The MSc Diabetes program is designed to provide healthcare professionals with advanced knowledge and practical skills in the management and care of individuals with diabetes. The curriculum emphasizes evidence-based practice, translational medicine, and research, preparing graduates for leadership roles in diabetes care.

Key features include:

• Alignment with Professional Standards: The course content is mapped to the Joint Royal Colleges of Physicians Training Board Specialty Training Curriculum for Endocrinology and Diabetes Mellitus.

• Research Dissertation: The program culminates in a dissertation, assessed through the production of two articles in the style of published scientific work, aiming for potential publication.

• Core Modules:

  • Key Skills in Translational Medicine (40 Credits): Develop knowledge of audit, enterprise, research, and service development in your specialism.

  • Translational Medicine: Bench to Bedside (20 Credits): Critically engage with the evidence base underpinning your subject and formulate research questions that drive knowledge translation.

  • Clinical Medicine (20 Credits): Focus on a precision medicine approach, looking systematically at a patient's journey from presentation to treatment.

  • Diabetes: Pathophysiology & Clinical Management (40 Credits): Gain a deep understanding of the pathophysiology, progression, and complications of different types of diabetes.

  • Dissertation: Translational Medicine (60 Credits): Consolidate learning and knowledge acquisition provided on the course and focus on a student-led project.