Diabetes Awareness e-Learning
Diabetes is a serious lifelong health condition that occurs when the amount of glucose, or sugar, in the blood is too high. If left untreated, high blood glucose levels can cause serious health complications.
Diabetes can develop in anyone at any point in their life although there are certain groups and age ranges where it is more common. There are a range of symptoms that could indicate that someone had Diabetes, these range from excessive thirst to feeling more tired than usual. It is believed that up to 26% of residential and nursing home residents have Diabetes so being able to recognise the symptoms and knowing how you can help them to manage the condition is essential.
This course is aimed at people working in the health and social care sector and will provide an overview of the condition, the common symptoms that might indicate someone has diabetes, methods of diagnosis, some possible treatments and common complications that can affect those with the condition.
Who should complete this course
- Carers
- Childcare Professionals
- Those who work with diabetics
- Family of those with diabetes
Course syllabus
- Diabetes – What it is and its Prevalence
- Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment
- Complications
Course duration
- With this on-line course you can stop and restart your learning to suit your time constraints
- 45 minutes (Note: This is based on the amount of video content shown and is rounded off. It does not account in any way for loading time or thinking time on the questions)
- Please note you will need a 3Mb+ internet enabled device (e.g. computer, laptop, tablet or smart-phone) to study this course, which is Windows7 or MAC OSX10.8+ with Flash Player 10+
Course costs
- £18+VAT per licence
- Click here to purchase and access your course
Assessment
- The course consists of three modules with questions at the end
- You are given the chance to review all your answers at the end of each module before final submission and you will be given 3 attempts at each module to achieve a pass
- On successful completion of the course, you will be able to download your certificate to print immediately
- This course is approved by CPD
(Our CPD approved courses are owned by VideoTile Learning Ltd and are distributed under licence) - This course is 2 CPD units
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