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Diabetes Awareness Level 2 (VTQ)

Understand more about Diabetes, the different Types and what it is like to live with this condition.
CPD Certified Online Training Approved by Skills for Care

Diabetes Awareness Level 2 (VTQ) at a glance

  • 3-year nationally recognised certificate
  • 44 minutes of engaging video training
  • Video access for 8 months
  • Printable wall certificate
  • CPD time credit conformation
  • Free weekly video refresher
  • Evidence Based Training certificate
  • Videos include subtitles
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Online Course: £24.95 + VAT

This course is aimed at anyone who requires a course in diabetes awareness in any workplace or family setting. Diabetes is included in many of our online and classroom courses but this course goes into more depth for people working with or looking after diabetes sufferers. We also offer a 100% classroom course nationwide for this and the certificate is valid for three years to comply with recommendations. To renew your qualification, simply complete the same course again.

The course covers information about Diabetes and Diabetes management as well as discussions with someone who has Diabetes. The course can be run on company Learning Management Systems (LMS) using our SCORM packages for seamless integration or use our full feature free company dashboards.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

  • Care workers
  • Families
  • First Aiders
  • Schools
  • Workplace

This course comes with 2.0 hrs (3.0 class) of CPD, although the time to complete the course online may be less than this. Total course time includes 44 minutes of video training as well as knowledge reviews, final test, remedial help and reviewing downloaded material.

The content of this and all our courses has been independently certified as conforming to universally accepted Continuous Professional Development (CPD) guidelines and come with a Certified CPD Statement as well as a ProTrainings Certificate and for online courses an Evidence Based Learning statement.

Course overview

  • Understanding Diabetes • Diabetes myths 
  • Signs and symptoms of diabetes 
  • Hyperglycaemia and Hypoglycaemia 
  • Type 1 diabetes 
  • Type 1 diabetes and coeliac disease 
  • Glucose 
  • Injecting insulin
  • Testing blood 
  • Blood sugar monitoring 
  • Monitoring blood glucose 
  • Type 2 diabetes 
  • Healthy eating 
  • Type 2 treatment 
  • Monitoring health 
  • Complications: heart disease and stroke, nerve damage, diabetic retinopathy, kidney disease, foot problems and sexual dysfunction 
  • First aid for diabetes 
  • Recovery position 
  • Gestational diabetes 
  • Delivery – postnatal care 
  • Diabetic Ketoacidosis