BACKGROUND
There is plenty of evidence on the interventions that can improve outcomes of diabetes. Thus, there is an urgent need to innovate and provide cost-effective ways to optimize the best care for diabetes.
OBJECTIVE
The aim was to examine the components of diabetes courses to extract training virtual modules for training primary health care professionals (PHCPs) (i.e. general practitioners, nurses and nutritionists).
METHODS
In this scoping review, a systematic approach based on the Arksey and O'Malley method was used. In order to develop the modules for diabetes courses, search strategy was developed using main keywords. Also, databases including Medline, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, ERIC and Embase, and Google search engine were searched up to April 10th 2021.
RESULTS
Diabetes training courses have been selected to examine their components to extract training modules. Initially, we found 120 courses related to the training of PHCPs (36 courses for nurses, 25 courses for nutritionists, 38 courses for general practitioners, 18 courses for health care providers and 3 courses for community health workers). All information about 44 courses were available online. The researchers reviewed and removed any courses that did not match the tool the approved by panel of experts, inclusion criteria, and purpose of the study. Thus, we first extracted 23 eligible programs for review. After reviewing the courses, which had outlines, but no modules, they were removed and 15 final programs were considered for extracting the modules. According to the tool developed by the panel of experts, we extracted 9 virtual modules for diabetes courses including principles, prevention or delay, management, complications, education, special conditions, information technology, referral system of diabetes for training PHCPs.
CONCLUSIONS
These virtual modules would be a good foundation for designing a diabetes education course for training PHCPs.
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