New Delhi: AIIMS Jodhpur has launched a Nurses Upskilling Program in Diabetes Management through India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre with cross-country collaboration of AstraZeneca India and AIIMS Delhi. The launch event was held in the presence of the Ministry of Health Business Sweden Director, DDA and Principal College of Nursing, AIIMS Jodhpur.
The upskilling program is certified by AIIMS Jodhpur and is endorsed by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). The course will allow nurses from across the country to register for free and learn at their own pace.
Being an e-learning initiative, the program has been specially designed to equip nurses with hands-on practical knowledge and skills to practice latest patient care for managing non-communicable diseases. Under the skill for scale program, a target of upskilling around 5000 nurses has been fixed in the first year.
AIIMS Jodhpur had made the announcement regarding the launch of the nursing program from its official Twitter handle on April 20, 2022. The tweet reads as follows:
The ISHIC’s Nurses’ Upskilling Program in Diabetes Management was launched yesterday at @aiims_jodhpur. It gives us immense pleasure to progress our collaboration with @DghsIndia,
— India-Sweden Healthcare Innovation Centre (@IndiaSwedenIC) April 20, 2022
@MoHFW_INDIA and @SwedeninIndia's endorsement of this initiative.https://t.co/Ce110AJnpi pic.twitter.com/1qswtJFZTR
AIIMS Jodhpur Nurses Upskilling Program in Diabetes Management: Course Structure & Registration
This AIIMS Jodhpur course on Diabetes Management comprises of basic (3 CME Credits) and advanced modules (2 CME Credits). Candidates will be directed to Basic or Advanced modules based on their responses on pre-assessment questionnaires.
Each module includes 10-12 topics in video format which are delivered by leading healthcare experts across India. Each video is about 30 minutes.Each video is followed by a self-assessment questionnaire. Only by answering the questionnaire at the end of each video, nurses will get access to the next video.
Candidates can take the program at their own pace but recommended it be completed in 2 months. They will receive a certificate from AIIMS Jodhpur and also avail CME credits under Indian Nursing Council upon successful completion of the module.
AIIMS Jodhpur Upskilling Program to Focus on Diabetes Management
According to the latest reports, the Nurse's upskilling program will mainly focus on the prevention and awareness of Diabetes management based on a world-class comprehensive curriculum created from diverse resources available within the NCD domain following the NPCDCS guidelines.
Reportedly, the experts of AIIMS Jodhpur will design and create the program content and modules while the advisory board will have representation from AIIMS Delhi, ICMR, DGHS, Indian Nursing Council (INC) and AstraZeneca.
Explaining the need of such an upskilling program, Dr Sanjeev Misra, Director, AIIMS Jodhpur revealed that the non-communicable disease burden is increasing significantly in India and is already accounting for more than 60% of deaths in India.
It is also estimated that 1 in 4 people have a risk of dying from an NCD before the age of 70. As a result, the NCD is likely to witness an increase over the upcoming years. However, the number of doctors with specialisations are very limited to treat these increasing numbers, making it critical to upskill the existing healthcare practitioners in managing NCD, he said.
With the help of initiative, the institute aims to bridge the knowledge gap that exists at the point of care for patients. The curriculum of the upskilling program is carefully designed in a way to allow nurses to deliver specialised care, critical support services and standardised counselling for patients living with an increasing incidence of NCD in India, he added.
The Upskilling Program is an e-learning mobile compatible program, which is pegged at two levels - basic and advanced, and includes a training of 20-24 hours to be completed at the nurse's own pace. The course can be completed in a span of 2 months, after which each student will be awarded a completion certificate from AIIMS Jodhpur.
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