Diabetes Care (Level 7)

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This course provides clinicians with critical knowledge and understanding of their role and function in relation to Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes through exploration and evaluation of practice, political and service issues.

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8 Weeks

Course Details

This course provides clinicians with critical knowledge and understanding of their role and function in relation to Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes through exploration and evaluation of practice, political and service issues.
The aims are to enhance competence to care for a person with diabetes at an advanced level.

Course overview

This course examines in-depth knowledge of Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes mellitus [DM].

The aim of the course is to improve patient care, practitioner knowledge and consider service improvement.

Through critical exploration and evaluation of practice, political and service issues, the course aims to enhance confidence and competence to care for a person with DM at an advanced level. This means to be able to evaluate how government standards and service-led innovations are central to advancing health care in DM.

The course is taught jointly at L6 and L7.

The L7 course will have marking criteria reflective of writing at Masters level.

Who is it for?

This course is suitable for registered nurses and allied health professionals who want to increase their knowledge of diabetes care, in both primary and secondary care.

Benefits

This course is worth 15 credits at L7.

This course can be taken as an optional part of a Masters or PG Diploma Programme. To do you would need to discuss this with your Programme Director.

If you would like to complete this course as a CPPD student but would like to complete a Master’s degree at a later date, please note that you will only be able to transfer a maximum of 30- 45 credits which have been awarded within 5 years prior to the start date of the programme, dependent on programme specification.

This short course module is designed to be flexible in allowing you to study and reach your goals at your own pace. Our health CPD courses are credit-bearing modules that contribute to a University degree or award.

What will I learn?

By the end of the course you will be able to:

Knowledge and understanding:

  • Critically appraise and evaluate evidence based knowledge when managing clients with DM

  • Critically review and appraise ethical, theoretical, political, and psycho- social perspectives of DM care

  • Critically justify the clinical management options for a client with DM

  • Implement and critically appraise government guidelines and standards related to DM.

Skills:

  • Critically evaluate the evidence base for practice and formulate strategies for the care and management of clients with DM

  • Critically analyse, review and evaluate contemporary research relating to DM

  • Acts as a catalyst for practice development in the management of DM

  • To develop skills in information retrieval and critical synthesis

  • To demonstrate the skills needed to develop competency in caring for clients with DM

  • Recognise legal/ethical issues and local, national and international strategies that are related to diabetes care

  • Critically appraise through the use of reflective practice how you can develop and enhance your personal and professional practice for clients with DM.

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    Northampton Square, London EC1V 0HB, UK, London

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