Course overview of Medication – Supporting and Assisting (Part 1)
This online course is for anyone who will be supporting or assisting individuals to take their own medication.
If your role requires you to administer the medication yourself, then you will need to complete this course and also the second online course, Medication - Administration (Part 2) which thankfully is much shorter than this one.
Course content
- Different types of medication
- Different ways medication can be administered
- Commonly used medications, what they are used for and common possible side effects
- Changes to an individual’s wellbeing that may indicate an adverse reaction to medication
- Legal classifications for medication and drugs
- Roles and responsibilities for prescribing and dispensing medication
- Roles and responsibilities supporting someone with medication in your organisation
- Over the counter remedies and supplements
- Materials and equipment that can assist in administering medication
- Ordering, receiving and collecting medication
- Storing medication safely
- Principles in supporting the use of medication
- Using risk assessments to promote independence in managing medication
- Addressing ethical issues that may arise over the use of medication
Already have your own LMS? You can purchase any of our courses as SCORM files to download and add to your own system.
Aims of Medication – Supporting and Assisting (Part 1) course
At the end of this training course you will:
- Understand different types of medication, what they are used for and how they can be administered
- Know about legal drug classifications
- Know how medication is prescribed and by who
- Understand your role in supporting people with medication
- Know how to order, receive, collect and store medication safely
- Understand the dangers of over the counter remedies
- Know how to use the risk assessment and promote independence
What audience is this online course suitable for?
This online training course has been designed specifically for Care and Support Workers working in a social care setting. It may also be useful to a wider audience of people who would like to know more about Supporting and Assisting with Medication.
We offer our courses for your LMS as SCORM files. Depending on the scope of what you need there may be a charge for this. Please connect to discuss it with us.