Online courses can be taken on demand, whenever the learner is ready. Our online learning management system (LMS) saves a learner’s answers as they go, so they don’t have to study the course in one go, they can dip in and out.
Learning material is a mix of written text, pictures and video. Online courses allow more assessment activities than face-to-face or virtual courses, as we can break up the learning material with skills and knowledge questions throughout the course. We also add Virtual Medicines Rounds (VMRs) at the end of many of the topics. VMRs present the learner with a scenario and ask them to identify any errors (for example incorrect medicines, doses, client names, expiry dates, incorrect administration technique with inhalers, incorrect entries in the CD register). These are a great way of testing a learner’s knowledge and skills.
If you are a manager, we can give you access to our LMS so you can see how your learners have got on, even seeing which questions they have got right or wrong. Certificates are available the moment a learner passes their course. They are stored safely on our system from where you can download them whenever you want.
This is a more concise version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration covering CQC and Skills for Care core/mandatory training requirements for medicines administration and management. The course is accredited by Skills for Care. It teaches how to administer medicines in a systematic way against our competence checklist that is continually refined, from years of research into why medication errors occur, thereby reducing the risk of errors made through complacency. It is based on our face-to-face workshop that has been shown to reduce medication errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. There are 7 modules in total.
This is a more in depth version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Care Homes. This version is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing and Skills for Care. It is suitable for nurses, but can also be taken by care staff who require a more in depth foundation course. It teaches how to administer medicines in a systematic way against our competence checklist that has been refined on an ongoing basis from our research into why medication errors occur, thereby reducing the risk of errors made through complacency. It is based on our face-to-face workshop that has been shown to reduce medication errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. There are 16 modules in total.
Our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration covers CQC and Skills for Care core/mandatory training requirements for medicines administration and management. It teaches medicines management and medicines administration as a step-by-step process. Designed from years of research into why medication errors occur, this course ensures medicines are given in a safe and systematic way, thereby reducing the risk of errors made through complacency. It is based on our face-to-face workshop that has been shown to reduce medication errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. This course is specific to community settings.
This is a more in depth version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration for Community Settings. This version is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing and Skills for Care. It is suitable for nurses, but can also be taken by care staff who require a more in depth foundation course. It teaches how to administer medicines in a systematic way against our competence checklist that has been refined on an ongoing basis from our research into why medication errors occur, thereby reducing the risk of errors made through complacency. It is based on our face-to-face workshop that has been shown to reduce medication errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. There are 16 modules in total.
This is a more in depth version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration suitable for staff working in a mix of settings: community, day services and care homes. This is often the case when councils commission a course. This version is accredited by the Royal College of Nursing and Skills for Care. It is suitable for nurses, but can also be taken by care staff who require a more in depth foundation course. It teaches how to administer medicines in a systematic way against our competence checklist that has been refined on an ongoing basis from our research into why medication errors occur, thereby reducing the risk of errors made through complacency. It is based on our face-to-face workshop that has been shown to reduce medication errors by 36% in a study by Hampshire County Council. There are 16 modules in total.
This version of our Foundation Course in Medicines Administration is specific to Shared Lives Carers. It teaches how to support with and (if necessary) administer medicines to the person you care for. It also comes with a suite of forms and medicines charts specific to shared lives. The training is up to date with the very latest NICE guidelines for community settings. We are experts in providing medication training to Shared Lives Schemes having many years experience working with several national schemes.
The Virtual Medicines Round is an online competence assessment testing a learner’s skills at checking the 6 rights of medicines administration. The learner is presented with a number of medicines and their charts. Many of the medicines contain mistakes. The learner must correctly state if they’ll administer the medicine, or if not, what’s wrong with it. This works well as a robust competence assessment for both new and existing staff.
We offer these two products as a combined bundle for those wishing staff to learn medicines administration and then sit a competence assessment afterwards. This forms a very comprehensive training approach focused on reducing medication errors, thus keeping your clients safe and well cared for.
CQC expect you to have a certain level of knowledge about the medicines you administer. As a starting point, you need to know where to go for reliable medicines information. In addition, you should also know about those medicines which carry a higher-risk to those you support. The course will get you familiar with these so called “higher risk” medicines: what problems to lookout for, how to monitor these medicines and what to do if things go wrong.
The online version of this medicines assessor training course will provide you with the skills, knowledge and tools (assessment checklists) to assess the competence of your staff to administer medicines. It consists of a foundation course, the virtual medicines round assessment, two live webinars, and a final online assessment.