both the theoretical and practical components of the course. You will be encouraged to use the virtual learning environment (BlackBoard) to aid further discussion and sharing of ideas during the inter-block period and group support.

Assessment will be based on a case study from their area of practice, which critically analyses the epidemiology, aetiology, pathology and management of an individual with diabetes.