Postgraduate Course: The burden of diabetes in the developing world- epidemiology to strategic management (GMED11013)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences and Community Health |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | General Courses (Medicine) |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
http://www.internationalhealthncd.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will review the rising burden of obesity and diabetes, and the epidemiologic transition, assess the risk factors and impact of urbanization.
The course will aim to make explicit the public health concerns raised by the diabetes epidemic, the public health and medical models of prevention, and the implementation of interventions at the international, national and local levels.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | Students will be responsible for their computer equipment and internet access. |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? | Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2012/13 Flexible, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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The course will be delivered online in WebCT |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Intended learning outcomes:
On completion of this course the candidate should be able to understand
* The multiple and interrelated pathophysiologic mechanisms that contribute to the development of type 2 diabetes.
* Understand the natural history of type 2 diabetes.
* The prevalence of diabetes in various populations around the world and the global projections for the diabetes epidemic.
* Risk factors associated with development of type 2 diabetes.
* Diabetes and Blindness
* The unmet needs in management of the disease.
* Current and new advances in treatment strategies for patients with diabetes who are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
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Assessment Information
| Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online assessment will incorporate a variety of activities and will constitute 40% of the overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme |
Special Arrangements
| This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment WebCT as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by secure username and password access that will be made available to registered users. |
Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Liz Grant
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Course secretary | Dr Liz Grant
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