This CPD course consists of ten distance learning Units supported by two workshop days held from 9.00 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. in Brookfield U.C.C. on Saturdays. Each Unit will run for one week (except Unit 9 which has three weeks). The Units are as outlined below:

1. Diagnosis of diabetes.
2. Control & monitoring; self-management education.
3. Structured diabetes care.
4. Lifestyle modification.
5. Glucose Lowering Agents.
6. Insulin.
7. Acute emergencies.
8. Preventing cardiovascular disease.
9. Preventing diabetic eye, kidney and foot disease (3 weeks).
10. Diabetes and pregnancy.

 

On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:

• Identify and categorise patients with problems with glycaemic control including diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, impaired fasting glucose and gestational diabetes.
• Devise and implement appropriate management plans for patients with diabetes and related conditions including prescription of appropriate pharmacotherapy for glycaemic control and risk factor management.
• Detect potential and actual complications of diabetes.
• Devise and implement appropriate plans for the reduction of risks of complications and the management of any complications that do occur.
• Facilitate patients in diabetes self-management and life-style modification.
• Quality assure their diabetes care by the construction of a practice diabetes register and the conduct of audit and evaluation.