This program is the best option you can find to specialize in Diabetes"

Diabetes is a complex, chronic process that requires specific knowledge and skills for a comprehensive approach that goes beyond glycemic control.

This professional master’s degree in Diabetes presents a global and complete vision of the disease that is useful for adequately managing patients with diabetes at any level of care. 

This is a unique and innovative academic program, based on an up-to-date description of the epidemiological situation of diabetes. This program provides an in-depth study of the complex pathophysiology of the disease, the integral evaluation of acute and chronic complications, from a specialized point of view, and its comprehensive treatment. 

Its contents cover the most innovative aspects of diabetes, such as the implementation of technology to control and treat this disease, and the most innovative areas in the research of new therapeutic approaches. 
All this, without forgetting the crucial role of diabetes education for the control of the disease. 

This program is unique as it includes a broad view of the disease across all patient ages and special situations. It also delves into the social aspects of diabetic patients' lives that require specific knowledge so that they can be addressed.

A quality program with which you will be able to stand out in a highly competitive sector and improve your skills and Knowledge of the field.

Improve the quality of care for your patients with this innovative diabetes program"

This professional master’s degree in Diabetes contains the most complete and up-to-date scientific program on the market. The most important features include:

• Practical cases presented by experts in Diabetes
• The graphic, schematic, and practical contents with which they are created, provide scientific and practical information on the disciplines that are essential for professional practice.
• New developments in Diabetes
• Practical exercises where the self-assessment process can be carried out to improve learning
• Special emphasis on innovative methodologies in Diabetes
• Theoretical lessons, questions to the expert, debate forums on controversial topics, and individual reflection assignments
• Content that is accessible from any fixed or portable device with an internet connection

This professional master’s degree may be the best investment you can make in the selection of a refresher programme for two reasons: in addition to updating your knowledge of Diabetes, you will obtain a degree from TECH Technological University"

The teaching staff includes professionals from the field of Diabetes, who bring their experience to this specialization program, as well as renowned specialists from leading societies and prestigious universities.

The multimedia content, developed with the latest educational technology, will provide the professional with situated and contextual learning, i.e., a simulated environment that will provide immersive training programmed to train in real situations.

The design of this Program focuses on Problem-Based Learning, by means of which the professional will have to try to solve the different situations of Professional Practice, which will be posed throughout the Program. For this purpose, the professional will be assisted by an innovative interactive video system created by renowned and experienced experts in Diabetes with extensive medical experience. 

Take the step and join our team. You will find the best educational material to enhance your studies"

This 100% online professional master’s degree will allow you to combine your studies with your professional work while increasing your knowledge in this field"

The professional master’s degree in Dementia is aimed at facilitating the medical professional's performance with the latest advances and most innovative treatments in the sector. 

This is your opportunity to learn about the latest treatments in Diabetes"

General Objectives

• Act as a leading professional specialized in Diabetes
• Deepen the knowledge related to the importance of diabetes in our environment, the different states of altered glucose metabolism, its classification and diagnostic criteria
• Deepen the understanding of the complex mechanisms of glycemia regulation; and improve the knowledge of the bases of the physiopathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, in order to understand the existing therapeutic approaches and its prevention
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for a comprehensive assessment of the person with diabetes, with special reference to acute complications of glycemic control
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to deepen the chronic complications of diabetes, in order to acquire an adequate management of them
• Know the chronic macrovascular complications related to Diabetes, since they are the main cause of mortality in patients with Diabetes
• Expand knowledge of the skills necessary for the global treatment (nutritional, exercise, healthy habits and therapeutic measures) of the patient with Diabetes
• Acquire the necessary knowledge about the pharmacological treatment of type 2 diabetes in order to be able to prescribe the best pharmacological strategy for each patient with type 2 diabetes according to their comorbidities
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to handle the different blood glucose monitoring devices, as well as insulin injection devices (continuous insulin perfusion pumps) and to be able to interpret the data resulting from these devices
• Attain the knowledge and skills necessary to expertly deal with the treatment of patients with diabetes in special situations such as the elderly, institutionalized, hospitalized, during travel, and in the rural world and at work
• Acquire the necessary knowledge and skills of diabetes education, as part of the treatment of diabetes, to facilitate the knowledge, skill and ability necessary for self-management

