Program is designed as a two-year masteral course where the students are required to complete 44 units. This course will give the student an in-depth theoretical and clinical knowledge of diabetes mellitus. The course also aims to develop skills and competence in such areas as education, research, and patient education.
Designed for
Internists with two-year clinical fellowship in diabetology
Course content
FIRST YEAR
1st trimester
Research methods
· Physiology of carbohydrate and related metabolism
· Issues in contemporary diabetes practice
2nd trimester
· Pathology of diabetes
· Research seminar I
· History of diabetes
· Principles of epidemiology
3rd trimester
· Psychosocial and cultural aspects of diabetes
· Research seminar II (protocol)
· Classification and diagnosis of diabetes |
SECOND YEAR
1st trimester
· Pharmacologic management of diabetes
· Updates in contemporary diabetes practice
· Research forum
· Biostatistics
2nd trimester
· Principles of health education
· Preventive and nonpharmacologic management of diabetes mellitus
· Nutrition therapy
· Practical aspects in diabetes care
3rd trimester
· Diabetes education
· Team approach in management of diabetes
· Thesis |
Course director
Grace K. de los Santos, MD, MS, FPCP
A comprehensive 12-week course on primary prevention on of diabetes and secondary prevention of known diabetes including
control of progression of complications.
Designed for
Doctors of medicine
Course content
Approach to the undiagnosed patients walking in for evaluation:
- Patients at risk and prediabetes
- Classification
- Tools for diagnosis and screening
- Principles of treatment
- Nonpharmacologic
- Pharmacologic
- Oral antidiabetic agents
- Insulin therapy
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Approach to the patient diagnosed with diabetes:
- Complications of diabetes mellitus
- Chronic complications
- Acute complications (recognition)
- Diagnostic tests and appropriate treatment
Prognostic implications of comprehensive
care |
Course director
Elizabeth Fernando-Catindig, MD, MS
A comprehensive nine-month diploma course on skills training in hospital-diabetes practice for internists.
Designed for
Internists with ambulatory certification
Course content
- Uncontrolled hyperglycemia
- Diabetes complicated by infections, stroke, MI, hypoglycemia
- Peri-operative and peri-procedural care of patients
- Peri-partum care of patients with diabetes
- Situations such as brittle diabetes, autonomic neuropathy, dialysis
Course director
Rodolfo Rabanal, MD, MS, FPCP |
