Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness

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Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness
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  2. Prerequisites & Facts
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What is the course about?

Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness
The course Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness is an online class provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine through Future Learn. It may be possible to receive a verified certification or use the course to prepare for a degree.

Understand the diabetes challenge and how health professionals can work with people with diabetes to prevent blindness.

Course description
  • Gain practical knowledge to reduce risk of vision loss from diabetic eye disease
  • 4 weeks
  • The number of adults with diabetes is predicted to increase by more than 50% to 642 million by 2040. Diabetic eye disease is a range of ocular complications experienced by people with diabetes. Recent global trends have found an alarming increase in the magnitude of vision loss due to diabetic retinopathy, highlighting the need to strengthen health services to prevent blindness.
  • Through this online course you will learn the key facts about diabetic eye disease and its management, and how health teams and people with diabetes can work together to reduce the risk of vision loss and blindness.
  • Classification, natural history, epidemiology and complications of diabetes mellitus and diabetic eye disease, in particular diabetic retinopathy
  • Impact of diabetic eye disease on the individual, society and health services
  • Public health and screening for diabetic eye disease: principles, guidelines and implementation models
  • Partnerships and team approach to prevent blindness from diabetic retinopathy
  • Approaches to provision of screening and grading services
  • Treatment protocols and guidelines for diabetic retinopathy in high and low resourced health systems
  • Monitoring and evaluation approaches for diabetic retinopathy screening
  • Describe the classification, natural history, epidemiology and complications of diabetes mellitus
  • Interpret the classification, pathophysiology and epidemiology of diabetic eye disease and its impact on eye health services and society
  • Evaluate public health strategies for the control of diabetic eye disease
  • Describe and apply the principles of screening to diabetic retinopathy
  • Explore the models for detection of diabetic retinopathy and their implications within high and low resourced health systems
  • Evaluate guidelines for grading, screening and monitoring its implementation with the diabetic retinopathy care pathway
  • Identify the barriers and challenges experienced by people living with diabetes to manage their diabetes, and comply with screening and treatment
  • Assess treatment protocols and resources requirements for the management of Diabetic eye disease and its implementation at a programme level
  • Apply the planning tool to strengthen diabetic eye care services at a local level
  • This course is designed for ophthalmologists, ophthalmic nurses, clinical ophthalmic officers, diabetes nurses, diabetic eye disease screeners and graders, public health specialists, eye health programme managers and planners, diabetologists, general practitioners and all health care personnel involved in supporting people with diabetes.
  • London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
  • The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is a world leader in research and postgraduate education in public and global health. Its mission is to improve health and health equity worldwide.
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Prerequisites & Facts

Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness

Course Topic

Personal Development, Personal Transformation

University, College, Institution

London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

Course Skill Level

see course summary

Course Language

English

Place of class

Online, self-paced (see curriculum for more information)

Degree

Certificate

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Degree & Cost

Diabetic Eye Disease: Building Capacity To Prevent Blindness

To obtain a verified certificate from Future Learn / London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine you have to finish this course or the latest version of it, if there is a new edition. The class may be free of charge, but there could be some cost to receive a verified certificate or to access the learning materials. The specifics of the course may have been changed, please consult the provider to get the latest quotes and news.
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School: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Topic: Healthcare & Medicine

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