Surgical intervention to help manage or even reverse type 2 diabetes has gained credence in recent years. This course looks at the theory and the practice.
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This course examines the links between ectopic fat and the onset of type 2 diabetes, and how these in turn fuel cardiovascular and cardiorenal risks.
Available courses
From foot checks to islet transplantation, we are creating and publishing new courses every month.
Hypoglycaemia
This course examines hypoglycaemia, a complication of therapy that has a profound impact on the day-to-day lives and well-being of people who treat their diabetes with insulin.
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease
In the wake of the diabetes pandemic, prevalence of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is on the rise. This course sets out the health implications and potential treatments for this serious but reversible condition.
Cardiovascular health and diabetes
This course focuses on cardiovascular health – one of the most significant and challenging aspects of care for type 1 and type 2 diabetes.
SGLT-2 inhibitors
From the physiology of renal glucose absorption to key outcome trials, this course provides a detailed introduction to this class of diabetes drugs.
Insulin resistance
As the incidence of type 2 diabetes continues to explode worldwide, this course gets to grips with the maladapted process at its heart: insulin resistance.
Therapeutic inertia
Therapeutic inertia has been implicated as a significant contributory factor in suboptimal diabetes management. This course uses a Q&A format to explore the phenomenon, with particular focus on primary care.
GLP-1 receptor agonists
From obscure origins in studies of lizard saliva, GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) have become a staple of type 2 diabetes treatment. This course examines the ways in which they can aid type 2 diabetes management.
Diabetes and the Hajj
Hajj, the world’s oldest and largest mass gathering, is one of the Five Pillars of Islam. This course considers it in a clinical context, examining how people with diabetes can be supported to perform the rites safely.
Diabetic foot disease
This course outlines key aspects of this important but sometimes neglected complication of diabetes.
Islet transplantation
Transplants of insulin-producing islets offer the hope of glucose regulation without daily insulin injections. This course looks at advances in this exciting field of diabetes treatment and the challenges still to come.
Diabetes and the kidney
This course has been created to introduce you to the diagnosis, consequences and treatment of diabetic kidney disease (diabetic nephropathy).
Diabetes and Ramadan
Using practical case studies and international guidelines, this course introduces you to treating people with type 1 or type 2 diabetes before, during and after Ramadan.
Phenotypic variability in type 2 diabetes
This course highlights how important an understanding of type 2 diabetes in phenotypic terms is to the pursuit of patient-centred care and precision medicine.
Diabetic ketoacidosis
This course gives you the tools you need to identify and treat diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) and to support your patients in avoiding this potentially life-threatening complication.
Diagnosis of type 1 diabetes
This course has been developed to introduce you to the diagnosis of type 1 diabetes and to explore the possible causes of the condition.
Management of hyperglycaemia in type 2 diabetes - ADA/EASD consensus report (2018) and update (2019)
An introduction to the updated American Diabetes Association (ADA) and European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD) consensus report.
Technology and type 1 diabetes
In this course, insulin pumps and continuous glucose monitoring are discussed using real life examples to help you understand how this technology works optimally.
Pregestational diabetes in pregnancy
This course introduces you to the treatment and management of women with pre-existing diabetes before, during and after their pregnancy.
The pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes
This course explores the mechanisms by which autoimmune destruction of beta cells results in type 1 diabetes, and looks how the process might be arrested.
Time in range
This course has been created to introduce you to time in range, a new concept in glycaemic management that challenges the role of HbA1c.