About This Course
This is a part-time, level 7 short course delivered on our Bangor campus.
Who is this course for?
This short course is suitable for any registrant HCPC, GPhC & NMC including midwifes or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPH).
Why study this course?
By the end of this short course, learners will be able to:
- Analyse and review the main types of diabetes; their treatment and management, referring to national & international guidelines.
- Critically appraise the evidence to support the strategies available to promote behavioural change, health promotion and self-care.
- Demonstrate an ability to synthesize and evaluate the evidence base to make sound judgements regarding treatment and patient management options.
- Critically examine and evaluate the role of the multidisciplinary team when managing diabetic patients.
How long does this course take to complete?
This short course runs over 11 weeks, usually during semester 2 of the academic year.
The course dates for the 23/24 academic year are as follows:
7 study days, on the following dates, on our Bangor campus:
- 11 April
- 18 April
- 2 May
- 16 May
- 23 May
- 6 June
- 20 June
Assessments on this short course will include:
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Recorded presentation (15 minutes) relating to an aspect of diabetic care/management e.g. a pharmacological treatment, diet or utilising motivational interviewing etc.
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Assignment (3,000 words) investigating a problem or issue within the diabetes specialty that has been identified through audit or through personal reflection and that is relevant to their area of practice.
Tutor
Heather Bloodworth, Lecturer in Healthcare, School of Health Sciences
Heather has extensive knowledge and experience relating to advanced practice, endocrinology, emergency care and general practice nursing.
Course Content
What will you study on this course?
This module has been designed to cover all aspects of diabetes management and is essential in ensuring that those healthcare professionals working in the field of diabetes are fully conversant with the wealth of contemporary theoretical and practical knowledge relating to the management of the condition and its complications.
What will you study on this course?
Module Content will include but is not limited to:
- Pre diabetes and diabetes prevention
- Role of structured education
- Oral medication
- Injectable therapy- Insulin and GLP1
- Insulin Pump therapy
- Blood glucose monitoring
- Nutrition and diabetes
- Acute emergencies
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Complication and their prevention such as:
Cardiovascular disease & lipid disorders
Foot care
Neuropathy
Nephropathy
Retinopathy
Self Care
Course Cost
- Enquiries regarding Betsi Cadwaladr University Health Board (BCUHB) funding should be directed to bcu.nurseeducation@wales.nhs.uk.
- Funding opportunities may be available for those working locally (i.e. in the north Wales and Powys areas), please contact the relevant module co-ordinator for details.
- All other application and funding related enquiries should be directed to the module co-ordinator .
Please see our Postgraduate Fees and Finance page for further information.
Entry Requirements
Applicants will require an undergraduate degree at 2:2 or higher, and must fulfil the following criteria to be considered eligible for this course:
- Any registrant HCPC, GPhC & NMC including midwifes or Specialist Community Public Health Nurses (SCPH).
If you do not meet the academic requirements detailed above but have at least 3 years relevant work experience and have evidence of recent study or professional development (to demonstrate an ability to study at level 7) we may consider your application.
Please contact the course lead to discuss further.
Application
How to Apply
Please make sure you read and follow the step-by-step application guide as this will specify which sections of the application form are compulsory for the type of course you want to apply for and save you time.
Please prepare the following information (in a Word document):
- Current employment details;
- Years of experience, and employment history (where relevant)
- Name of staff member and organisation that have approved your funding for this module.
This will speed up the process of completing the application form.
To apply for this course, you need to create an account in our APPLICANT PORTAL
You will need access to the email address you specify while creating your account to confirm it.
Step 2 - Application Tabs (Personal, Info, Contact)
After creating an account, you will see a homepage with several tabs:
- Personal
- Programme
- Info
- Contact
- Education
- Employment
- Language
- Finance
You need to complete all sections before submitting your application.
When a section is complete, a ‘tick’ symbol will appear below it.
- Click on ‘Non-graduating applications / Stand alone Modules’, then select ‘Non-graduating Postgraduate Taught’.
- In the next section, select Non-Graduating Taught Modules in Health(NGGT/HEALTH) Click Save and Continue.
- On the next page, the default for the first question is Full Time. You need to change this to ‘Part time’:
- You now need to input the module code. Diabetes Nursing: the code is NHS:4247. This section must be completed for your application to be processed.
- You also need to state the start date. Please make your selection, then click ‘Save and Continue’.
- IMPORTANT: You do not need to write a personal statement to apply for this course. Instead, please upload the document including employment, experience and education information that you have created prior to starting the application that contains the name of your current employer, the number of years of experience you have, and your highest qualification to date. Click Save and continue.
You only need to enter the details of your highest qualification to date, e.g. if you have a postgraduate qualification, please only only include this.
You will be asked for evidence of the qualification. Please either upload a copy of your qualification if it's easily accessible, or upload the Word document again (that you prepared earlier).
Please scroll to the bottom of the page and click on ‘I have no employment history’ (as you have already provided this in your Word document).
If you are HEIW / Health Board funded, please answer the questions as follows:
- How will you finance your studies? Sponsored
- Exact name of funding authority: Health Board
- Country: United Kingdom
- Give details of the amount of the award? Fully funded.
- Sponsorship will cover: Tuition Fees
- Have you been awarded this funding? Please select ‘yes’ * Note that you will be required to upload evidence of the funding. If you wish to confirm ‘yes’ to this question, but do not have any written confirmation to upload, you can upload your Word document here again.
If you are self-funding, please provide all details as appropriate.