Good luck!

Congratulations on completing the course ‘My Insulin Pump: The Online Education Course’. If you have marked all the sections as complete then a certificate will now be available for you to download. Below is some additional information we think you might find useful.

Contact your diabetes care team if you have any questions about your insulin pump. We hope you have found this course useful and we wish you the best of luck for the future!

Helpline numbers

Medtronic: tel: 01923205167  www.medtronic-diabetes.co.uk (only technical advice)

Other resources

Here are some links to other website that you might find useful:

• IPAG Scotland – Insulin pump awareness group
• Diabetes UK
• National Institute of Health and Care Excellence
• Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network
• ABCD insulin pump best practice guidelines

We’d appreciate it if you could complete the post-course questionnaire to let us know what you think of the course. If you have any suggestions or complaints, we’d love to hear them – this will help us to improve the course in future!

We have a number of other courses available for people with type 1 diabetes that are available via the eLearning homepage. These include:

Considering an insulin pump?

Switching from insulin injections to an insulin pump can be a daunting time for people. This course provides an introductory guide to insulin pump therapy and is aimed at people with type 1 diabetes considering making the switch.

Understanding Type 1

Aimed at anyone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, it focuses on what diabetes is, how it is treated, complications that may occur, as well as what you can do to keep yourself healthy. 

Living with Type 1

This course provides information related to living with Type 1 diabetes including topics such as driving, travel, employment and lifestyle factors like healthy diet, alcohol and physical activity.

Growing Up with Type 1

This is aimed at teenagers and young people but may be useful for others facing new experiences, such as alcohol, sex, driving, going out, becoming an adult and leaving home.

Carbohydrate Counting

Carbohydrate counting is a way of matching insulin requirements with the amount of carbohydrates that you eat or drink. This course will give you everything you need to know about counting carbs.

Freestyle Libre

This course is an introductory course that provides information about intermittently scanned glucose monitoring (isCGM) and the Freestyle Libre. It is aimed at anyone diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, that is using or would like to start using an isCGM glucose monitor.