Course Aims

To provide underpinning knowledge associated with best practice for providing safe and effective care for people with diabetes. To promote the safety and well-being of all patients who have, or who are at risk of having diabetes 

Learning Outcomes

• Explain the physiology of Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes. 
• Identify and explain the signs and symptoms of diabetes. 
• Explain the risk factors for diabetes and discuss diagnosis criteria.   
• Understand the need to manage health and safety risk. 
• Describe how to maintain the health of a person with diabetes. 
• Identify different strategies for treating and managing diabetes. 
• Recognise how to monitor blood sugar levels.  
• Describe different types of insulin and methods for injecting them. 
• Discuss how to identify and manage episodes of hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia. 
• Describe long term conditions associated with diabetes.