Diabetes Awareness Training Course
Supporting people living with diabetes
Course overview
Practical training and measures for working with diabetes
Diabetes Awareness Training provides an all-inclusive understanding of the everyday experiences of people who live with diabetes.
The comprehensive overview of diabetes is suitable for most healthcare professionals with practical and engaging content designed to embed all complexities of the condition.
Course content
The course highlights the different types of diabetes, its causes and impacts, and how medication and lifestyle changes can affect the way people live with the condition.
- What is diabetes?
- Complications
- Types of diabetes
- Weight management
- Food and diabetes
- Medication and treatment
- Monitoring glucose levels
- Impact of diabetes
Interactive, fun and informative demonstrations highlight how appropriate care can improve the ways of living with diabetes and how healthcare professionals can effectively and confidently manage any complications.
Training is designed to be engaging and participants are encouraged to work in collaboration to broaden everyone’s knowledge and have a safe environment to ask questions and share experiences.
Two additional Diabetes Awareness courses can be taken, see links below.
Diabetes Awareness with Blood Glucose Monitoring Competency
Diabetes Awareness with Insulin Administration
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Who is this course designed for?
The Diabetes Awareness course is ideal for all personnel working in a role who may come into contact with patients or clients with diabetes. The course content can be tailored and presented to organisations which have specific needs.
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Course reviews
The course was delivered at a level that the target audience could understand and was informative and well presented.
Great course, a good balance of practical, visual and information. Very helpful and would recommend.
Very informative, all questions answered. A complete health condition explained in easy to understand delivery.
A very informative day, as from previous experience TeeJay’s sparkle and passion shone through! The course is very useful in explaining diabetes, how lifestyle impacts so much on our health and to refresh knowledge and see how much technology has changed. TeeJay’s presentation style ius always a delight to be a part of – Thank you!
Well worth attending if you work with the elderly or those who have diabetes, it was very helpful and delivered in a manner that was easy to understand.
Course duration
The Diabetes Awareness Training course is a half day course. Please allow for a duration of 3 hours which includes a break.
Course outcome
At the end of the course, participants will understand the complications and impact of diabetes and effective ways to manage the condition through medication, lifestyle and risk management.
Participants will gain extensive knowledge about the condition and feel comfortable when offering advice, using appropriate medication and monitoring measures.
Ways to study
The course is accessible as tailored training for organisations which require specific content or have a large team that needs to attend.
This can be organised as an online (via Zoom or Teams) or in-person session.
Diabetes Awareness Training fees
£350 + VAT and travel where applicable for up to 20 participants.
Why use Momentum People?
Momentum People’s training courses introduce diverse coaching and training styles using a holistic approach to ensure personal sustainability as well as practical knowledge and upskilling.
Specialist behaviour, communication and business strategy disciplines blend with pharmaceutical expertise to ensure courses are engaging, fun and hands-on.