title: Structured patient education: the X-PERT Programme.
abstract: The X-PERT Programme seeks to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence in diabetes treatment for health-care professionals and diabetes self-management. The programme trains health-care professionals to deliver the six-week structured patient education programme to people with diabetes. Over 850 health-care professionals have attended the X-PERT 'Train the Trainer' course and audit results document improved job satisfaction and competence in diabetes treatment and management. National audit statistics for X-PERT implementation to people with diabetes illustrate excellent attendance rates, improved diabetes control, reduced weight, blood pressure, cholesterol and waist circumference and more confidence in self-managing diabetes that has impacted positively on quality of life.
authors.affiliation: X-PERT Health CIC Ltd, Burnley. admin@experthealth.org.uk
authors.forename: Trudi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Deakin
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Whitham
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL / Q000097:blood; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003479:Curriculum; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D009723:Nurse-Patient Relations; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014280:Triglycerides / Q000097:blood; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology; D055105:Waist Circumference; D015431:Weight Loss
chemical_list: D002784:Cholesterol; D008078:Cholesterol, LDL; D006442:Glycated Hemoglobin; D014280:Triglycerides