Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, students will be able to:
• They know the step-by-step approach, treatment and follow-up of patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus.
• They know the application of the latest guidelines for the treatment of Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus and its complications.
• They will familiarize themselves with the newest technologies that are exclusively for patients with Type 1 Diabetes (insulin pumps, "artificial pancreas", continuous glucose recording systems, evaluation of results).
Course Content (Syllabus)
• Monitoring protocol for a person with T1DM
• Challenges and limitations in the classical monitoring of the person with T1DM with sugar meters and HbA1c
• The concept of Time in Range: clinical utility and association with complications
• Continuous recording systems: types and basic operating principles
• The Ambulatory Glucose Profile analysis: fundamentals to understand
• Basal insulin analogues - rapid and ultra-rapid acting analogues
• Basic principles of insulin therapy in T1DM - Multiple injection scheme in T1DM - Determination of insulin to carbohydrate ratio and insulin correction factor.
• Basic principles of nutrition for the person with T1DM
• Continuous insulin infusion pumps: types, basic principles of operation, indications
• Conversion from multi-injection regimen to pump: basal rate determination
• Ways to administer meal boluses to an insulin pump
• The person with T1DM in acute illness-Ketoacidosis
• Complementary insulin therapies in T1DM
• LADA diabetes treatment approach
• Woman with T1DM during pregnancy
• Hypoglycemia in T1DM: causes, prevention and treatment
• Islet transplantation for type 1 diabetes
• Pumps – Continuous recording systems: Presentation
Keywords
basic principles of understanding, diabetes mellitus T 1, infusion pumps, insulin, bolus, time in range, ambulatory glucose, protocol
Description
The evaluation of the course is carried out either by a written exam at the end of the semester through the e-learning platform, or by a written individual work on the subject of the course which is also delivered at the end of the semester. The choice of examination method is defined by the course coordinator.
During the written exam, the overall score is reduced to a percentage, taking into account that all questions are of equal value.
In the written exam, the overall mark is converted to a percentage, and the work is assessed on the examinee's ability to:
- Present basic introductory information (20%)
- Use appropriate language and terminology (20%)
- Present appropriate research sources (20%)
- Draws conclusions from the literature review (20%)
- Follow an appropriate structure in the text (20%)