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.
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Starting date:
- Duration: 8 weeks (non-consecutive)
- Fees: £1,180 (£1,400 for overseas students)
- Course credits: 15
- Occurs: Friday
- Course code: NM3059
- Location: Northampton Square
- Application deadline:
Diabetes Care (Level 6) Course overview
This course examines in-depth knowledge of Type 1, Type 2 and gestational diabetes mellitus [DM].
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 healthcare in DM.
The course is taught jointly at L6 and L7.
The L6 course will have marking criteria reflective of writing at Degree level.
Who is it for?
This course is suitable for registered nurses and allied health professionals wanting to increase their knowledge of diabetes care in both primary and secondary care.
Timetable
Term 1
Oct: Friday 25 October 2024
Nov: Friday 8 and 22 November 2024
Dec: Friday 6 and 13 December 2024
Benefits
The aim of the course is to improve patient care, practitioner knowledge and consider service improvement. Lecturers are expert clinicians in the field of diabetes.
This course is worth 15 credits at L6.
CPD total contact hours 22; self-directed learning 128 hours
What will I learn?
By the end of the course you will be able to:
- Critically examine the epidemiology of diabetes mellitus within the clinical environment, apply it to practice and carry out reflective evaluation
- Critically analyse your own professional accountability in applying skills, knowledge and attitudes in changing practice environments
- Actively incorporate research findings into practice, critically analysing the effectiveness of such research applications
- Critically evaluate and reflect on the management options in diabetes to provide individualised and contemporary, evidence based care
- Critically evaluate how communication influences quality of care in diabetes and relate this to practice
- Explore and critically examine specific clinical skills of diabetes care and apply these in practice
- Explore and critically evaluate support networks and available health promotion to enable the individual and their family and/or partner to adopt a healthy and autonomous life style
- Critically evaluate the audit process making recommendations for practice development
- Contribute to and critically evaluate strategies designed to promote and improve health and prevent disease in clients and groups.
Assessment and certificates
Teaching
Classroom, demonstration and group discussion.
In addition to the tutor this course is also supported by Diabetes specialists in adult, paediatric and maternity care.
Assessments
A formative group presentation to the class on the last day of the course, to demonstrate knowledge of a topic, chosen by your group.
A 3000-word essay to analyse and critically evaluate relevant theoretical and contemporary research-based knowledge around your chosen topic in diabetes.
Certification
Certification and/or transcript can be provided on request from CPD on successful completion of this course.
This course is provided by the School of Health & Psychological Sciences.
Credits
This course is worth 15 credits toward eligible programmes.
Eligibility
Non EEA students can only apply as part of a programme, not as a stand-alone course.
You must be registered in the United Kingdom as a nurse.
English requirements
If your first language is not English, one of the following is required:
- A first degree from a UK university
- A first degree from an overseas institution recognised by City, University of London as providing adequate evidence of proficiency in the English language, for example, from institutions from Australia, Canada or the United States of America.
- International English Language Test Service (IELTS) a score of 7.0 is required with no subtest below 7.0
- Pearson Test of English (Academic) score 72 required
- TOEFL 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 20 in Listening, 19 Reading and 20 Speaking
- Other evidence of proficiency in the English language, which satisfies the board of studies concerned, including registration with your professional regulator.
Recommended reading
- Barnett, A. (2011) New mechanisms in glucose control. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
- Barnett, A. (2012) Type 2 diabetes. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Christie, D. (2012) Psychosocial aspects of diabetes: children, adolescents, and their families. London: Radcliffe.
- Dunning, T. (2005) Nursing care of older people with diabetes. Oxford: Wiley – Blackwell.
- Foster, A.V.M. and Kumar, S. (2010) Diabetic foot care: care studies in clinical management. Oxford: Wiley – Blackwell.
- Holt, T. and Kumar, S. (2010) ABC of diabetes. 6th ed. Oxford: Wiley – Blackwell.
For further reading please see the course reading list on Moodle.