Program Overview

Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Diabetes (Module 2)

Course Overview

Lead by Dr Amy Harrison and Professor Khalida Ismail, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Diabetes Module 2 is a six-week short course delivering practical, intensive, and detailed training to provide knowledge and skills in a diabetes-specific cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) model and its applications in the diabetes setting.

Course Features

• This module will run twice per academic year, in Semesters 2 and 3 (January and April entry points).
• Students will build on the knowledge and skills that they developed in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Principles for Diabetes Module 1 by practicing and reflecting on their use of CBT competencies in their clinical practice.
• The course will be delivered online using the Keats platform, allowing students the flexibility to fit study around personal and professional commitments.
• Teaching content will be in the form of interactive Power Point presentations, videos, and written information that students will engage with in their own time.

Course Content

The module aims to provide students with opportunities to develop a portfolio of case examples (via simulations and in-vivo clinical settings) demonstrating where they have used CBT skills in their clinical work in a diabetes setting. This may be focused on using CBT skills to support patients with diabetes self-care or with psychological difficulties that often present alongside diabetes, such as depression, anxiety, and eating disorders.

Learning Outcomes

1. Demonstrate the ability to apply CBT principles to clinical practice through engaging in simulations with professional actors, course peers, and patients in the student’s clinical setting; and record these CBT informed interactions in a CBT skills portfolio.
2. Review recordings of real or simulated CBT informed clinical interactions and use rating systems such as the Cognitive Behaviour Therapy Scale Revised to evaluate CBT competencies, using peer and tutor feedback.
3. Demonstrate a critical appreciation of one’s own CBT competencies and develop an understanding of how to further develop skills in a diabetes clinical setting.

Entry Requirements

Aimed at professionals and students working in, or planning to work in, specialist fields in medicine and life science, this course is a brilliant opportunity for diabetes healthcare professionals to develop their skills to ensure better care for people living with diabetes.

• The course is for you if you are a doctor, nurse, dietician, GP working in diabetes and wanting to develop new psychological skills to support people with their diabetes self-management.
• You will need to have successfully completed the pre-requisite CBT for Diabetes Module 1, or have a pass or higher in an undergraduate degree from a science cognate area such as nursing, medicine, psychology, or biological sciences.

Assessment

• Students will work on an individual project which involves them practicing CBT skills and recording the case examples in a portfolio which will comprise the assessment for this module. Students will be advised to dedicate around 3 hours per week to this individual project (total of 18 hours).
• Questions to reflect on the topics discussed.

Further Information

Teaching Schedule

• Weekly webinars on Wednesdays at 12:00 – 13:30pm: students will attend supervised learning sessions for 6 weeks; this which will involve 1.5 hours of group CBT supervision for 4 weeks, and individual, and tutor-led CBT supervision for 2 weeks.
• Interactive online material for asynchronous learning over the course of 7 weeks on KEATS.
• Week 7 will involve a 1.5 hour online Q&A session focused on answering final queries about the portfolio assessment.

Key Information

• Credit level: 7
• Credit value: 15
• Duration: 7 weeks (6 weeks of teaching and 1 week of assessment)
• Fees & Discounts:
  • Full Price: £1,245.00
  • International: £2,910.00

Who Will I Be Taught By

• Professor Khalida Ismail
• Professor of Psychiatry & Medicine
• Dr Amy Harrison
• Associate Professor