Diabetes Awareness
Any candidates with an interest in finding out more about diabetes mellitus and how to care for a person with diabetes mellitus.
Duration: 3 hours
Course Content
- What is diabetes?
- Types of Diabetes
- Causes & symptoms
- Prevention of type 2
- Treatment of type 2
- Specific care
- Hypoglycaemia
- Hyperglcaemia
- Nutrition and food
- Complications of Diabetes
- Blood Glucose monitoring (optional)
- Practical session on blood glucose monitoring (optional)
- Injection technique (optional)
Learning Outcomes: The booklet provided has a series of quiz like questions to complete throughout the course and then on completion of this course they will have increased awareness on how to care for a person with diabetes.