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408 Cardio Diabetes Medicine 2017

Raising The Standard of Care In Cardiodiabetes:

Post Graduate Diploma in Cardiodiabetes

Professor Ram Dhillon (UK),

London North West Healthcare NHS Trust,
Plymouth University, UK, Medical Director, Rila Institute, London

Abstracts resulted in a dearth of doctors able to understand
The prevalence of diabetes is set to escalate interna- and manage the disease.
tionally, with India having ~ 70-80million diagnosed In order to address this diabetes pandemic and its
diabetics alone. The medium to long term conse- consequences a decision was taken by Rila Institute
quences of diabetes are myriad but the awareness of Health Sciences, London, with its collaborative
of these effects is low, consequently, the patient partner, Plymouth University Peninsula School of
mortality and morbidity is unnecessarily high. Medicine and Dentistry, UK, to design a Postgradu-

Education of doctors in the emerging medical con- ate Diploma in Cardiodiabetes.
dition of cardiodiabetes is therefore vital to raise the
standards of care and improve patient quality of life. Design and structure of the Postgraduate
Diploma in Cardiodiabetes
The initiative of devising a Postgraduate Diploma in
Cardiodiabetes, with subsequent eligibility to an MSc, The design is based on a well-established model of
has been designed to address the deficit in knowl- work based training and education which Rila Insti-
edge and skills and will be a spur to create a new tute pioneered some 20 years ago and has success-
specialty of Cardiodiabetes. fully been using to deliver postgraduate education
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across a number of specialty areas . The training
Key words: Cardiodiabetes, Education, Postgraduate programmes are a collaboration between Rila Insti-
Diploma, Qualification tute and Plymouth University, with the final award
made by the University and the successful individu-
Introduction als’ name appearing on the University’s roll call.
Education, with key knowledge and skills acqui- The syllabus, covering some 28 key areas of cardio-
sition, is an absolute in raising standards of care. diabetes, created by cardiodiabetes experts, is deliv-
With the increasing prevalence of diabetes it major ered through a blended form of learning comprising
consequences are forming an increasing proportion such elements as indicated below, and covered over
of clinical disorders. Type 2 diabetes was estimated approximately 12 months:
at a worldwide figure of 250 million in 2008 to 380
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million by 2025 , of which approximately 4 million die 1. Face to face work shops
of its consequence each year . 1 2. Online core reading and formative assessments
The major cause of death is Cardiovascular dis- across the syllabus
ease , and the personal, social and economic costs 3. Regular mini examinations
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are huge. It has also now become apparent that not
only does diabetes cause CVD but that there is a 4. Facilitated face to face interactive webinars with
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strong link with Obstructive sleep apnoea , and that specialists
in itself has consequent negative effects on blood 5. Reflective case studies
pressure, CVD, weight gain and a variety of mental
issues such as memory loss. The rapidity of this rise 6. A clinical/practical skills module
in prevalence and its undoubted consequences has

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