Assisting With Medication Course

What will I learn?

Get better at looking after elderly people with our Helping Out With Medicine Course. It's made for healthcare workers who want to be really good at giving medicine properly. You'll learn the best ways to give medicine safely, understand how medicines work, and learn how to watch patients and write things down properly. You'll also get better at talking to patients, dealing with their confusion, and making sure you're doing things the right way according to the law. This short, but great course will help you give the best care, making sure patients are safe and well. Sign up now to become an expert.

Develop skills

Enhance the development of the practical skills listed below

Learn how to give medicine safely and check the right amount to give.

Understand the basics of how medicines work, including what they do and any bad effects they might have.

Get good at watching patients, writing down when they take medicine, and telling the right people about it.

Get better at talking to patients, making sure they understand, and helping them if they have problems.

Know the right and legal things to think about when giving medicine.

Suggested overview

Workload: between 4 and 360 hours

Before getting started, you can adjust the chapters and the workload.

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

Examples of chapters you can include

You'll be able to create more chapters like the examples below

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