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Assist With Medication Course

What will I learn?

Improve your skills with our Help Give Medicine Course, made for people who work with older folks. Learn how to talk to patients and get them to trust you, especially when teaching older patients how to use their medicine properly. Get a basic understanding of how medicines work, including what they do, how they're grouped, and how they affect each other. Learn the best ways to give medicine safely, like when to give it, how much to give, and how to give it. Look at how medicines work differently in older people, including dealing with age-related body changes and when someone is taking many medicines at once. Make sure you know how to keep good records and keep medicine safe, so you can avoid mistakes and handle any bad side effects.

Apoia's Unique Benefits

Online and lifetime access to courses
Certificate adhering to educational standards
Printable PDF summaries
Online support available at all times
Select and organize the chapters you want to study
Customize the course workload
Instant feedback on practical activities
Study anytime, no internet required

Develop skills

Enhance your practical skills listed below

Build trust: Make good relationships with patients by talking to them well.

Educate patients: Teach older patients how to use their medicine safely and stick to their treatment.

Understand pharmacology: Get to know how medicines work, how they're grouped, and how they affect each other.

Administer medication: Learn the best time to give medicine, how to figure out the right amount, and how to give it correctly.

Ensure safety: Avoid mistakes and handle bad reactions by using the best ways of doing things.

Suggested summary

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before starting, you can change 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 does not equate to a technical, undergraduate, or postgraduate course, but offers practical and relevant knowledge for your professional journey.