Diabetes (Medicine) (MSc) (1DIA1)

Given its growing prevalence and resulting impact on health care resources, there is an urgent need to provide specialist training in diabetes.  This interdisciplinary programme aims to meet this need. 

Learning outcomes:-

• Have a systematic understanding of diabetes informed by the latest scholarship
• Have a critical awareness of the current problems / new insights in diabetes.
• Demonstrate a range of standard and specialised research tools for diabetes
• Develop new skills to a high level including novel and emerging techniques in diabetes
• Be able to act in a variety of professional contexts on the topic of diabetes
• Be able to take significant responsibility for leading diabetes research
• Be able to self-evaluate and take responsibility for continuing academic / professional development in diabetes
• Be able to scrutinise and reflect on diabetes social norms and relationships and act to change them

Subjects in this course are:-

Year 1 (90 Credits)

• Required HP8101: Foundations of Health Promotion (SWB)
• Required GPN10: Diabetes
• Required MD577: Research Project
• Required MD1562: Research Methods for Evidence Based Practice
• Required MD578: Lifestyle Risk Factor Modification
• Optional RPL020: Recognised Prior Learning
• Optional RPL010: Recognised Prior Learning