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Diabetes mellitus
If you need more information relating to diagnosing and treating diabetes, HealthCert Education offers this short online course.
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This course focuses on diabetes mellitus. This chronic and progressive disease is described including screening guides and pathology testing to assist with diagnosis. It discusses how to initiate and plan long term management with the goal to achieving glycaemic control. It also outlines a step-by-step approach in explaining the diagnosis and management to patients. To cover all aspects of care, the diabetes management is broken down into components, including glycaemic and weight control, diet and exercise, lifestyle choices, renal function, eye and foot health, blood pressure, lipids and comorbidities. The course concludes with the medical management of glycaemia.