Diabetes Clinical Care and Management MSc

King's College London, University of London

The Florence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King's is a world-leading centre for applied and allied healthcare, clinical research and education. Our focus is on training the healthcare leaders of the future, with a strong commitment to providing post-qualification programmes of the highest quality. Diabetes is a long-term condition affecting over 460 million adults worldwide, and its prevalence is predicted to increase to 700 million in 2045; posing further health and economic challenges globally. The overall aim of the Clinical Care and Management in Diabetes programme is to equip health professionals, with advanced applied skills in formulating diabetes care to improve patient outcomes. The programme is delivered via an interactive online learning process that will enable students to acquire advanced practice skills in the assessment and management of diabetes. The emphasis throughout the programme is on learning as a means to improve care outcomes for people living with diabetes and in the prevention and management of diabetes complications. The specific aims of the programme are: - To equip students with critically developed advanced practice skills for diabetes clinical care and management. - To develop students into independent learners who are able to identify and synthesise clinical problems and issues at both the patient and care system levels. - To provide an educational framework to enable students to acquire and demonstrate both generic transferable competencies in formulating diabetes management plans. The programme is suitable for health professionals from a variety of disciplines particularly those in primary care settings (non-specialist physicians, GPs, practice nurses, pharmacists, dietitians and podiatrists) or those working in specialist or intermediate diabetes settings.