Diabetes Education and Counselling (5cr)

Objective

You are able to
- demonstrate an understanding of different definitions and the meaning of counselling, patient education, health promotion, adherence, compliance, self-management, and self-regulation
- demonstrate an understanding of the meaning of evidence based practice in patient education and counselling, also the cultural features
- analyse and evaluate health promotion, patient education and counselling in practice
- recognise and develop your own learning and counselling philosophy, style and competence
- become familiar with evidence-based research articles in diabetes education and counselling
- adopt a reflective review to the deveploment of diabetes education and counselling

Content

This 5 cr online course includes three courses:

1. Evidence based diabetes education and counselling 2 cr
Objectives:
Student should be able to
- demonstrate an understanding of different definitions and the meaning of counselling, patient education, health promotion, adherence, compliance, self-management, and empowerment
- discuss of the cultural features in diabetes education and counselling

2. Development of professional’s own counselling skills 2 cr
Objectives:
Student should be able to
– to use client education and counselling skills both in individual counseling as well as in group education
– to use knowledge of motivational interviewing as an educational method
– to understand group education

3. Research methods in diabetes education and counselling 1 cr
Objectives:
Student should be able to
– know the basic research methods
– evaluate and read the published diabetes education and counselling literature
– outline key principles of the research article

Evaluation scale

Approved/Failed