Advanced Diploma in Diabetes Awareness - Level 3

Overview

Diabetes is a disease that affects more than 400 millions of people worldwide. The global prevalence of diabetes has risen from 4.7% in 1980 to 8.5% in 2014, making it a rapidly increasing disease mainly in the low and middle income countries. Inadequate treatment for diabetes might lead to blindness, kidney failures, heart attacks, strokes and lower limb amputation. Therefore, it is important for everyone, especially healthcare professionals, to be aware on diabetes to act accordingly.

This course is the perfect guide that will enlighten healthcare professionals on their role in diabetes awareness and on how to provide assistance to diabetic patients. Diabetes exist in various stages, and all these stages have different symptoms and different treatment methods. This course curriculum will also cover these stages of diabetes and the complications it has on a person’s body to further solidify your knowledge on the area.

This course will teach you on how to treat diabetes based on the stage, person’s health, age and other factors, along with guidance on how to monitor the disease and provide support whenever necessary. The common medications used in diabetes will also be duly discussed through this course, along with tip and tricks that could help avoid or contain diabetes. By the successful completion of this course, you will have all the knowledge and skills needed to start a career in a related field.

The Quality Licence Scheme, endorses high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This means that Global Edulink* has undergone an external quality check to ensure that the organisation and the courses it offers, meet defined quality criteria. The completion of this course alone does not lead to a regulated qualification but may be used as evidence of knowledge and skills gained. The Learner Unit Summary may be used as evidence towards Recognition of Prior Learning if you wish to progress your studies in this subject. To this end the learning outcomes of the course have been benchmarked at Level 3 against level descriptors published by Quality Licence Scheme, to indicate the depth of study and level of demand/complexity involved in successful completion by the learner.

The course itself has been designed by Global Edulink* to meet specific learners’ and/or employers’ requirements which cannot be satisfied through current qualifications. Quality Licence Scheme endorsement involves robust and rigorous quality audits by external auditors to ensure quality is continually met. A review of courses is carried out as part of the endorsement process.

This course has been endorsed by the Quality Licence Scheme for its high-quality, non-regulated provision and training programmes. This course is not regulated by Ofqual and is not an accredited qualification. We will be able to advise you on any further recognition, for example progression routes into further and/or higher education. For further information please visit the Learner FAQs on the Quality Licence Scheme website.

*1Training is an approved reselling partner for Quality Licence Scheme courses under Global Edulink

Please Note: This Course is Based on USA Standards

Why study at 1Training?

1Training offers the most convenient path to gain skills and training that will give you the opportunity to put into practice your knowledge and expertise in an IT or corporate environment. You can study at your own pace at 1Training and you will be provided with all the necessary material which includes Free CV writing pack to make your learning experience enriching and rewarding.

What Will I Learn?

• Gain a clear understanding of the job role as a healthcare professional and how you can provide assistance to diabetic patients.
• Qualify in Diabetic Awareness so that you can work various roles in well-paid positions and have room for career progression.
• Understand the types of diabetes and the complications it can have on a person’s physical body.
• Learn about the types of treatment.
• Understand how diabetes can have an impact on a person’s overall wellbeing.
• Learn how to monitor the disease and provide support to people with this condition.

Access Duration

The course will be directly delivered to you, and you have 12 months access to the online learning platform from the date you joined the course.  The course is self-paced and you can complete it in stages, revisiting the lectures at any time.