Test your knowledge of diabetes

This CPD and learning quiz can help you assess your knowledge of a range of diabetes topics, from insulin initiation to complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis.
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Pharmacists working across all sectors are increasingly likely to encounter patients with diabetes, it is therefore vital they have the appropriate knowledge and skills to feel confident when treating this patient population. Work your way through the quiz by expanding the questions in the boxes below.

Each question includes a link to a relevant article published in The Pharmaceutical Journal, providing more information on the topic. When you have answered all the questions, select ‘Finish quiz’ at the bottom of the page to check your score.


Image of "Regular blood glucose testing and effective glucose management can reduce the risk of complications associated with diabetes"

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This question is from ‘Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


 Close up cropped shot of professional nurse in gloves, taking a blood sample from arm vein of young female patient

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This question is from ‘Diagnosis and management of type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Light micrograph of a pancreas, showing the difference between exocrine cells, which form small rounded units (acini) and islet endocrine cells, arranged in cords and with pale cytoplasm. Among the cords, there are connective tissue spaces with abundant blood capillaries

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This question is from ‘Diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Photo of insulin pens

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This question is from ‘Diagnosis and management of type 1 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


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This question is from ‘Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: identification, diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Hands of a young woman at home measuring the level of glucose in the blood.

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This question is from ‘Diabetic ketoacidosis in adults: identification, diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Men are being injected with insulin

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This question is from ‘Insulin in practice for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Photo of Abasaglar, a treatment of hypoglycaemia and Diabetes mellitus on a table and in the background different medical books

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This question is from ‘Insulin in practice for people with type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Cheerful pharmacist chemist woman giving vitamins to young family of three in modern pharmacy

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This question is from ‘Emotional wellbeing in children and young people with diabetes’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Patient using a pre-filled pen to inject themselves with semaglutide diabetes medication. Marketed as Wegovy, this is a  glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) analogue that is used to treat diabetes and for weight management. It increases the production of insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar levels, while also suppressing secretion of glucagon, the hormone that raises blood sugar levels. It also reduces hunger and slows gastric emptying. Wegovy is administered by injection into the thigh, abdomen or upper arm.

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This question is from ‘Glucagon-like peptide-1 analogues in adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus for glycaemic control’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Older mature diabetic woman using blood glucose meter

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This question is from ‘Case-based learning: insulin intensification in a Hindu patient with type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


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This question is from ‘Perioperative management of type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Photo with selective focus to hand of patient draw to Infusion pumps in hospital.

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This question is from ‘Perioperative management of type 2 diabetes mellitus’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Close up of diabetic senior patient checking blood glucose level at home using continuous glucose monitor

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This question is from ‘Acute complications of diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.


Intravenous drip treatment being used to treat a sick man lying on a bed in a hospital

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This question is from ‘Acute complications of diabetes in adults: diagnosis and management’. Please refer to the original article if you would like to know more.

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Citation
The Pharmaceutical Journal, PJ, August 2024, Vol 313, No 7988;313(7988)::DOI:10.1211/PJ.2024.1.326780

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