Specific Objectives 

Module 1. The Concept of Diabetes. Epidemiology

• Expand and acquire the latest skills and news about Diabetes as a chronic, complex and progressive disease
• Acquire knowledge of the classification of Diabetes and the wide spectrum of etiologies that lead to its development
• Deepen the epidemiology of type 1 diabetes and its determinants
• Deepen the epidemiological impact of type 2 diabetes as an epidemic in our environment
• Acquire the knowledge and skills to detect diabetes early in the population, through screening techniques
• Incorporate the concept of public health in Diabetes

Module 2. Pathophysiology of Diabetes

• Deepen the basic knowledge of glucose homeostasis
• Analyze the etiopathogenic mechanisms of type 1 diabetes
• Know what insulinitis is and how it occurs in type 1 diabetes
• Deepen in the etiopathogenic mechanisms of type 2 diabetes that will serve as therapeutic targets for the same
• Understand the essential role of adipose tissue and its excess (obesity) in the genesis of type 2 diabetes
• Acquire the knowledge and skills of insulin resistance measurement
• Studying the mediating role of inflammation between obesity and diabetes
• Know the alterations in the regulation of gastrointestinal hormones in type 2 diabetes and what is the incretin effect
• Learn about a new avenue of research in the field of diabetes etiopathogenesis: Intestinal microbiota
• Delve into new mechanisms involved in type 2 diabetes, such as the role of the central nervous system as an organ regulating body weight
• Learn what is the natural history of type 2 diabetes
• Knowing how to prevent or delay the development of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, by acting on the etiopathogenic mechanisms involved

Module 3. Assessment of Diabetes and its Comorbidities 

• Study in depth the concept of comprehensive assessment of diabetes in order to have a global vision of the patient with diabetes
• Acquire the necessary knowledge to transmit to the patient the priorities in the therapeutic approach
• Acquire the skills to know the patient's preferences, social, economic and cultural environment and expectations in the treatment of Diabetes
• Know the importance of glycemic control
• Learn glycemic control mediation techniques and individualized targets for each patient
• Acquire a mastery of hypoglycemia, both from the pathophysiological point of view, as well as detection, prevention and treatment
• Knowing the consequences of hypoglycemia on the patient
• Differentiate acute hyperglycemic complications for their correct therapeutic approach
• Learn to detect precipitating factors of acute hyperglycemic complications
• Acquire the knowledge and skills for the assessment of cardiovascular risk in the diabetic patient
• Learning how to screen for cardiovascular risk factors
• Identify other endocrinological entities with diabetes
• Acquire knowledge and skills to assess the social and psychological aspects of diabetes

Module 4. Diabetes Complications. Classification

• Learn the etiopathogenic pathways of diabetes complications in order to understand the evolutionary course of these complications and their therapeutic targets
• Learn the classification of the chronic complications of diabetes according to whether the small vessels or large vessels are mainly affected and according to the organ affected
• Acquire epidemiological knowledge about diabetic nephropathy in order to be able to assess the importance of its prevention and diagnosis
• Learn the pathophysiological basis and risk factors involved in diabetic nephropathy
• Know the evolutionary stages of kidney disease and the current classification of kidney disease
• Know when and how screening for DN should be performed in the diabetic population
• Learn the specific treatments for ND
• Acquire epidemiological knowledge about DR in order to be able to assess the importance of its prevention and diagnosis
• Learn the pathophysiological basis and risk factors involved in DR
• Know the evolutionary stages of DR and its current classification
• Know when and how DR screening should be performed in the diabetic population
• Learn about specific DR treatments and new avenues of research in this field
• Acquire epidemiological knowledge about diabetic nephropathy in order to be able to assess the importance of its prevention and diagnosis
• Learn the pathophysiological basis and risk factors involved in diabetic neuropathy (NeuroD)
• Know the evolutionary stages of NeuroD and its current classification

Module 5. Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes and Other Entities 

• Deepen the current data on the Epidemiology of macrovascular disease in diabetes
• Deepen the current data on the Epidemiology of hypertension in diabetes
• Deepen on the current data on the Epidemiology of dyslipidemia in diabetes
• Deepen the knowledge of current data on the Epidemiology of smoking in diabetes
• Learn how to design a smoking cessation program
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to screen for coronary heart disease in diabetics
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the screening of diabetic heart failure
• Acquire the knowledge and skills for the initial management of the diabetic heart failure patient
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to perform screening tests for peripheral arterial disease in diabetics
• Learn to critically interpret glycemic control targets in the diabetic patient in secondary prevention
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to develop the criteria for referral to a hepatologist for and a patient with suspected hepatic steatosis
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the assessment of chronic lung disease in diabetics
• Acquire knowledge about the prevalence and association between diabetes and cancer
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the screening of mood disorders, especially depression in diabetic patients

