title: Towards an inpatient diabetes curriculum: medical student-generated aims, objectives and methods for ward-based learning of non-critical, non-perioperative inpatient diabetes care.
abstract: To create a summative document containing aims, objectives and methods that can be used for the training of healthcare professionals in inpatient diabetes care.
  
  
  
  A four-stage approach was introduced for the ward-based teaching of inpatient diabetes care at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill over the 2014-2015 academic year. Within this approach, 55 students (100%) submitted aims, objectives and methods to support two 2-h, ward-based sessions. This was guided by brief instructions and access to a copy of the Endocrine Society Clinical Practice Guideline on the management of non-critical, non-perioperative inpatient diabetes. Conceptual content analysis was used to convert submissions into a unifying document.
  
  
  
  Six themes emerged from students' submissions: diagnosis; assessment and investigation of diabetes and its complications; planning individualized care and pharmacological management; hypoglycaemia management, including severe hypoglycaemia; patient education; discharge planning; and multidisciplinary teamwork. Students were primarily interested in patient management and treatment using higher-level objectives and active learning methods.
  
  
  
  This study produced comprehensive, student-generated, and hence student-centred, aims, objectives and methods for inpatient diabetes care with objectives appropriately set for higher cognitive levels of learning. This material can be used to guide teaching or for further development into a curriculum. This is the first known publication of content that could be used in a ward-based inpatient diabetes curriculum.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Science, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
authors.forename: C G
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Science, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Atherley
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medical Science, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Murphy
mesh_terms: D002982:Clinical Clerkship / Q000379:methods; D003479:Curriculum; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D013337:Students, Medical; D013663:Teaching; D014900:West Indies