Diabetes (PG Certificate and PG Diploma)
Our PG Certificate and PG Diploma in Diabetes aim to equip you with the skills you need to provide high-quality care for diabetes patients, while also enabling you to develop your knowledge in other relevant areas of healthcare such as medical education, public health or leadership and management, if this is something that appeals to you.
For your PG Certificate, you'll either study three diabetes-focused modules, or two diabetes modules and one module on a different (but related) topic. After this, if you wish to continue your study you can progress to the PG Diploma.
Our flexible, modular structure allows you to study over a period suited to your own professional needs and circumstances. Taught by experts in diabetes from Warwick Medical School, this is an interactive programme where you will learn through seminars, group work and individual study.
Certificate
Before completing the course, you will undertake the Induction and Professional Development module, introducing you to all the underpinning regulations, guidance, and support available to you during your postgraduate study.
| Take either two or three of these diabetes modules | |
| Module name | CATs (credits) |
| Advancing Diabetes Care: Evidence into practice | 20 |
| Preventing Diabetes Complications: An Evidence Based Approach | 20 |
| Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence into Practice |
20 |
| Diabetes in Pregnancy |
20 |
| Applied Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Diabetes Care |
20 |
| + One of the following modules (if only two diabetes modules were taken) | |
| Module name | CATs |
| Health Improvement and Management for Public Health | 20 |
| Introduction to Leadership and Management in Healthcare Contexts | 20 |
| Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 |
| Global Health | 20 |
| International Health Policy | 20 |
| Pathways to the Public Health Workplace | 20 |
Diploma
|
Take one of these modules |
|
| Module name | CATs |
| Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care (Onsite) | 20 |
| Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care (Distance learning) |
20 |
+ Two of the modules below, including at least one Diabetes module |
|
| Advancing Diabetes Care: Evidence into practice | 20 |
| Preventing Diabetes Complications: An Evidence Based Approach | 20 |
| Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus: Evidence into Practice | 20 |
| Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 |
| Applied Pharmacology and Therapeutics in Diabetes Care | 20 |
| Health Improvement and Management for Public Health | 20 |
| Introduction to Leadership and Management in Healthcare Contexts | 20 |
| Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 |
| Global Health | 20 |
| International Health Policy | 20 |
| Pathways to the Public Health Workplace | 20 |
| Independent and Supplementary Prescribing If applicants have completed Independent Non–Medical Prescribing elsewhere the student can apply for Recognition of Prior Learning (worth 40 credits) towards their PG Diploma. |
40 |
A good Honours Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience/professional qualifications which will be considered by the Course Director on a case by case basis) and experience of working in the healthcare sector.
International students will also be required to show sufficient competence in English (IELTS 6.5 in the reading and writing).
This is an interactive programme. You will learn through lectures and seminars, practical group work and guided reading. You will benefit from guided discussions and have the opportunity to practise the skills you have learnt during the sessions.
Face-to-face modules are organised in blocks of intensive study lasting either four or five days at a time. Online variants run over four weeks.
Key Facts
Contact:
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Course Leader: Jayne Hodgkiss
Qualification: PGCert or PGDip
Duration:
PGCert: 1 year
PGDip: 2 years
Location of study: University of Warwick and online