CDE Academy Foundation Course

The CDE Academy Foundation Course in Diabetes Care for Health Professionals

This 100% online Course serves as an accessible training in basic diabetes care and its commonly associated co-morbidities and risk factors. This is a challenging Course providing critical insights, which should translate into significant changes in your professional approach and clinical practice in this field.

We know that learning new facts, skills and insights is a complex process and that each person has a preferred style of learning. We have used this understanding to design the Course, making extensive use of imaging, colour, animation, video and narration paired with written scripts to enhance your learning journey. We trust that this will provide you with an engaging and holistic learning experience, rather than just presenting you with a bunch of facts to read!

The Course is divided into 16 Modules, spanning the traditional textbook topics from the pathophysiology of diabetes to foot care, to help create a mental architecture of the gamut of diabetes and its potential/preventable complications. We don’t stop there however! We also provide vital insights into the ‘softer’ skills such as current psychological, educational and coaching approaches to diabetes care, which help to avoid many of the common treatment ‘failures’ we all have witnessed.

Each Module provides brief but meaningful pre- and post-module self-assessments and reflection opportunities to promote active learning, and case studies to bring practical real-world scenarios into the learning experience. A summative post-course assessment (pass mark 80%) will conclude the Course.

CDE Academy Learning Testimonials

Here is what some past CDE-Academy students have said on their learning experiences

“Having gone through this course and successfully completing it. I will say once again that this has been a very great Course, insightful journey and a reflection like none other. It has been a beautiful introspection and self awareness voyage for me in my personal, educational and professional life. I say kudos and well done CDE for this life and practice changing experience. And thanks to you all too my fellow course mates, you have impacted me positively and I have learnt a lot from you all too. All the best in life and in your practices too and I hope our paths will cross again hopefully sooner rather than later.”

“What a journey. I just completed mine. Thanks to the CDE team (Michael and Mandy) you guys are too supportive. I remember talking to Michael - you definitely will not fail after talking to him - he motivated me a lot.”

“I would just like to express my sincerest gratitude towards Michael and the CDE team for not only the opportunity but also the help that I have received on the way. It was a really incredible course and I really feel I have grown in my knowledge on diabetes. I am excited to use this knowledge in helping patients prevent and manage diabetes.”

“I have also completed this fascinating, amazing, overwhelming at times, insightful Course successfully yesterday. What a ride it has been... now the journey continues. A big thanks to Dr Distiller and the whole CDE-team for putting together this fantastic course. It is my feeling that every HCP who has clients with DM should do this course. We owe this to the people with DM. A special thanks also to Michael, Mandy and the instructors for helping us along this sometimes bumpy ride. Your insights, tone of voice and coaching abilities are something to aspire to. Thanks also to all who participated in the great discussions we have had. I wish all doing this course as well as the whole CDE all the best for the future. Let's see if we can make a dent in this pandemic. Diabesity care is surely humbling.”