• Continuing professional development (CPD)

Diabetes: Improving Health Outcomes

CPD Level 6
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Overview

Overview

The UK is seeing an explosion of diabetes, linked to growing obesity rates.

This credit-bearing course, which is taught at our Reading and West London campuses, aims to enable healthcare professionals to gain knowledge and skills in:

  • Prevention, early detection and screening in diabetes
  • Clinical presentation and management in diabetes (including diabetic ketoacidosis)
  • Self-management in diabetes
  • Insulin management
  • Diabetes and obesity
  • Importance of interprofessional working to enhance health outcomes and patient experience.

Course requirements: Evidence of study at Level 5 (Diploma Level).

Cost and funding: This cost covers the full course fee.

  • Sept 24 - Aug 25 fees: £900
  • Sept 25 - Aug 26 fees: TBC

Credits: 20

Assessment method: OSCE 40% and Case Presentation 60%

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Locations this course is taught at:
Berkshire Institute for Health
West London Campus
Study dates and times

Study dates and times

This course is taught on day release, select a start date to see the study days:

Study days are from 9am to 4pm.

The course will focus on:

  • Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus and anatomy
  • Physiology and disordered physiology
  • Pharmacology of type 1 and 2 diabetes
  • Investigations (screening tools), diagnosis and management of diabetes
  • Blood glucose monitoring and insulin therapy and management
  • Management of diabetic ketoacidosis
  • NICE guidelines, local guidelines
  • National service frameworks for diabetes and its implementation
  • Complications of diabetes and their prevention, including cardiovascular disease, neuropathy, eye disease, sexual health
  • Wound management and the diabetic foot
  • Psychological and socio-cultural issues in diabetes
  • Health promotion in diabetes including behaviour change and motivational interviewing
  • Self-management and family members/carers support in the delivery of diabetes care
  • Medical nutrition therapy and physical activity
  • Diabetes across the lifespan (children/young people, in pregnancy, elderly)
  • Impact of obesity and strategies to prevent the onset of diabetes
  • Future trends in diabetes management - new and advanced therapies
  • Inter-professional collaboration in diabetes management and the expert patient's perspectives of diabetes
  • New and advanced therapies in diabetes.
Teaching staff

Teaching staff

Muili Lawal

Professor Muili Lawal

Areas of teaching interest:

  • Diabetes care
  • Management of people living with long-term conditions
  • Research methods
  • Public health
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Project supervision

Areas of teaching interest:

  • Diabetes care
  • Management of people living with long-term conditions
  • Research methods
  • Public health
  • Anatomy and physiology
  • Project supervision
Study and career progression

Study and career progression

This can be taken as a standalone module or the credits can be used towards one of the new and exciting courses below:

  • BSc (Hons) Clinical Practice (badged awards available eg Diabetes)
  • PgCert/PgDip/MSc Clinical Practice (first module in pathway can be studied at L6 - maximum of 20 credits) - badged awards available eg Acute Care/Out of Hospital Care.
How to apply

How to apply

We recommend your application is submitted to the University at least two weeks prior to the start of the course.

After your application is accepted and you have been offered a place on the course, you will be sent information about how to enrol. You must complete enrolment before your course starts.

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Contact us

For more information about our CPD courses please get in touch with Dr Claire Anderson, Associate Dean (Berkshire), College of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare:

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