Ramadan-focused diabetes education is critical to facilitate safer Ramadan fasting amongst Muslim people living with diabetes. We present the design, delivery, and evaluation of two parallel massive open online courses (MOOCs) in Ramadan-focused diabetes education for people with diabetes and HCPs. Two Ramadan-focused diabetes education MOOCs were developed and delivered for Ramadan 2023: one for HCPs in English, and another for people with diabetes in English, Arabic and Malay. A user-centred iterative design process was adopted, informed by user feedback from a 2022 pilot MOOC. Evaluation comprised a mixed-methods evaluation of pre- and post-course user surveys. The platform was utilised by people with diabetes and their family, friends and healthcare professionals. Overall, a total of 1531 users registered for the platform from 50 countries, 809 started a course with a 48% subsequent completion rate among course starters. Qualitative analysis showed users found the course a user-friendly and authoritative information source. In the HCP MOOC, users reported improved post-MOOC Ramadan awareness, associated diabetes knowledge and ability to assess and advise patients in relation to their diabetes during Ramadan (p<0.01). We demonstrate the potential of MOOCs to deliver culturally tailored, high-quality, scalable, multilingual Ramadan-focused diabetes education to HCPs and people with diabetes.

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数字化糖尿病教育，实现更安全的斋月：设计、交付和评估以斋月为重点的糖尿病教育的大规模开放在线课程

以斋月为重点的糖尿病教育对于促进糖尿病穆斯林患者更安全的斋月禁食至关重要。我们展示了两个并行的大规模开放在线课程 (MOOC) 的设计、交付和评估，这些课程针对糖尿病患者和 HCP 进行以斋月为重点的糖尿病教育。为 2023 年斋月开发并提供了两门以斋月为重点的糖尿病教育 MOOC：一门针对 HCP，使用英语，另一门针对糖尿病患者，使用英语、阿拉伯语和马来语。根据 2022 年试点 MOOC 的用户反馈，采用了以用户为中心的迭代设计流程。评估包括对课前和课后用户调查的混合方法评估。该平台由糖尿病患者及其家人、朋友和医疗保健专业人员使用。总体而言，该平台共有来自 50 个国家的 1531 名用户注册，其中 809 名用户开始了课程，课程开始者的后续完成率为 48%。定性分析表明，用户发现该课程是一个用户友好且权威的信息来源。在 HCP MOOC 中，用户报告说，MOOC 斋月后的意识、相关糖尿病知识以及在斋月期间评估患者糖尿病并为其提供建议的能力有所提高 (p<0.01)。我们展示了 MOOC 的潜力，可以向 HCP 和糖尿病患者提供文化定制、高质量、可扩展、以斋月为重点的多语言糖尿病教育。