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Extracting virtual modules of diabetes courses for training primary health care professionals: a scoping review

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Purpose

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. 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 PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, CINAHL, ERIC and Embase, and Google search engine were searched up to April 10th 2021. Two researchers independently screened the retrieved courses. After removing duplicates, and according to the eligibility criteria, the components of each retrieved course were extracted.

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. All information about 44 courses were available online. The researchers reviewed the courses according to tool approved by panel of experts, inclusion criteria, and purpose of the study. Thus, we first extracted 23 eligible programs 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.

Conclusion

Education is an important part of diabetes and needs of PHCPs should be addressed in educational programs in the future. The design of the diabetes training course based on extracted modules in this research for the training of PHCPs can help in this field.

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Acknowledgements

The authors gratefully acknowledge the scientific secretaries of educational courses who shared their knowledge by educational course programs, as well as Tehran University of Medical Sciences vice-chancellor for Research (grant number 97-03-30-40175) and National Agency for Strategic Research in Medical Education (NASR) (grant number: 972361).

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  1. Diabetes Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mahnaz Sanjari

  2. Endocrinology and Metabolism Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Soghra Nikpour, Rasha Atlasi, Ramin Heshmat & Bagher Larijani

  3. Evidence Based Medicine Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Clinical Sciences Institute, Tehran University of medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Aalaa

  4. Center for Educational Research in Medical Sciences (CERMS), Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS), Tehran, Iran

    Maryam Aalaa

  5. Department of Medical Education, School of Medicine, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Mahboobeh Khabaz Mafinejad

  6. Elderly Health Research Center, Endocrinology and Metabolism Population Sciences Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, NO 10, Jalal-AL-Ahmad St., Chamran HWY, P.O. Box:14117-13137, Tehran, Iran

    Neda Mehrdad

  7. Nursing Care Research Center (NCRC), School of Nursing and Midwifery, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

    Neda Mehrdad

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Nikpour, S., Atlasi, R., Sanjari, M. et al. Extracting virtual modules of diabetes courses for training primary health care professionals: a scoping review. J Diabetes Metab Disord 22, 73–81 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40200-023-01184-7

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