Diabetes
This programme is dedicated to healthcare professionals who specialise in diabetes. It aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to provide high quality care for your patients.
The 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.
Part Time Structure:
| Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate): Take Three Core Modules | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| Postgraduate Induction and Your Professional Development | 5 | Core |
| PC929 Applied pharmacology and therapeutics in diabetes care | 20 | Core |
| Advancing diabetes care: Evidence into practice | 20 | Core |
| Preventing diabetes complications: an evidence based approach | 20 | Core |
| Year 2 (Postgraduate Diploma): Take Two Core Modules and One Optional Core Module | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| MH907 Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 | Core |
| MH909 Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy: Principles and Practice Please note: This module is under review and an update for the 2019/20 course structure will follow |
20 | Core |
| MH923 Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care | 20 | Optional Core |
| MD915 Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care (Distance Learning) | 20 | Optional Core |
| Year 3 (MSc): Take One Core Module and One Option Module | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| PC950 Professional Project | 40 | Core |
| Diabetes management in practice (clinical observation) | 20 | Option |
| MD962 Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 | Option |
| MH928 Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health Care Contexts | 20 | Option |
Full Time Structure (1 year):
| Take Six Core Modules, One Optional Core Module and One Option Module | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| MH907 Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 | Core |
| MH909 Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy: Principles and Practice Please note: This module is under review and an update for the 2019/20 course structure will follow |
20 | Core |
| PC929 Applied pharmacology and therapeutics in diabetes care | 20 | Core |
| Advancing diabetes care: Evidence into practice | 20 | Core |
| Preventing diabetes complications: an evidence based approach | 20 | Core |
| PC950 Professional Project | 40 | Core |
| MH923 Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care | 20 | Optional Core |
| MD915 Understanding Research and Critical Appraisal in Health Care (Distance Learning) | 20 | Optional Core |
| Management of Diabetes in Practice (Clinical Observation) | 20 | Option |
| MD962 Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 | Option |
| MH928 Introduction to Leadership and Management in Health Care Contexts | 20 | Option |
English language requirements: Band A with specific component scores of 6.5 in 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 practice the skills you have learnt during the sessions. Modules are organised in blocks of intensive study lasting either four or five days at a time.
Key Facts
Contact:
Siobhan Flood/Katie Robertson
Email: pgt-portfolio4@warwick.ac.uk
Course Leader: Dr Vinod Patel
Qualification: MSc, PGDip, PGCert or PGA
Duration:
MSc Full time: 1 year
MSc Part time: 1-3 years
Location of Study: University of Warwick
Not sure a Masters is for you?
You can gain a Postgraduate Certificate (60 CATS), a Postgraduate Diploma (120 CATS), or go on to complete the full Masters degree (180 CATS)