Diabetes (Distance Learning)

This Diabetes (Distance Learning) program offered at the University of Leicester is for you if... you want the flexibility of studying by distance learning whilst expanding your knowledge, skills and confidence in diabetes care to improve outcomes in patient care and personal career progression.

The world prevalence of diabetes amongst adults is increasing year-on-year, making diabetes care one of the biggest medical challenges faced by healthcare professionals globally. This rising epidemic has increased the demand for services from personnel trained to deliver high quality care.

This part-time distance learning Diabetes (Distance Learning) program offered at the University of Leicester will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to specialise in diabetes care. The course is based at the heart of NHS clinical services, and draws on the specialist knowledge of the experienced and high profile staff at the world-renowned Leicester Diabetes Centre and the University of Leicester.

The Leicester Diabetes Centre is a national and international centre of excellence and one of the largest facilities in Europe for conducting first class clinical research, dynamic clinical services and teaching in diabetes.

Key facts

• This Diabetes degree offered at the University of Leicester combines the most topical thinking around clinical care and research with practical examples of how novel research and evidence-based diabetes care can be applied in real life clinical settings. The ongoing research published by the Centre means that the curriculum and all your course materials are relevant and based on the latest insights and understanding. You will also be taught by staff who are internationally recognised as pioneers in the field – Leicester Professors Melanie Davies and Kamlesh Khunti are listed in the top ten world leaders in diabetes care.
• The course will equip you with the knowledge, confidence and skills to specialise in diabetes care.
• Careers and employability
• Diabetes is affecting people across the world in epidemic proportions. It is therefore an area that requires more and more experts in this field.

Courses include:

• Adult Inpatient

• Children and Young People with Diabetes

• Prevention, Obesity and Diabetes
• Self-management: Diabetes and Long-term Conditions

• Diabetes and the Older Person

• Technology and Type 1 Diabetes