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The Open University

Diabetes complications

The Open University via OpenLearn

Overview

The course aims to help learners assess diabetes complication risk factors, monitor blood glucose, ketone, lipid levels, and blood pressure, calculate body mass index, and interpret the measurements. The course teaches skills such as conducting tests, understanding risks, self-monitoring blood glucose, and making sense of the collected data. The teaching method involves theoretical explanations, practical demonstrations, and interactive exercises. This course is intended for individuals interested in understanding and managing diabetes complications.

Syllabus

  • Introduction
  • Learning outcomes
  • 1 Assessing diabetes complication risk factors
  • 1 Assessing diabetes complication risk factors
  • 1.1 Having tests
  • 1.2 Discovering the risks
  • 1.3 The diabetes annual review
  • 1.4 What monitoring is carried out at the annual review?
  • 2 Monitoring blood glucose levels
  • 2 Monitoring blood glucose levels
  • 2.1 Blood glucose levels
  • 2.2 Self-monitoring of blood glucose
  • 2.3 Self-monitoring of urine glucose
  • 2.4 Venous blood sampling
  • 2.5 HbA1c levels
  • 3 Monitoring ketone levels
  • 3 Monitoring ketone levels
  • 4 Monitoring lipid levels
  • 4 Monitoring lipid levels
  • 5 Blood pressure monitoring
  • 5 Blood pressure monitoring
  • 6 Calculating body mass index
  • 6 Calculating body mass index
  • 7 Making sense of the measurements
  • 7 Making sense of the measurements
  • 8 Final questions
  • 8 Final questions
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Acknowledgements

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