ASCEND : Screening 

for complications in diabetes

 COURSE DESCRIPTION

• This Course, ‘Screening for complications in diabetes’, examines the

techniques used to screen people with diabetes for complications and risk
factors for co-morbidities. Module 1, ‘Cardiovascular risk factors and
targets’, discusses how to screen for dyslipidaemia, hypertension and
diabetic nephropathy in people with diabetes, and provides
recommendations for target levels for lipids and blood pressure, and how
to monitor for kidney function deterioration. In Module 2, ‘Diabetic foot
examination’, the importance of regularly performing foot examinations in
patients with diabetes is emphasized and the various components that
make up a foot examination are explained. A video that illustrates how to
perform a diabetic foot exam is also presented. Module 3,
‘Retinopathy screening’, focuses on the progressive nature of
diabetic retinopathy and highlights the importance of regular eye
examinations to monitor deterioration in retinal function.
 LEARNING OBJECTIVES

• Following completion of this Course, physicians will be able to:

• Identify people at risk of diabetic nephropathy earlier through improved screening
• More effectively perform foot examinations in people with diabetes
• Understand the importance of regular eye examinations in people with diabetes
• Please select a module below to view the topics covered.
• COURSE CONTENT
• 1
• Test yourself
• 2
• Cardiovascular risk factors and targets
• 3
• Diabetic foot examination
• 4
• Retinopathy screening
• 5
• Post-course survey
• 6
• Course evaluation
• 7
• Course assessment