Diabetes (Paediatrics)
Please note this course is not currently recruiting.
This programme is dedicated to healthcare professionals working with children and adolescents with diabetes. It aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge needed to provide high quality care for your young patients and support for their parents or carers.
The flexible, modular structure allows you to study over a period suited to your own professional needs and circumstances.
Taught by experts from Warwick Medical School in diabetes, child education, child advocacy and mental health, this is an interactive programme in which you will learn through seminars, group work and individual study.
WMS Masters courses are designed to provide a flexible education pathway to suit individual requirements and to take account of professional commitments. You can take the programme in one year, as a full-time student, or on a part-time basis over a period of three years. Based on modular learning, it gives you the opportunity to progress from Certificate to Diploma to a full Masters degree.
Part Time Structure:
| Year 1 (Postgraduate Certificate): Take Three Core Modules | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| NT901 Postgraduate Induction and Your Professional Development | 5 | Core |
| MH904 Type 1 diabetes in children | 20 | Core |
| Year 2 (Postgraduate Diploma): Take One Optional Core Module and Two Option Modules | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| 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 |
| MH909 Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy: Principles and Practice | 20 | Option |
| MH907 Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 | Option |
| MD996 Preventing diabetes complications: an evidence based approach | 20 | Option |
| MD983 Psycho social management of children and young people with diabetes | 20 | Option |
| Year 3 (MSc): Take One Core Module and One Option Module | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| PC950 Professional Project | 40 | Core |
| MH909 Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy: Principles and Practice | 20 | Option |
| MH907 Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 | Option |
| MD996 Preventing diabetes complications: an evidence based approach | 20 | Option |
| MD983 Psycho social management of children and young people with diabetes | 20 | Option |
| MD962 Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 | Option |
| MH928 Introduction to Management in Health Service Organisations | 20 | Option |
Full Time Structure (1 year):
| Take Four Core Modules, One Optional Core Module and Three Option Modules | ||
| Module name | CATS | Core/option |
| MH904 Type 1 diabetes in children | 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 |
| PC950 Professional Project | 40 | Core |
| MH909 Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion Therapy: Principles and Practice | 20 | Option |
| MH907 Diabetes in Pregnancy | 20 | Option |
| MD996 Preventing diabetes complications: an evidence based approach | 20 | Option |
| MD983 Psycho social management of children and young people with diabetes | 20 | Option |
| MD962 Essentials of Clinical Education | 20 | Option |
| MH928 Introduction to Management in Health Service Organisations | 20 | Option |
All students need to have a first degree or equivalent. They also need to have current registration as a healthcare professional alongside two years’ post-registration experience in diabetes and paediatrics. Applicants with nursing or other professional qualifications and an appropriate level of experience will also be considered.
This is an interactive programme. You will learn from the experiences of your fellow students and through lectures and seminars and group work. 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)