Table 1.
Final EXTOD education programme outline
| Session 1 Total time 4 h | Session 2 Total time 3 h | Session 3 Total time 2.5 h |
|---|---|---|
| Welcome (10 min) | Welcome Back (5 min) | Welcome Back (5 min) |
| Where Are You Now? (40 min) | Sharing Stories (40 min) | Sharing Stories (40 min) |
| Identifying personal experiences, expectations and goals when exercising with Type 1 diabetes | Participants feedback their experiences since session 1 | Participants feedback their experiences since session 2 |
| Understanding Your Mechanics 2 (30 min) | Advanced Strategies (80 min) | |
| Putting all the ICE strategies together and applying to complex scenarios using case studies | ||
| Glucose regulation in the body after exercise | ||
| Understanding Your Mechanics 1 (80 min) | Fuel for Exercise (60 min) | |
| Nutrition for effective exercise and glucose control | ||
| Glucose regulation in the body at rest and during varying exercise types in someone with and without Type 1 diabetes | ||
| Staying Safe (30 min) | Strategies after exercise (30 min) | |
| Using an algorithm to determine safe limits for starting exercise how to treat or prevent hypoglycaemia (hypo). | ||
| Discussion of application of ICE strategies to control glucose levels after exercise | ||
| Exercise and complications of diabetes. | ||
| Staying Safe Checklist | ||
| Strategies before and after exercise (60 min) | Next Steps (15 min) | |
| ICE Strategies to manage blood glucose before and during exercise | Identifying goals for the next month, completing a written action plan and sharing with the group | |
| Insulin adjustments, Carbohydrate for exercise and adapting type or order of Exercise | ||
| Next Steps (20 min) | Future Planning (25 min) | |
| Making an action plan for next steps, building on what has been learnt from the course. | ||
| Making a personal action plan and sharing it with the group |
ICE, insulin, carbohydrate and exercise.