We genuinely believe, we offer the best available training in medicines administration and management, here’s why.
Most medication training doesn’t teach staff how to administer medicines
Most medication training courses focus on theory such as:
- legislation
- classification of medicines
- roles and responsibilities of those who supply medicines
- routes into the body
- common types of medicines and side effects (difficult, with nearly 70,000 medicines available!)
This leaves staff without the practical skills needed to actually administer medicines safely. No wonder The Care Home Use of Medicines study (click here) revealed two thirds of residents in care homes suffered at least one medication error.
We teach people how to administer medicines… by actually administering medicines
We’ve spent 20 years watching staff at work, and gathering error data, to develop and refine competency checklists that define how to administer medicines safely. These checklists form the basis of our training. We use them to assess competence. Simulated medicines rounds are repeated at key points, with deliberate errors that staff must identify and avoid. Managers receive learner reports detailing how staff perform before and after training. We then provide a follow on assessment (the Virtual Medicines Round) to support any staff who fail. Staff practise administering oral liquids, creams, inhalers, and eye drops (in the classroom or online from interactive video).
And it works. A cost benefits analysis by Hampshire County Council showed a 36% reduction in administration errors.
We are endorsed by Skills for Care, with Foundation Courses also accredited by the Royal College of Nursing. We provide all formats: practical face-to-face training, virtual (live) online training, and on demand online training (e-learning). We offer medicines assessor training, managing medication errors, medicines transcription and reconciliation, courses on controlled drugs and many more. Our medication training is trusted by 20 local authorities and numerous health and social care providers across the UK.