National Prescribing Curriculum
Type 2 diabetes: initiating treatment
Provide care for Richard, a patient attending your general practice with unusual symptoms of thirst.
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Cost: free
About
The National Prescribing Curriculum (NPC) is a series of interactive case-based modules that encourage confident and rational prescribing. The modules follow a stepwise approach as outlined in the WHO Guide to Good Prescribing.
In this module you will provide care for Richard, a patient attending your general practice with unusual symptoms of thirst.
Learning objectives
On completion of this module, you should be able to:
- assess a patient with a new diagnosis of type 2 diabetes
- establish appropriate treatment goals for a patient with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes
- list non-pharmacological treatment options for type 2 diabetes
- choose appropriate first line medicines for treatment of type 2 diabetes
- choose appropriate monitoring for the treatment regime.