Living with diabetes

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Living with diabetes provided by OpenLearn is a comprehensive online course, which lasts for 5 hours worth of material. Upon completion of the course, you can receive an e-certificate from OpenLearn. The course is taught in Englishand is Free Certificate. Visit the course page at OpenLearn for detailed price information.

Overview
  • Living with diabetes is a free course that introduces the parts of the body and processes involved in the development of diabetes.

Syllabus
    • Introduction
    • Learning outcomes
    • 1 Defining diabetes
    • 1 Defining diabetes
    • 2 What is diabetes?
    • 2 What is diabetes?
    • 3 Parts of the body and hormones involved in diabetes
    • 3 Parts of the body and hormones involved in diabetes
    • 3.1 Introduction
    • 3.2 Pancreas
    • 3.3 Gut
    • 3.4 Liver
    • 3.5 Muscle
    • 3.6 Fat
    • 3.7 Insulin
    • 3.8 Glucagon
    • 4 How to diagnose diabetes
    • 4 How to diagnose diabetes
    • 5 Classification of diabetes
    • 5 Classification of diabetes
    • 5.1 Introduction
    • 5.2 Type 1 diabetes
    • 5.3 Type 2 diabetes
    • 5.4 Gestational diabetes
    • 5.5 Other forms of diabetes
    • 6 Genes and risk
    • 6 Genes and risk
    • 6.1 Introduction
    • 6.2 Genes
    • 6.3 Risk
    • Conclusion
    • References
    • Acknowledgements