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Diabetes Awareness

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A highly interactive and informative course aimed to give the delegates a good range of knowledge and skills to effectively support people living with diabetes.

Who should complete the course?

Anyone who encounters diabetes in the workplace or the community, for example health and social care workers, schools or businesses.

Aims

To increase awareness about good diabetes care.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, delegates will have the skills to:

Explain the basic principles of managing the care of a person with diabetes
Describe type 1 and type 2 diabetes
Recognise the difference between hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia
Demonstrate confidence in dealing with a range of different scenarios which a person with diabetes may present with
Consider some of the complexities relating to lifestyle that a person with diabetes faces each day

Course Content

What is diabetes?
Type 1 diabetes
Type 2 diabetes
Complications of diabetes
Responding to a ‘hypo’ or a ‘hyper’

Duration

1 day

Assessment

Observation, participation and quizzes.

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