Module 6. Diabetes Management (I) 

• Specialize in the integral treatment of Diabetes
• Learning the global management of obesity in the diabetic patient
• Know the pharmacological alternatives for the treatment of obesity in patients with diabetes
• Learn what metabolic surgery is, its indications in diabetic patients and its results
• Know the most indicated antihypertensive treatments for diabetic patients and their prescription
• Learn the management of diabetic dyslipidemia, know the indications for its treatment and the drugs available
• Learn how to prescribe a nutritional plan adapted to each person with type 1 or type 2 diabetes
• Acquire the knowledge to prescribe a structured exercise program for the patient with Diabetes
• Know the different insulin treatment guidelines for patients with type 1 diabetes
• Learn to interpret glycemic control results according to individualized treatment guidelines
• Become familiar with more complex therapeutic strategies for patients with type 1 diabetes such as islet or pancreas transplantation
• Acquire a critical view of the recommendations of expert consensus and scientific society guidelines for the management of type 2 diabetes

Module 7. Diabetes Management (II) 

• Acquire knowledge of each of the families of antidiabetic drugs
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to safely prescribe metformin
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safely prescribe sulfonylureas and glinides
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to safely prescribe acarbose
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safely prescribe DPP4 inhibitors
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to be able to safely prescribe GLP-1 analogues
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safely prescribe type 2 sodium-glucose cotransporter inhibitors
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary to safely prescribe insulins
• Familiarization with new therapeutic targets in development, as a very novel aspect of this module
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the management of steroid-induced hyperglycemia
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the nutritional approach to gestational diabetes
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the pharmacological management of gestational diabetes

Module 8. Diabetes and Technology 

• Acquire the knowledge of the use of technology in Diabetes
• Know what self-monitoring of capillary blood glucose means and its interpretation in order to be able to manage patient data and to be optimize diabetes control
• Learn about continuous glucose monitoring
• Know the available glucose monitoring devices and their use
• Acquire the skills to be able to conduct a training program on glucose sensing
• Acquire the knowledge and skills necessary for the interpretation of the results of continuous glucose monitoring systems
• Learning to read an APG report
• Know the subcutaneous insulin injection devices, their handling and related problems in order to be able to solve them in the diabetic patient who is a user of these devices
• Acquire the necessary knowledge for the handling of continuous glucose monitoring devices and insulin perfusion pumps in infancy
• Acquire the necessary knowledge for the use of continuous glucose monitoring devices and insulin perfusion pumps in pregnancy
• Acquire the basic knowledge of what an artificial pancreas is, what types there are and what they provide to patients with type 1 diabetes
• Know the mobile internet applications available for the diabetic patient
• Learn to recognize the usefulness of information obtained through artificial intelligence data analysis in the field of Diabetes
• Learn how to apply technology in new forms of medical care for diabetic patients (E-consultation, telemedicine, online training programs...)

Module 9. Diabetes in Special Situations 

• Acquire the knowledge and skills for the expert management of the adolescent diabetes patient
• Acquire the knowledge and skills to provide guidance in the management of diabetes at the time of initiation of sexual relations
• Acquire the knowledge and skills to guide the patient with Diabetes who consumes alcohol Learn the repercussions of alcohol on glucose metabolism in order to be able to warn and educate patients with diabetes
• Know how gender influences the control of diabetes from an integral point of view (glycemic control, risk factors and associated comorbidities)
• Know how the estrogenic deficit that occurs during menopause influences Diabetes control and how to prevent it
• Learning to identify the frail elderly through screening tests
• Acquire the knowledge and skills to reprogram the pharmacological approach to the frail elderly patient with polypharmacy and comorbidities
• Acquire the knowledge and skills to detect these unfavorable socioeconomic situations in order and program patient management
• Know the legal aspects of the patient with Diabetes, since they condition their life and, therefore, the control of diabetes

Module 10. Diabetes Education. Concepts and Fundamentals 

• Acquire the necessary knowledge and skills of diabetes education, as part of the treatment of diabetes, to facilitate the knowledge, skill and ability necessary for self-management

This training will provide you with a sense of confidence in medical practice, which will help you grow personally and professionally”