Global Health Initiative: Diabetes Awareness
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DURATION
1 up to 3 Hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time, Part time
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STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
* free course
Introduction
Learn the causes, symptoms, and diagnosis of diabetes as well as the treatment and preventive measures of the disease. This free online Global Health Initiative course teaches you diabetes awareness. Diabetes is a chronic disease that affects the pancreas. It occurs when the pancreas is no longer capable of making insulin or when the body cannot make good use of the insulin it produces. With the Global Health Initiative course series, you will become more aware of common diseases that affect millions of people worldwide. Start learning, today.
This Free Online Course Includes:
- 1.5-3 Hours of Learning
- CPD Accreditation
- Final Assessment
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Curriculum
This course begins by giving you a better understanding of what diabetes is. Diabetes is a broad term given to several types of metabolic diseases that result from a glucose imbalance in the body. With this course, you will learn that diabetes develops if the body cannot produce enough insulin, or if the body has impaired responsiveness or insensitivity to insulin. You will study the three main types of diabetes which are Type 1 Diabetes, Type 2 Diabetes and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.
You will then look into the four tests that are typically used in the diagnosis of diabetes and prediabetes states. These include Fasting Plasma Glucose (FPG), Random Plasma Glucose (RPG), Oral Glucose Tolerance Test(OGTT), and A1C level. You will learn that people with diabetes have an increased risk of developing several serious health problems. This course will also teach you the most consequential risk factors that can increase the incidence of diabetes.
Diabetes is now one of the most common diseases globally. Upon the completion of this course, you will learn the important aspects of diabetes as well as the aim of diabetes treatment which is to keep blood glucose levels as near to normal as possible. You will also gain better insight into how a patient can live with diabetes and how family, friends and colleagues can cope with stand support a sufferer. Sign up for this course today.
- Module 1: Diabetes Awareness
- Module 2: Course Assessment
Program Outcome
What You Will Learn In This Free Course
- Define the three main types of diabetes
- Describe the causes and symptoms of diabetes
- Identify complications and risk factors associated with diabetes
- Describe how diabetes is diagnosed and what tests are used
- Describe how diabetes can be successfully prevented or treated
- Describe how to live successfully with the disease, and how to cope with and support a patient with the disease
Knowledge & Skills You Will Learn
- Health
- Healthcare
- Public Health
- Diabetes
- Non-communicable Diseases