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Drug Course

What will I learn?

Get the skills to properly look after patients with our thorough Drug Course, made for healthcare workers in The Gambia. Really get to know how opioid addiction works, spot the signs, and understand the effects on health. Learn how to use Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) together with talking therapies, and come up with treatment plans made just for each person. Learn to keep an eye on progress, set goals you can measure, and change your plans depending on how things are going. Find out about important support available and get better at helping people recover from addiction. Sign up now to make your work even better.

Apoia's Unique Features

Online course accessible for life
Certificate compliant with educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support always available
Select and arrange the chapters you wish to study
Set your own course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study at your convenience, without needing internet access

Develop skills

Strengthen the development of the practical skills listed below

Make treatment plans: Create plans that are specific to each patient's needs.

Watch patient progress: Follow and see how well the treatment is working.

Put therapies together: Use MAT with talking therapies to get good results.

Know opioid addiction: Be able to see the signs and health effects.

Use support available: Take advantage of community and peer support to help with recovery.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change the chapters and the workload.

  • Choose which chapter to start with
  • Add or remove chapters
  • Increase or decrease the course workload

Examples of chapters you can add

You will be able to generate more chapters like the examples below

This is a free course, focused on personal and professional development. It is not equivalent to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.