The programme aims to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge required to meet future diabetes healthcare demands
UK-based University of Southampton’s Faculty of Medicine, which is ranked amongst the top 10 in the Guardian University Guide 2017, has invited applications for its MSc in Diabetes Best Practice programme. The programme aims to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge required to meet future diabetes healthcare demands.
The programme will cover pathophysiology, epidemiology, aetiology and management of diabetes in adults and the young (ages 0-25 years), thereby enabling healthcare professionals to utilise this acquired knowledge into their everyday practice. It is designed to provide learners with effective education and training in developing the best practice in diabetes care including its diagnosis, treatment, psychology and management as well as management of people with diabetes, helping them achieve optimal self-management and psychological well-being.
The programme will be taught by internationally respected experts with rich experience of diabetes management, research and education and is supplemented with recommendations from the World Health Organization, International Diabetes Federation, Diabetes UK, Royal College of Paediatric and Child Health and the Royal College of General Practitioners.
The one year programme will accommodate a ‘step on step off’ structure in which shorter programmes within the MSc will be offered including two Postgraduate Certificates as well as a Postgraduate Diploma Best Practice. Students taking the full MSc are required to take the three core modules and four optional modules, which will be taught using a variety of methods including lectures, seminars and extensive research work. The key modules of this programme are Foundations of Diabetes, Clinical Research Skills and a 6,000 word dissertation, whereas the optional modules include Psychosocial Aspects of Diabetes through the Ages, MODNAP (Modern Management of Diabetes, Nutrition and Pharmacology)and many more. A thorough understanding of these modules will enable learners to develop and demonstrate scientific understanding and research, clinical knowledge, critical thinking and facilitate them to apply new research findings to improve the management of people with diabetes.