Cambridge Diabetes Education Programme
Online diabetes training for health and social care staff
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Structured Diabetes Education
This topic explores the reason why attending high quality structured education has such a profoundly positive impact on people living with diabetes' lives.
Depending on your chosen CDEP level, this topic aims to support you:
- Understanding what diabetes is and why structured diabetes education is important. Understanding what diabetes is and why structured diabetes education is important. 1
- Being aware of the impact living with diabetes has on the individual and their family as well as the wider health economy. Being aware of the impact living with diabetes has on the individual and their family as well as the wider health economy. 2
- Understanding the importance of using standard READ / SNOMED codes and enabling accurate data collection for audit and outcome monitoring purposes. Understanding the importance of using standard READ / SNOMED codes and enabling accurate data collection for audit and outcome monitoring purposes. 3
- Being aware of the need for people to be empowered to manage their diabetes through high quality, culturally acceptable structured diabetes education. Being aware of the need for people to be empowered to manage their diabetes through high quality, culturally acceptable structured diabetes education. 4
- Understanding the reasons why people living with diabetes do not attend structured education and potential ways of overcoming these barriers. Understanding the reasons why people living with diabetes do not attend structured education and potential ways of overcoming these barriers. 5
- Be able to utilise good communication skills to engage with people living with diabetes to encourage their attendance at structured education courses. Be able to utilise good communication skills to engage with people living with diabetes to encourage their attendance at structured education courses. 6
- Demonstrating an awareness of the importance of annual recall, life-long learning and embedding education in care planning. Demonstrating an awareness of the importance of annual recall, life-long learning and embedding education in care planning. 7
