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Diabetes safety course

Three short parts — low blood sugar, sick days and carbohydrate counting — with a quiz after each and a certificate at the end. About 30 minutes in all.

The three parts

  1. 1Not passed yet

    Low blood sugar

    What a hypo is, how to spot it, and the 15-15 rule — for anyone on insulin or diabetes tablets, and the people who live with them.

    5 short lessons and a quiz

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  2. 2Not passed yet

    Sick days

    Fever, vomiting, diarrhoea or a bad infection can push glucose up — or down — fast. What to check, what to keep taking, and when to go to hospital.

    6 short lessons and a quiz

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  3. 3Not passed yet

    Carb counting

    Which foods raise blood sugar, how much is in a roti or a plate of rice, and how counting helps whether your doses are fixed or flexible.

    5 short lessons and a quiz

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Your certificate

Pass all three quizzes to unlock your certificate.

Your progress is saved in this browser only. There is no account, and nothing is sent to the clinic.

Why a course?

Knowing what to do on the day matters as much as the medicine. The ADA's 2026 Standards recommend structured education on preventing and handling diabetic emergencies for everyone with type 1 diabetes and for people with type 2 who are at risk, and the 2024 international consensus on these emergencies found that such education reduces hospital admissions for ketoacidosis.

This course borrows its shape from the UK's structured-education programmes. In the DAFNE trial, adults with type 1 diabetes who learned carbohydrate counting and dose adjustment ended six months with an HbA1c of 8.4%, against 9.4% in those still waiting for the course, and without more severe hypos. DESMOND, a six-hour course for people newly diagnosed with type 2, led to more weight loss and more people giving up smoking, though HbA1c ended up similar to usual care.

It doesn't replace your own team. It won't tell you what dose to take — only when to ask, and what to do in the meantime.

Sources

  1. American Diabetes Association Professional Practice Committee. 6. Glycemic goals, hypoglycemia, and hyperglycemic crises: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026. Diabetes Care 2026;49(Suppl 1):S132–S149. doi.org/10.2337/dc26-S006
  2. Umpierrez GE, et al. Hyperglycemic crises in adults with diabetes: a consensus report. Diabetes Care 2024;47:1257–1275. doi.org/10.2337/dci24-0032
  3. DAFNE Study Group. Training in flexible, intensive insulin management to enable dietary freedom in people with type 1 diabetes: dose adjustment for normal eating (DAFNE) randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2002;325:746. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.325.7367.746
  4. Davies MJ, et al. Effectiveness of the diabetes education and self management for ongoing and newly diagnosed (DESMOND) programme for people with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: cluster randomised controlled trial. BMJ 2008;336:491–495. doi.org/10.1136/bmj.39474.922025.BE

Important

The information on this site is for education and does not replace individual medical advice. Always discuss your own treatment with a clinician who knows your case.
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